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Of mice and men
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Of mice and men
Setting
- 1930s
- Written in 1937
- By John Steinbeck
- Written in 1937
- Ranch
- Bunkhouse
- Great Depression
- Migrant Workers
- South of soledad, California
- Salinas River
- title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse"
- 1930s
Characters
- Lennie
- Child like
- Lacks common sense
- Huge
- Strong
- Clumsy
- Feeling soft things
- Curleys wife's hair
- Slims Puppy's
- Dead Mice
- Child like
- George
- Cares for Lennie
- Small
- Intelligent
- 'Restless eyes'
- Unhappy
- Constantly having to watch over Lennie
- Unhappy
- Opposite personality to Lennie
- Slim
- 'Jerkline Skinner'
- In control of a team of horses
- Prince of the Ranch
- The leading worker in the bunkhouse
- understands Lennie and Georges relationship
- 'Jerkline Skinner'
- Curley
- The Bosses son
- Ex boxer
- Jealous
- Of Lennies Size
- When Lennie Cripples his hand
- Curleys wife
- Dislikes Curley
- Unhappy
- Ambition to be a movie star
- Misundersood
- Kind
- Lonely
- Only woman on the ranch
- Dislikes Curley
- Candy
- Old
- Cripple
- Has one hand
- Worries that his age will make him useless
- Cripple
- Intrested in George and Lennie's dream about owning a small farm
- His old dog is shot by Carlson
- Old
- Crooks
- Stable buck
- Crippled
- Crooked spine
- Lives seperate to the other workers
- In the barn
- Not allowed in the Bunkhouse
- In the barn
- Indipendent
- Victimised for being black
- Crippled
- Stable buck
- Lennie
Themes
- Human Fragility
- Happiness can easily be taken
- When Lennie crushes Curley's hand
- Easily without effort
- The moment Lennie dies
- Easily by the pull of a trigger
- Dream and Reality
- George and Lennie's Dream
- Indipendence
- Draws in Candy and Crooks
- A dream shared by thousands of other migrant workers
- Curleys wife has a dream of being a movie star
- Pathetic
- Ranch hands dream of being 'Cowboys' after reading about them in 'Pulp magazine'
- George and Lennie's Dream
- Pessimism or Optimism
- Pessimism
- Other themes are quite pessimistic
- Dark ending
- Ending
- Could be seen in two aspects
- George is no longer tied down by lennie
- George is now lonely like every other migrant worker
- Lennies Death can be seen as an act of kindness
- Lennie's death was inevitable
- George rather had him die painlessly and quickly
- Optimism
- George is not lonely, he has Lennie
- The natural dignity Slim
- Pessimism
- Protest and Racial Justice
- Racial Discrimination
- Crooks
- Disability
- Lennie
- Mentally impaired
- Crooks
- Crooked spine
- Candy
- One hand
- Old
- Lennie
- Old age
- Candy
- Racial Discrimination
- Loneliness
- George an Lennie are not lonely because they have each other
- Candy and Crooks are Jelous of this relationship
- It kills Curleys wife
- She appears happier when she is dead
- Nobody really understands the relationship between Lennie and George
- Slim is the only one that understands the relationship
- Slim is the only one that feel empathetic for George when Lennie dies
- Slim is the only one that understands the relationship
- George an Lennie are not lonely because they have each other
- Relationships
- George and Lennie
- Their dream of one day owning a ranch
- Relationship destroyed along with the dream when George kills Lennie
- Candy and his dog
- Candy has a Sentimental attachment to his dog
- The dog is like its owner
- Old
- Friendship between the ranchworkers
- Excludes the disabled ones
- Crooks
- Candy
- Lennie
- Excludes the disabled ones
- The happiest people on the ranch are not in a relationship
- Carlson
- Slim
- The Boss
- Curley and his wife
- Curleys wife is unhappy
- Lonely
- Curley is arogant and self-centered
- He doesnt care much for his wife
- Curleys wife is unhappy
- George and Lennie
- Human Fragility
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