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The Boss
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Curley
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Slim
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Carlson
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George, Lennie
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Candy
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Curley's wife
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Crooks

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Little, stocky, strict, fair-minded

In the novel, the boss is in charge of the ranch. He's also Curley's father. He acts suspiciously of George and Lennie when they arrive, thinking that there's something odd about the two mismatched companions.

"Well, he’s a pretty nice fella. Gets pretty mad sometimes, but he’s pretty nice. Tell ya what - know what he done Christmas? Brang a gallon of whisky right in here and say "‘Drink hearty boys. Christmas comes but once a year.’"  (p. 21 in pdf)

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Large, big stomach, aggressive, dimwitted, little empathy

In the novel, he leaps at any opportunity to use his Luger pistol. When Candy's dog gets old, he shoots it and he offers to shoot  Lennie after he kills Curley's wife. He often acts as a flunkey to Curley.

“Maybe it’d hurt him,” [Candy] suggested. “I don’t mind takin’ care of him.”

Carlson said, “The way I’d shoot him, he wouldn’t feel nothing. I’d put the gun right there.” He pointed with his toe. “Right back of the head. He wouldn’t even quiver.” (p. 46 in pdf)

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tall, strong, craggy-faced, understanding, kind, quiet, masterful,

In the novel, slim is described as the "prince of the ranch" due to his skills as a mule driver and his air of majesty. He is who most go to for advice and he's understanding of how people feel. He was the only man who George confided to and who comforted him at the end of the story.

"Ain't many guys travel around together,” he mused. “I don't know why. Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.” (p. 36 in pdf)

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lonely, aloof, sensitive, black man, crooked spine

In the novel, Crooks suffers from a crooked spine, which he sustained in an incident with a horse. He is doubly marginalized due to his identity as a black man and a disabled person. Since Lennie has a poor understanding of social norms, him and Crooks ended up having a conversation where Crooks speaks of his struggles with racism and isolation.

“A guy needs somebody—to be near him.” He whined, “A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.” (p. 73 in pdf)

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flirtatious, curled hair, beautiful, lonely, young, desirous of attention

In the novel, she spends much of her time roaming the ranch in search of people to talk to. She laments having missed her dream of moving to Hollywood and becoming a movie star.
Her not being given a name shows how unimportant and beneath the men she is deemed.

"Why can't I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.” (p. 86 in pdf)

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sun-browned skin, curly hair, unforgiving,  mean, power-hungry

In the novel, he is seen trying to gain the respect and submission of his inferiors. He is constantly being undermined by his wife even as he tries very hard to make himself seem socially and sexually dominant.

"Curley’s like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys. He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he's mad at ’em because he ain’t a big guy. " (p. 27 in pdf)

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Old, lost a hand, kind, hopeful, friendly

In the novel, he worries that the Boss will soon let him go as  he is injury and not of much use. Candy's unwillingness to put down his old dog reflects his own fears about aging out of his usefulness.

“I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.” (p.63 in pdf)

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short, quick-witted, supportive, wiry, responsible, level-headed, proud, empathetic

In the novel, George is a migrant worker who travels from farm to farm with Lennie. He and Lennie often dream of owning a small farm where they could be free from the responsibilities and indignities of working for a different ranch boss every month . Although he has come to see Lennie as a burden, he finds himself incapable of abandoning him. When Candy offers to give them money to help them buy some land,  George finally believes that his and Lennie's dream will  come true. However, when Lennie kills Curley's wife, George is forced to admit that his dream of a free, plentiful life on his own farm was never gonna be a reality. He then kills Lennie in order to save him from an undignified, torturous death.

“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. […] With us it ain't like that. We got a future.”

[…] Lennie broke in. “But not us! An’ why? Because...because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.” (p. 15 in pdf)

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childlike, husky and tall, mentally disabled, simple-minded, hard working

In the novel, Lennie has a childlike disposition, fallible short-term memory, and fascination with stroking and petting soft things. George is intensely protective of him and their travelling together seems strange and suspect  to the other ranch hands. He is someone who is obsessed with raising soft rabbits, petting puppies and fantasizing about an idyllic future on a farm with George. He ends up accidentally killing Curley's wife by shaking her too hard and snapping her neck because he didn't grasp his own strength.  He goes to the brush and George tells him of how they'll achieve their dream one last time before shooting him in the head.

"He ain't no cuckoo," said George. "He's dumb as hell, but he ain't crazy."  (p. 40 in pdf)