Of Mice and Men Character's

About Lennie

• described as huge and strong
• animal like 'the way a bear drags his paws'
• childlike
• follows George
• doesn't know his own strength

Significance

• Lennie gets shot at the end of the book
• He is in the novel because he is a great believer
• He is content with simple things
• Poses the question - Is death the right thing?

About George-

• Lennie's companion
• He is small and described as 'defined'
• Makes friends with Slim
• Is cautious - water, boss, Curley
• Like Lennie's dad
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Significance

• George's significance in the novel is that he looks like a typical ranch worker, but he is determined to have more, and he is determined to have that with someone else
• He is the one that shoots lennie and makes the reader think 'What would i have done if i was him'?

About Curley

• Boss's Son
• Aroggant
• Itching for a fight
• Feels threatened by Lennie's size and relationship with George
• likes power
• He is a weak character despite his urge to fight due to being a coward

Significance

• Curleys character is in the novel to show that danger is coming - when he starts on Lennie
• He is also there to highlight Lennie's Strength and show the reader what Lennie is capable of  ( foreshadowing Curley's wife's death )

About Curley's Wife

• Only women in the novel that speaks
• Lonely and therefore seeks conversation with others
• Described as a bit of a 'tart' and someone who has 'got the eye'
• Has a dream, just like Lennie and George
• Weak character because she is a 'girl' - this comes through in her death

Significance

• Curley's wife significance in the novel is that she makes the relationships uneasy between the itinirant workers
• She seems to have a very good judge of character
• Her dream echos everyone elses - it's just out of reach and she had to settle for less
• She dies and is ultimatley the reason for Lennie's Death.

About Candy

• Is an old,cripple who has worked on the ranch for along time
• has a really old dog, which was his own companion, and which also gets shot -  reflecting lennie's death
• knows all the gossip about the ranch and he introduces the reader to alot of characters.
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Significance

• Candy is what makes George and Lennie's dream able to happen
• He also gives the sense of loneliness, which reflects the times - The wall street crash
• Shows a similar relationship with dog to the one George and Lennie have
• Is a weaker character - like Lennie, becuase of his old age - survival of the fittest?

About crooks

• *****
• is the stable buck
• is called '*****' by everyone but Slim, who treats him the same as he treats everone
• had a dream about a Chicken Ranch his dad used to own
• lonely
• discriminated
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Significance

• Crooks is the one who tells or foreshadows the fact that the dream will never come true
• Reflects the history of the time
• his loneliness follows a long line of people's loneliness.