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
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.
Due to child like qualities, Lennie is a person which would be easy prey and a vulnerable person. Lennie is a vulnerable person who is quite dumb. His has an obsession for touching soft thing and this will often lead him in to trouble. But poor Lennie is an innocent person who means no harm to anybody. When he and Curley get into a fight Lennie is too shocked to do any thing. He tries to be innocent but, when told to by George grabs Curley’s fist and crushes it. George is Lennie’s best friend and Lennie does every thing he tells him to do as demonstrated in the fight with “But you tol...
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.
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.
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.
Curley's wife, comparable to most other characters in the novel, is a type of character with little discrepancy, moreover being the only woman in novel. Curley’s wife is demonstrated by her position and part. This part is however, being a possession of Curley or a wife. She is heavily insulted and looked upon as inferior: George and Candy call her "jailbait" and "tart", which supports the fact that he has no voice and as a matter of fact, no name – simply being referred to as Curley’s wife. Due to her lack of power, she attempts to gain it by leeching off those with power. This leeching is portrayed as her seducing the other men on the ranch who have large presence like Slim: “Hi Slim” supports a casual and somewhat flirtatious approach to the other men. She seduces other by wearing far too much makeup and dressing like a "whore" with “red fingernails” and red shoes with ostrich feathers.
To begin, Lennie has this big dream of George and him living on their own land, being their own bosses, and tending to his own rabbits. Lennie’s major obstacle in achieving his dream is that he is slower than most people for his age. Lennie acts like a child making George the responsible adult. Lennie also listens to whatever George says because Lennie looks up to George almost like he is his brother. Lennie also has a tendency to forget what he is told:
Curley’s wife’s femininity may be seen as her greatest weakness or flaw to most, but she rapidly discovers that it is also her only weapon on the ranch and learns to use it to her advantage. Therefore, she puts up an alluring and sultry front in an attempt to receive attention, because she is aware that none of the men on the farm respect her because of her position as a woman. The men's blatant lack of respect for her belittles the miniscule amount of power she has acquired
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
4.) Curley's Wife- The only female character in the novel, Curley's wife is never given a name and is only referred to as "Curley's wife." Dressed in fancy, feathered red shoes, she represents the temptation of female sexuality in a male-dominated world. She is desperately lonely and has broken dreams of a better life.
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: 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.