Of Mice and Men characters
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- Of Mice and Men Characters
- Lennie
- His bear-like appearance can foreshadow the ending where he acts violently.
- The death of Lennie symbolises the death of the American Dream.
- His playful nature conceals his violent behaviour, seen in the the death of Curley's wife and the fight with Curley.
- The way he gives Curley's wife hope symbolises how the American dream is futile.
- The way he is willing to leave George and go live in the caves shows how he cares more for his partner than himself.
- Mentally disabled.
- George
- George feels tasked with Lennie since they were young, but feels some self-importance through his fatherly figure.
- This can been seen as George's only way out of fighting loneliness in the novella.
- This is proven worthless by the death of Lennie.
- George's constant depressing tone on how things could be without Lennie could lead to the demise of Lennie. He gets what he wanted.
- This is proven worthless by the death of Lennie.
- This can been seen as George's only way out of fighting loneliness in the novella.
- His protectiveness over Lennie anticipates the ending of the novella.
- The death of both Curley's wife and Lennie show how he has failed in his role of a father.
- His first appearance, a small man in comparison shows how he is nothing without the mass that Lennie is.
- George feels tasked with Lennie since they were young, but feels some self-importance through his fatherly figure.
- Curley
- His marriage furthers both character's isolation.
- She is more a symbol for his power on the ranch.
- His aims are too only further his power and authority on the ranch.
- Could he be abusive? He constantly wants to fight and Curley's wife is "heavily made up."
- His marriage furthers both character's isolation.
- Curley's wife
- Only appears a few times in comparison to other characters.
- No one gives her a chance.
- Other characters portray her as troublesome.
- Her dream was to be an actress, futility of the American Dream.
- Her death scene is the only time Steinbeck awards her a courtesy.
- No one gives her a chance.
- The first time we meet her she is described negatively, "heavily made up."
- She is also described with the colour red, showing sexuality and violence.
- This suggests she could be hiding a part of her.
- We never find out her NAME!!!!
- Hiding bruises from an abusive relationship.
- Other characters portray her as troublesome.
- Her loneliness towards the end of the play shows a development in character, contrasting the beginning.
- It seems she can only get attention through her sensuality.
- As soon as we realise she is misunderstood and in a very horrible situation she makes a racist comment against Crooks.
- Sexism
- Only appears a few times in comparison to other characters.
- Candy
- Ageism
- His relationship is the only defense he has against loneliness, the death of his dog ruins this.
- It could also foreshadow his own demise.
- When he joins the dream with George and Lennie the American dream is proven futile. By the death of Lennie.
- His name connotates with something sweet, much like the American Dream.
- Crooks
- His name is only a nickname and we never really know his real name.
- Disabled Stable-buck who owns a number of possessions in the stable.
- California Civil Code 1905 could mean he wanted to be a lawyer, educated, but his copy is 20 years old.
- The way his glasses are hung up on a nail suggest that his intelligence is pointless and left to hang on a wall.
- Racism
- Is belittled by Curley's wife. They're both fighting against types of stereotype.
- Slim
- A contrast of what most of the men stand for, he has power without fighting for it.
- "Prince of the ranch"
- Never seen as lonely.
- A contrast of what most of the men stand for, he has power without fighting for it.
- Lennie
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