Of Mice and Men Themes / Characters
- Created by: James Wheeler
- Created on: 19-05-13 12:06
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- Of Mice and Men
- Themes
- Nature
- Always described at start
- Started of as a play
- Innocence of Lennie
- Never meant to hurt anyone / thing
- Clumsy
- Victims got bigger - Mice, Puppy, Person
- Never meant to hurt anyone / thing
- Always described at start
- Dreams
- G+L's Dream
- Dream tailored to Lennie
- Slightly different every time
- Candy
- Wants to join G+L's dream
- Offers them his savings
- Wants to join G+L's dream
- Dream tailored to Lennie
- Dreams are unachievable
- G+L's Dream
- Companionship
- G+L are companions
- Unusual on ranches
- Slim notices
- They rely on each other
- George to get work
- Lennie to be looked after
- George blames Lennie
- Needs a scapegoat
- Stick together anyway
- Genuinely proud of him
- George to get work
- Unusual on ranches
- Everyone else is lonely
- C's Wife
- Hangs around men for company
- Seems sex-crazed
- Crooks
- Won't admit it, but glad when everyone joins him
- Remembers past when he could have friends
- No-one has any true friends
- C's Wife
- G+L are companions
- Nature
- People
- Lennie
- Completely relies on George
- Would be nothing without him
- Sense of morality governed by his ability to tend rabbits
- Only way he knows if he is bad or not
- Only thing he cares about
- Not as dumb as he seems?
- Manipulates George into telling him about the dream
- Very clumsy
- Always killing things accidently
- Completely relies on George
- Slim
- Admired by everyone
- He is That Guy
- Doesn't have to assert authority
- No-one dares annoy him
- Seems to understand
- Knows everything
- Sympathiseswith George
- Realises specialness of relationships
- Admired by everyone
- George
- Lennie
- Completely relies on George
- Would be nothing without him
- Sense of morality governed by his ability to tend rabbits
- Only way he knows if he is bad or not
- Only thing he cares about
- Not as dumb as he seems?
- Manipulates George into telling him about the dream
- Very clumsy
- Always killing things accidently
- Completely relies on George
- Needs Lennie to get jobs
- Big and Strong where George isn't
- Also gets him kicked out (e.g. Weed)
- Promised Aunt Clara to look after him
- Betrays Lennie's trust
- Goes down to Suzie's instead of saving up for dream
- Going to fail to achieve dream like everyone else
- Goes down to Suzie's instead of saving up for dream
- Reluctantly kills Lennie
- Knows he has to, but doesn't want to
- Almost bullied by others into doing it
- Lennie
- Curley
- Always wanting to pick a fight
- Small but wants to prove himself
- Constantly sizing people up
- His wife is his possession
- She doesnt get a name
- Paranoid about others
- A sex-toy - his gloves are filled with Vaseline
- Always wanting to pick a fight
- Lennie
- Themes
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