'Of Mice and Men' - John Steinbeck

characters
1. Lennie
  1. simple-minded
  2. slow
  3. vulnerable
  4. v. strong
  5. dependant on george
  6. kind and friendly
  7. vagrant
    1. travel from place to place looking for work
2. george
  1. short-tempered
  2. friendly
  3. guilty
    1. playing jokes/abusing Lennie
  4. sensitive
  5. defensive
  6. vagrant
3. slim
4. candy
  1. friendly
  2. his dog
    1. v. old
    2. stinks
    3. useless/nuisance
      1. like candy
5. curley
  1. paranoid
  2. villain
    1. threatening
    2. danger faces lennie
6. curley's wife
  1. flirtatious
  2. lonely
  3. no name
    1. tramp
    2. tart
    3. bitch
  4. scared of curley
7. ranch workers
  1. carlson
    1. mean
    2. trigger happy
      1. kills candy's dog
  2. whit
8. crooks
  1. stablebuck
  2. discriminated against
    1. colour
  3. weakness
    1. cripple
    2. vulnerable
  4. lonely
Themes
1. poverty
  1. great depression
2. friendship
  1. george and lennie
    1. protection/help
  2. george and candy
    1. trust
  3. lennie and candy
  4. george and slim
    1. trust
  5. lennie and crooks
    1. vulnerability
3. american dream
  1. wanting to own land
4. discrimination
  1. crooks
5. mercy
  1. final chapter
6. vulnerability
  1. lennie
  2. candy
  3. crooks
  4. curley's wife
7. nature
Chapters/ Parts
1. Chapter 1
  1. introduction
  2. lennie & george
    1. vagrant
    2. characteristics dont change through the novel
    3. george looks after lennie
  3. nature
2. Chapter 2
  1. Ranch
  2. curley
    1. paranoid
  3. candy + dog
    1. friendship
    2. george + lennie
  4. curley's wife
    1. flirtatious
    2. lonely
    3. frightened of curley
  5. crooks
    1. stable buck
    2. discriminated
    3. weakness
    4. lonely
3. Chapter 3
  1. Life of the migrant worker
  2. key characters
    1. slim
    2. carlson
    3. candy
    4. whit
    5. crooks
  3. bonds of friendship
    1. george opens up
      1. candy
        joins george + lennies dream
        money
      2. slim
        insight to george
        emotive
        values friendship
        past
        sensitive
        guilt
        defensive
  4. the dream/friendship
4. Chapter 4
  1. crooks the man not the mere negro
  2. insight into crooks
    1. possesions
    2. lonely
    3. charmed by lennies innocence
  3. Four Isolated Weak characters seeking company
    1. crooks
    2. candy
    3. Lennie
    4. curley's wife
  4. The Vulnerable four
5. chapter 5
  1. curley's wife
    1. opens up
    2. past
    3. dislikes curley
    4. vulnerable
    5. lonely
  2. Lennie
    1. sad/angry
      1. dog dies
    2. kills curleys wife
      1. accident
      2. scared
    3. goes to place in opening scene
    4. childlike/ cant control his strength
6. Chapter 6
  1. Lennie
    1. scared
    2. gets calm
    3. killed by george
      1. v. sad
      2. unexpected
      3. merciful
    4. dies happy
  2. George
    1. shows mercy to lennie
      1. instead of him getting locked in jail
        kills quickly
      2. leaves lennie with happy thought
        farm
        rabbits
  3. mercy
  4. vulnerability
  5. friendship
setting / time period
1. 1930's/40's
  1. after great depression
2. california
  1. ranch
3. many poor/vagrant workers

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