Lennie Small- Works on the ranch, has a mental disability. Lennie totally relies on George, his confidant for solely everything. Lennie is oversimplified and meek. He fixates on straightforward tactile joys, especially discovering extraordinary delight in touching delicate things. Despite the fact that Lennie is mentally disabled, for he does not have the ability to control himself physically and has an incredible defensive nature. Killed Curley’s wife
Curley’s Wife- Only lady character in this book. Her name is unknown, she is often referred to a derogatory term. Dreams of becoming an actress. Flirty, and Pretty. Cock Treated more like property than a actual wife. Accidental Death.
George Milton- Lennie’s right hand, best friend, and provider. Get’s frustrated and hostile with Lennie quite often
Curley- The boss’s son. Mean to Lennie. A bully. Intimidated by taller man.
Crooks- Only black on the ranch.
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Lennie is mentally handicapped, but very strong. Until the point when they have the cash to purchase their own land, they look for work. They work on a little ranch. Curley, the child of the supervisor, doesn't care for Lennie. He is aggressive, a bully, and went as far to assulted Lennie. Lennie defended himself though, darn near broke Curley’s hand. Curley spouse is desolate and needs to talk with everyone. Lennie is ordered not to conversate with her, however he did not listen. He can't adapt to the emotional state of the others, and doesn't see the consequences with the things he does. Lennie, in the moment kills Curley's' “better half” and escapes to the place a exclusive place. At the point when the ranch workers find out about the murder, Curley wants to get even and rides out to get him. George realizes that his friend will get tortured if he gets found, so he goes to the concealed place kills Lennie
Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Candy are three characters who are constantly alone and feeling worthless. “Think I’m gonna stay in that two-by-four house and listen how Curley’s gonna lead” (78) Curley’s wife exclaims to Lennie, Crooks, and Candy. Constantly ignored by men, Curley’s wife acts overly nice and comes off as a flirty “rat-trap” (32). She
Lennie's stupidity and carelessness constantly causes him to unintentionally harm people and animals. When he gets into sticky situations, George is there to help him get out of them. Ever since Lennie's Aunt Clara died, George has felt that he has a sense of duty
Lennie is broken and incomplete in many ways. He has a mental disability which differentiates him from the others. He depends on George for everything and cannot do things on his own even though he is a grown man.
Lennie dreams of living on a wide open ranch with George where he tends to the fluffy little rabbits he loves so much. Nevertheless, Lennie sadly never reaches his ultimate goal as his flaw finally becomes his fatal flaw. Lennie kills Curley 's wife by shaking her so hard that her neck breaks. He does not kill her on purpose but Lennie does not know his own strength. He is only shaking her like that because he wants her to stop yelling.
George and Lennie were a great example of friendship in this story. George took care of Lennie after his Aunt Clara died which he didn’t have to, but he choose to do it. Along the way George and Lennie were creating a true friendship which almost made them look like brothers. George killed Lennie because he accidentally killed Curley's wife. George did not want Lennie to know curley was coming for him so he killed Lennie. He killed Lennie because Lennie would’ve gone through a lot if Curley caught him. Would you do that if you were in George’s
Shortly before her death, Curley’s wife shares her life story with Lennie and reveals how she is forced to marry a man she dislikes and give up all hope of achieving her dreams. This is all because she was conned by a boyfriend in the past and now must marry in order to survive. Throughout the novella, she is only known as Curley’s wife and we never learn what her own name is since she is referre...
Curley’s Wife was probably one of the loneliest characters of all. She never talked to anyone and she never really liked Curley all too much. “Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.” (p.86) Curley’s Wife seems to get a lot of the other guys in trouble. Curley always suspects that she’s fooling around with the other men, “Any you guys seen my wife?” (p.53) Curley’s Wife always gives an excuse to confront the guys saying, “Any you guys seen Curley?” Then she tries to hang around and make conversation. The guy’s see her as a tramp and a troublemaker but all she wants is someone to talk too.
Lennie Small is a very interesting character. He is big with power and mentally disabled. However, he is still defenseless is a way. “Lennie looked helplessly at George, and then he got up and tried to retreat. Curley was balanced and poised. He slashed at Lennie with his left, and then smashed down his nose with a right. Lennie gave a cry of terror. Blood welled from his nose. "George," he cried. "Make 'um let me alone, George." When Curley’s is beating Lennie up, he can’t fight back because he was taught not to unless George commands him to. His one and only biggest concern the friendship from George. He doesn’t worry about his future because George has a personal bunkhouse ready when they get the money. He acts with loyalty to
Curley's wife is seen as a cheap possession, a toy that belongs to Curley. A possession that he gets to control. His lack of love, respect and attention results to her death in the end. By all the men she’s seen as a tramp, they think that she’s out cause trouble. But the truth is she’s desperately lonely. She just wants someone to talk to. She’s missed out on a wonderful life that could have been hers, and that hurts her.
Lennie has a tendency to forget things even if he was just told them. Without George, Lennie would not have any idea what to do, where to go, or what to say. George is like Lennie’s brain; he does most of the thinking and just repeatedly tells Lennie what to say/do. Without George Lennie would never have
Physically is obvious, he is very strong and is a good worker. He gets a good workload in. Emotionally, Lennie is George’s only friend. He will always be there for him, even if he isn't very bright. On page 39, it says, “It ain’t so funny, him an’ me goin’ aroun’ together,” George said at last. “Him and me was both born in Auburn. I knowed his Aunt Clara. She took him when he was a baby and raised him up. When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin’. Got kinda used to each other after a little while.” He talked about how he would play jokes on Lennie and have fun with him. Him and Lennie have known each other for a long time and grew on each
George depends on Lennie to keep him from the eternal ranch life of receiving their pay and blowing it at cat houses and to get drunk, with Lennie he is held back from that life because he is saving for their dream. Lennie depends on George to tell him what to do. Lennie does not make very good decisions without George’s input, and with George’s input, Lennie does exactly what he is told and follows through completely. Lennie is not as intelligent as George, but he is much stronger than the average man. which is why he makes up the body of the two, which George missing or is not very strong, being able to defend either one of them from someone else. When Curley goes after Lennie, bloodying up his face, punch after punch, Lennie is not so sure what to do, so he looks to George for guidance. George reacts to Curley attacking Lennie and says “get ‘im Lennie!... I said get him,” (Steinbeck 63) which then follows with Lennie listening and then harming Curley. And since George makes the decisions in both of their lives, he makes up the brains that Lennie is missing. Together the two of them make up one full man, and neither could function very well in the outside world without this
Lennie was not very smart and couldn't do much by himself. He had to be told what to do or he wouldn't do anything at all. He fits all the profiles for a retarded person. He doesn't have any self-control. When he starts to panic he gets out of control and even kills Curly's wife because she starts to scream. Lennie loves animals and can't stop talking about them. He always says that when they get their own place that he wants lots of rabbits, his favorite animal. To him George is like his father figure, since Lennie never really had any parents. He is easily amused and panics quickly.
Lennie: Lennie, in contrast with George, is a large man with pale eyes, wide shoulders, and a shapeless face. He possesses physical strength of monstrous proportions and he is fond of petting small creatures. Because he usually finds trouble from his words and actions, he allows his partner to do all of the talking for him.
1.) George- A small man who travels with, and takes care of, Lennie. He frequently talks about how much better his life would be without having Lennie to take care of. George's behavior is motivated by the desire to protect Lennie and, eventually, he wants to lead them both to the farm of their dreams.