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Characters in 'Of mice and men'

10ttravis — 2014-01-20 14:42:39 UTC

This is a list of the characters in the book written by John Steinbeck

George Milton The protagonist and main character of the
book. He is a caring, compassionate, and understanding human being who dreams of
owning his own piece of land. Physically, he is a small and intelligent man with
strong features. He is Lennie's cousin. He is a very stron willing character and he is

very protective over Lennie this caused him to kill him in the end

Lennie Small The obedient friend of George. He has a
child’s mind and a giant’s body. He is mentally retarded, and relies upon
George. It is these contrasting qualities and his impulsive nature that cause
him problems.

Old Candy
One of the lonely ranch workers. He is a cripple
(missing a hand), working as a ‘Swamper’.
Crooks A black ranch hand. He is sensible and neat, with a
mind of his own. He is a lonely character, who is discriminated against, due to
his race.
Slim A ranch worker with leadership qualities. He commands
respect from all on the ranch.
Curley The boss’s son who was a boxer. He is short, stocky,
and thinks he is better than all the others. He picks fights with everybody on
the ranch.
Curley’s wife The only woman that is in the book who is 'Owned' by Curley
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Plot

10ttravis — 2014-02-24 14:41:57 UTC

Near the Salinas River in California, George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant farm workers, walk toward a ranch. George is quick and smart, while Lennie is huge, strong, and mentally disabled. As they make their way to the ranch, George often whines that his life would be so much easier without Lennie. But when Lennie offers to leave him, George refuses.George says he killed Lennie in a struggle for Carlson's gun. Slim tells George he did what he had to do.

This a test on overall knowlegde on the dream part of the story

10ttravis — 2014-03-03 14:32:54 UTC

http://www.tutor2u.net/english/revision/gcse/ofmiceandmen/dreams/quiz.html

Theme

10ttravis — 2014-03-10 14:36:26 UTC

Of Mice and Men takes its title from a famous lyric by the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759 - 1796). Burns's poem "To a Mouse" contains the lines, "The best laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry." Nearly all of the main characters Of Mice and Men harbor dreams and plans that never come true. Most notably, George, Lennie, and Candy share a doomed dream of buying their own farm and living off the land. George often laments the life he could have had as a freewheeling bachelor, free of the burden of caring for Lennie. "[I]f I was alone I could live so easy," he says. Lennie has his own private dream of living in a cave with his own rabbits, while Curley's wife often regrets her missed chance to become a Hollywood actress. In the end, the novel's main theme is that people must learn to reconcile their dreams with reality, to accept that everyone's best laid plans often perish. These plans "go awry" not because the characters in the novella give up on them, but because forces beyond their control destroy them. In the bleak economic outlook of the Great Depression, during which the novel was written and set, coming to terms with dreams broken by out-of-control economic forces became a reality nearly everyone in America faced