Of Mice And Men
Characters
George
The old man, Candy
The Boss
Boss'son, Curley
He has an old dog, and he has lost one arm. He is kind. He really love his dog. The old dog gets shot in the head, and candy starts crying. He is joining Lennie and George's dream.
He is small and quick. On his way to a new job. He takes care of Lennie. He really love Lennie. In the end of the film he kills Lennie, while he is telling him the story about the dream
Short. He treatens Lennie. Once a welterweight boxer. He has a wife. He gets in a fight with Lennie.
Owner of the ranch. He is fat and rich. Ask question about what George gets out of travelling with Lennie.
Lennie
George's friend. He is mentally retarted. He is huge and strong. Dependent on and travelling with George. He started crying over a mouse, it shows that he cant control his emotions. He really wants the white puppy. He gets in a fight with Curly, and he almost kill Curly. At the end of the film Lennie kills Curly's wife. He gets killed in the end of the movie. He like to pet things. he doesn't mean to kill them.
Releationships
Lennie and George
Lennie and George are friends. George takes care of Lennie. Lennie is dependent on George. They have a dream together, they want to own a farm/ranch
Lennie and Georges dream
The Boss and Curley
Father and son
They dream about getting their own land, and having a farm/ranch.
Lennie dreams about having rabbits and other animals
They can work on their own ranch/farm, and work for themself.
Curly and his wife
They do not have a good releationship. The wife flirts with other men. She is unhappy with her realationship. She don't get to talk with other people. She get killed in the ned of the movie,
George takes care of Lennie becuase he loves him. He think it is nice to have company. George cares about Lennie. Even though Lennie make them loose theit job, George is not mad at him. Says something about their releationship
Curly's wife
Pretty, dark hair and red lips. She is frivolous. Lennie think she is very pretty. She flirts with everyone, she wants someone to talk with. She is unhappy. She gets killed.
Slim
The leader of the workers, an authority on the ranch. Slim and George talks a lot with eachother, they become friends.
Setting, the environment.
The old man candy wants to join their dream, he have 300 bucks(money) so they can buy the land/farm.
This dream is really important for their releationship, because they have something to look forward to, a goal.
Candy and the old dog
They really love each other
At the end of the film, George kills Lennie with a gun while he is telling him about the dream. The reason why George kills Lennie is because Lennie kills candy's wife by an accident. Lennie is petting her hair becuse it is soft, but he do it to hard, and she starts to scream, and Lennie choke her.
Crooks
He is a black stable worker, with a back injury. Lennie talk to him while the other guys are in the city. Crooks starts asking Lennie questions like: What would you do if George
Themes
rasicm
Loneliness
All of the workers are very dirty. They only have one outfit that they use very day.
It is a contrast beetween mens and girls. Outfit.
They use dogs a lot, working dogs. Horses is also important on the ranches.
Where is the law? they take problems in their own hand, and they do not go to the police.
It is a hot environment in the movie, the ground is dried out.
George is thinks about how his life would be without Lennie. It is unusual that two mens are together. George think about having a female companion.