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Curley stared levelly at him. "Well nex' time you answer when you're spoke to." (26)

Curley is very stern and intimidating

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"Oh!' She put her hands behind her back and leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward. "You're the new fellas that just come, ain't ya? (31)
This shows that Curley's wife is flirtatious

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"Well, that was a lie. An' I'm damn glad it was. If I was a relative of yours I'd shoot myself." (24)

George really doesn't like taking care of Lennie

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This idea is a mutually strong theme. It makes them feel like all the hard times they are going through right now will all be worth it in the end. They will settle in their own paradise.  It gives them a sense of purpose.

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"George lifted his tick and looked underneath it. He leaned over and inspected the sacking closely. Immediately Lennie got up and did the same with his bed." (19)

George seems really suspicious about his surroundings and you'd think after jumping from job to job everywhere he would be a little laid back. This shows us how little Lennie really is. Usually only a child copies it's elders but Lennie copies George

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"'...if you jus' happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush.'" (15)

This is foreshadowing.

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"'Let's have different color rabbits, George.' 'Sure we will, ... Millions of 'em'" (16)

George is very patient with Lennie when it comes to making him happy. George's idea of utopia is owning a ranch and a lot of land, but in order to get Lennie on board, he needed to promise him rabbits.

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"...if I was alone I could live so easy... You can't keep a job and you lose me ever' job I get." (11)

George's feelings about taking care of Lennie are clearly negative. The feeling of not being able to accomplish personal goals because another person gets in the way is quite frustrating and degrading.

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They do love each other, but Curley is always very jealous of everyone she talks to, and his wife flirts with everyone.  A jealous husband and wife who flirts with everyone is not a good combination.  For example, Curley almost got into a fight with George when Curley was demanding where his wife was.

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-wants Candy to get rid of his dog
-very blunt

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This idea is a strong theme. George says,"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. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us." This shows that deep down George realizes what him and Lennie have. The life they live is not typical. They should cherish it.

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-Has an old disgusting dog
-Knows everything that is going on at the ranch

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"And these shelves were loaded with little articles, soap and talcum powder, razors and those Western magazines ranch men love to read and scoff at and secretly believe."(17)

This passage portrays to the readers how long they're gonna be staying at the new job.

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1.) Lenny accused of raping a girl
2.) George and Lenny then run to their hiding spot in the woods to escape the police that would hang Lenny for rape if they caught him.
3.)  Lenny accidentally kills his "pet" mouse by petting it too hard.
4.) Lenny and George then run away to a farm where they are hired as farm hands because George is smart and capable and Lenny is very strong. They make about 50 bucks a month.
5.) Lenny and Curley get into a fight and Lenny breaks Curley's hand.

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"'She jerks back and you hold on like it was a mouse. She yells and we got to hide in an irrigation ditch all day with guys looking for us'" (11)

This must have been the reason the two were kicked out of Weed. Lennie clearly has no sense of bodily control, so he is easily capable of lethally underestimating his strength.

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After entering the farm, and settling in, George and Lennie are confronted by Curley. Curley is the boss' son on the ranch, and is a rather power hungry man set on proving his masculinity (especially to those larger than him). Upon meeting Lennie, who is of extremely large stature, Curley is immediately disrespectful so as to assert his dominance.

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-flirtatious
- loves attention

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"'I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along,' said Lennie. 'Well, you ain't petting no mice while you walk with me.'" (6)

Lennie's desire to feel something soft reflects how young and immature he is. It must provide some sort of comfort to him. On the flip side, George's harshness and degrading tone in his voice shows how he becomes easily annoyed with Lennie and sees him as more of a chore than companion.

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-treated very poorly
-Discriminated

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Lennie, having the childlike personality he does, gets into a lot trouble. This often leaves George to solve the problem. For example, after Lennie accidentally killed a girl in Weed, George had to find a way to escape the town so as to keep Lennie safe.
George will also often lash out at Lennie, commenting on how life would be easier without having to take care of him.

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-Leader
-Kind

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-aggressive
-controlling

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-Very childish
-Good worker and very strong

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-Is like Lennie's big brother
-blames Lennie for disabling him from having a normal life