Of mice and men characters- George and Candy
- Created by: Jessie leitch
- Created on: 06-04-16 12:12
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- Of mice and men characters
- George
- Someone who is of the people but an out cast
- working class dialect
- ''*******' 'son of a *****'
- 'might go in and look the joint over'
- Has to think about Lennie which sets him apart
- 'What the hell ya suppose is eating them two guys'
- The other men don't share the same emotional intelligence after Lennie's death
- working class dialect
- Lost soul of the Great Depression
- Very intelligent man
- 'restless eyes and sharp strong features'
- 'restless eyes' shows he is looking for something more but he is lost as this isn't acheiveable
- but he says 'An' I ain't so bright neither or I wouldn't be bucking barley
- We know that he is intelligent so this shows that how smart you were was decided by your class
- 'restless eyes and sharp strong features'
- Very intelligent man
- An anti-hero
- Contrasts typical literary hero during the 1930's
- more realistic
- alienated from society
- 'Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the lonliest guys in the world
- elicits sympathy- they are the forgotten people
- 'us'- all ranch workers are treated and viewed the same
- 'world'- reminds us that the microcosm is relatable to the whole world
- 'Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the lonliest guys in the world
- Typical literary hero is responsible for their own fate but George isn't
- 'George laid out his deliberate solitaire hand'
- Solitaire represents him living his life alone
- 'deliberate'- shows he is living his life very carefully
- However solitaire is ultimately a game of luck so he has no control
- Can't control the actions of others- Lennie leads to his downfall
- 'George laid out his deliberate solitaire hand'
- Contrasts typical literary hero during the 1930's
- His ending is more tragic than Lennies
- After Lennie's death 'George sat stiffly on the edge of the bank'
- He has to carry on without a dream whilst Lennie is in a better place
- Georges name is George Milton
- This links to Steinbeck's favourite authors who wrote the poem 'paradise lost'
- The peom suggests that humans are destined to be alone
- So no matter how hard George tried he was always going to end up alone
- The peom suggests that humans are destined to be alone
- This links to Steinbeck's favourite authors who wrote the poem 'paradise lost'
- The book finishes where it began
- suggests that things always go round in a circle
- like when Curley's wife died a bird circled the barn
- Lennie has escaped this circle but George has not
- suggests that things always go round in a circle
- After Lennie's death 'George sat stiffly on the edge of the bank'
- Someone who is of the people but an out cast
- Candy
- Represents the old
- When they get old people are either thrown out, canned or used up
- Candy fears that he will no longer be useful and so he will get thrown out
- Like his dog
- 'A tall man with stooped shoulders'
- 'tall'- he is good and strong
- but he is now 'stooped' showing that this ability is gone and he is now small compared to his former self
- 'tall'- he is good and strong
- Represents the diasabled
- He is missing one hand from an accident
- Candy and his dog run parellel to George and Lennie
- Candy's dog depends on Candy
- The dog is extremely loyal
- When Cnady is told the dog must die he couldn't kill the dog himself so Carlson does it
- Later he says he should have shot the dog himself
- This foreshadows Georges decision to kill Lennie himself
- Later he says he should have shot the dog himself
- Candy's dog depends on Candy
- A device to make the American dream seam realistic
- He suggest to put in a large sum of money
- Represents the old
- George
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