Of Mice And Men: Who's Who
- Created by: Ruby Foster
- Created on: 06-04-13 17:58
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- Who's Who
- George Milton
- Described as being 'Small and Lean'
- Learns a morel lesson: wrong to take advantage of the weak.
- He admits to Slim that he used to make fun of Lennie because he was to stupid
- Migrant worker
- Comes to realise that the world is designed to prey on the weak
- Feels responsible for Lennie
- By shooting Lennie, his dreams of owning a ranch die with him
- Short tempered
- Lennie Small
- Has learning disabilities which makes him vulnerable and childlike
- He is the least dynamic character in the novel. He goes through no significant change/growth
- Relies heavily on George
- His innocence is what grounds George, and helps to keep their dream alive
- Slim
- He is the natural leader at the ranch. Everyone respects his views and looks up to him.
- He doesn't need to assert himself to have authority
- He understands the relationship between George and Lennie
- Slim is the jerkline skinner (lead mule-team driver) at the ranch
- Curley
- Curley is the boss's son
- He's little - so he hates big guys
- He is newly-married and is very possessive of his wife - but he still visits brothels.
- Candy
- Candy is the oldest ranch hand. He lost his right hand in an accident at work.
- He is the 'swamper' - the man who cleans the bunkhouse. He knows he will be thrown out and put 'on the county' when he is too old to work.
- He has a very old dog, which could be a metaphor for Candy, When the dog is 'put down' he accepts that this will happen to him
- He is lonely and isolated, but makes friends with George and Lennie
- He knows that when he find Curley's wife dead, that their dream of owning a ranch has died aswel
- Crooks
- Crooks is the black stable hand or buck
- He is the only black man around and is made to be isolated by his colour
- He is always called the '******' by the men, which shows how racism is taken for granted.
- He is lonely
- He has seen many men come and go, all dreaming of buying a piece of land, but is now cynical, as no one has ever achieved it.
- He gets his nick name from his crooked back
- Curley's wife
- We never know her name - she is merely Curley's 'property' with no individual identity.
- She is young, pretty, wears attractive clothes and curls her hair.
- She is lonely - there are no other women to talk to and Curley is not really interested in her.
- She doesn't like Curley - she tells Lennie that she only married him when she didn't receive a letter she'd been promised to get into Hollywood.
- She is naive
- George Milton
- Of Mice And Men
- Learns a morel lesson: wrong to take advantage of the weak.
- He admits to Slim that he used to make fun of Lennie because he was to stupid
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