https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec Themes and characters en-us 2019-09-05 18:29:03 UTC 2026-02-24 18:19:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380601089 2019-09-05 18:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380601089 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380601385 2019-09-05 18:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380601385 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380601545 2019-09-05 18:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380601545 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380601595 2019-09-05 18:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380601595 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380606723 "They let the nigger come in that night. Little skinner name of Smitty took after the nigger."
They use the black guy basically as an object, and they act like it's rare that they invite black people to a party.]]> 2019-09-05 18:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380606723 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380851640 "Funny how you an' him string along together... Hardly none of the guys ever travel together. I hardly never seen two guys travel together."
Slim says this to George on his relationship with Lennie, it was rare to see such loyalty at the time.]]> 2019-09-06 12:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380851640 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380852852 "He ain't no cuckoo, said george. He's dumb as hell, but he ain't crazy."
George defends Lennie from Slim calling Lennie a cuckoo.]]> 2019-09-06 12:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380852852 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380853437 "... I'd have my own little place, an' I'd be bringing' in my own crops, 'stead of doin' all the work and not getting what comes outta the ground"
George talks about what he would do if he was a lil bit smarter, basically his dream life.]]> 2019-09-06 12:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380853437 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380854748 - By his actions, his speech and the way Lennie talks to him, we can assume that Lennie is mentally challenged.

]]> 2019-09-06 12:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380854748 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380854888 -When Lennie forgets something or does something stupid, George gets angry easily and seems to be impatient when it comes to Lennie's actions.]]> 2019-09-06 12:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380854888 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380858690 "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."
Lennie talking about how him and george have a good future and they won't end up like the other workers.]]> 2019-09-06 12:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380858690 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380860361 "O.K. Someday-- we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and...
-- An' live off the fatta the lan' Lenni shouted. An' have rabbits."
The two friends talking about how one day their future will look like this.]]> 2019-09-06 13:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380860361 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380945479 "The door opened quietly and the stable buck put in his head; a lean negro head, lined with pain, the eyes patient.
-Mr. Slim."
All the others call Slim by his normal name, but the only black person has to call Slim "Mr. Slim"]]> 2019-09-06 15:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380945479 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380946688 Throughout the story, George is considered the small, smart guy, as he is with Lennie.]]> 2019-09-06 15:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380946688 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380946944 All throughout the story, George keeps telling us that Lennie is strong and that he could lift like 2 men.

He also breaks Curley's hand.]]> 2019-09-06 15:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380946944 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380947190 "George, how long's it gonna be till we get that little place an' live on the fatta the lan' --an' rabbits?"
Lennie is very excited about his future, especially the rabits]]> 2019-09-06 15:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380947190 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380947728 During those two pages, all they talk about is their dream place, how they imagine their future, talking about a house they would love to buy once they have the money.]]> 2019-09-06 15:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380947728 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380948494 "George said reverently, "Jesus Christ! I bet we could swing her." His eyes were full of wonder. "I bet we could swing her," he repeated softly."
Goerge has his "eyes full of wonder" when he realizes that his plan to buy the house, his dream, might just work.]]> 2019-09-06 15:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380948494 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380949543 "They all sat still, all bemused by the beauty of the thing, each mind was popped into the future when this lovely thing should come about."
Lennie, George and Candy are all daydreaming about their future and the house they're planning to buy.]]> 2019-09-06 15:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/380949543 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/381712066 "Crooks, the Negro stable buck had his bunk in the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn."
Crooks is seperated from the others because he's black.]]> 2019-09-09 16:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/381712066 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/381713545 "I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse... cause I'm black. They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black. They say I stink."
The others are very racist towards Crooks, they don't want him hanging out with them.]]> 2019-09-09 16:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/381713545 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/381716042 "Me an' him goes ever' place together."
Lennie says this about his friendship with George.]]> 2019-09-09 16:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/381716042 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/381716731 ".... you don't understand nothing." (p.71)]]> 2019-09-09 16:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/381716731 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/381717810 "He won't do it. Lennie cried. George wouldn't do nothing like that. I been with George a long time. He'll come back tonight."
Lennie is scared of losing his best friend.]]> 2019-09-09 16:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/381717810 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/381719383 The racism of the others towards Crooks has made him very lonely. He says he needs somebody's company instead of books and horses.]]> 2019-09-09 16:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/381719383 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383899169 "I seen hunderds of men come by on their back an' that same damn thing in their heads. Hunderds of them. They come, an' they quit an' go on; an' every damn one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head. An' never a God damn one of 'em ever gets it."
Crooks talks about how many men he sees that have the same idea and dream as Lennie and George.]]> 2019-09-13 17:21:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383899169 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383902929 "It was difficult for Crooks to conceal his pleasure with anger."
When Lennie and Slim are with Crooks and Candy asks if he can come in, Crooks asks as if he didn't want to but deep down he enjoys the company.]]> 2019-09-13 17:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383902929 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383905205 "And a manue pile under the window. Sure it's great"
The others give Crooks the worst room because he's black.]]> 2019-09-13 17:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383905205 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383925622 "Guys don't come into a colored man's room very much."]]> 2019-09-13 18:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383925622 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383927922 "Seems like ever' guy got a land in his head."
Almsot everyone in that situation at the time had the same dream.]]> 2019-09-13 18:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383927922 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383929172 Candy talks about how nice it would be to have his own land, and that he's tired of getting nothing for the work he does.]]> 2019-09-13 18:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383929172 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383930296 "Listen, nigger. (...) You know what I can do to you if you open your trap? (...) Well you keep your place then, nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny."]]> 2019-09-13 18:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383930296 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383931858 "I wisht Goerge was here. I wisht George was here."
Lennie can't pass much time without George.]]> 2019-09-13 18:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/383931858 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385327968 2019-09-17 14:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385327968 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385327977 "No, sir. I ain't gonna talk to you or nothing. (...) George's scared I'll get in trouble."
Lennie is loyal to what George told him to do.]]> 2019-09-17 14:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385327977 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385329968 "Coulda been in the movies, an' had nice clothes -- all them nice clothes like they wear. An' I coulda sat in them big hotels, an' had pitchers took of me."
Curley's wife's dream is to be in movies and all. The people of the time might have different dreams.]]> 2019-09-17 14:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385329968 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385334848 "George says I ain't (nuts)"
Lennie trusts the opinion of George.]]> 2019-09-17 14:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385334848 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385335606 "But you're kinda a nice fella. Jus' like a big baby" (p.90)]]> 2019-09-17 14:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385335606 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385336947 "I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we'd never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would."
Even George knew from the start that it was a wild dream, with small chances of becoming true.]]> 2019-09-17 14:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385336947 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385338597 "I ain't gonna let 'em hurt Lennie."
No matter the circumstances, George is there for Lennie and will stand for him]]> 2019-09-17 14:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385338597 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385340752 "(George) been doin' nice things for you alla time. When he got a piece a pie you always got more'n half. An' if they was any ketchup, why' he'd give it all to you."
George was selfless towards Lennie.]]> 2019-09-17 14:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385340752 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385344355 "All the time he coulda had such a good time if it wasn't for you. (...) But he got to take care of you."
Even though George could have better opportunities, he stays lyal to taking care of Lennie.]]> 2019-09-17 14:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385344355 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385346269 "He ain't never raised his han' to me with a stick. He's nice to me."
George has always been nice to Lennie.]]> 2019-09-17 14:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385346269 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385349815 "We got each other."]]> 2019-09-17 15:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385349815 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385350109 George has to kill Lennie, but he makes him think about the house, his rabbits and everything; his dream. So that he could die happy. That's how much that dream was important to him.]]> 2019-09-17 15:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/385350109 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386143944 George was always there for Lennie throughout the entire book. Even though he didn't express it very much, we can see that George loves Lennie very much.]]> 2019-09-18 18:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386143944 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386145863 He is the head of the group composed by him and Lennie.]]> 2019-09-18 18:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386145863 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386158887 Lennie, even with his big size, has a very gentle heart. Even with all the things he has killed, none of it was meant in a harmful way. All of them were accidents.]]> 2019-09-18 18:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386158887 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386160807 Lennie keeps on killing and getting himself in trouble because of his uncontrolable strength.]]> 2019-09-18 18:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386160807 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386163314 2019-09-18 18:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386163314 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386163512 2019-09-18 18:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386163512 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386163877 "Got a crooked back where a horse kicked him." (p.20)
***That is also where he got his nickname: Crooks***]]> 2019-09-18 18:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386163877 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386165728 "He reads a lot." (p.20)
As he is often alone, Crooks reads a lot, maybe leading to the idea that he is smart?]]> 2019-09-18 18:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386165728 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386167726 2019-09-18 18:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386167726 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386168493 When Lennie and Slim talk to him about their dream land, Crooks is quick to express how bad of an idea it is. He tells them how many people he's seen with the same dream, not getting realized.]]> 2019-09-18 18:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386168493 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386171279 2019-09-18 18:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386171279 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386171428 2019-09-18 18:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386171428 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386171531 2019-09-18 18:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386171531 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386171616 2019-09-18 18:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386171616 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386171696 He is always willing to pick fights, especially with Lennie. That character trait will lead him to getting his hand crushed by Lennie.]]> 2019-09-18 18:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386171696 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386173464 Meaning he has a lot of authority, and we definitely see that with his actions and words.]]> 2019-09-18 18:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386173464 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386174007 Curley used to be a fighter, which explains his agressive, fighter behavior.]]> 2019-09-18 18:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386174007 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386175799 Curley gets very protective and jealous when someone approaches his wife and talks to them, as he is scared that she is cheating on him (which she kinda is).]]> 2019-09-18 18:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386175799 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386178119 "She got the eye" (p.28) and throughout the story, Curley's wife keeps on flirting with the other guys, and even tells Curley that she "don't like Curley. He ain't a nice fella."]]> 2019-09-18 18:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386178119 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386180317 While talking to Lennie (p.89) she explained how much she would've wanted to be an actor or a part of that kind of business. It was her dream.]]> 2019-09-18 18:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386180317 3703626 https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386182784 "Yeah. Purty..." (p.28) 
She is very pretty, according to the other guys from the farm, which gives her the power to influence and mess with the guys of the ranch. She has been married to Curley for 2 weeks.]]> 2019-09-18 18:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3703626/dvhuqi09gtec/wish/386182784