He loves rabbits. Maybe a little too much.
Lennie
He found the body of Curley's wife
Candy
A mosquito and a human.
Parasitic
When Candy won't believe their dream is now impossible.
Denial
This character doesn't get a name of their own, representing their position as a possession.
Curley's wife
He lost his arm in an accident and plans to use his pension to buy a farm with George and Lennie
Candy
He's the one who really stole Carlson's gun.
George
A clown fish and sea anemone.
Mutualistic
When Curley punches Lennie because he's insecure about his wife's fidelity.
Acting out or displacement
Slim, Curley, and Crooks not having a real name represents THIS.
Lack of humanity, lack of identity
She gave Lennie mice and [his memory of her] scolds him for killing someone.
Aunt Clara
Curley's wife invites Lennie to do THIS, leading to her death.
Pet her hair
Water buffalo and birds.
Mutualistic
When Crooks tells Candy to forget his offer to join the farm - that he didn't really mean it.
Undoing
Candy wishing he had shot his own dog foreshadows THIS.
George shooting Lennie
He lives in the barn because he is excluded from the bunkhouse.
Crooks
Where George and Lennie were employed BEFORE, foreshadowing Lennie's inability to stay out of trouble.
Weed
Candy's relationship with George.
Mutualistic
When Curley tries to make up for his small size by being extra tough and aggressive.
Compensation
This animal embodies Lennie's dream for a better life.
Rabbits
He owns a gun and shoots Candy's dog
Carlson
Lennie imagines these two chastising him after he kills Curley's wife
A rabbit and his Aunt Clara
The Hollywood guy's relationship with Curley's wife.
Parasitic
When Candy curls up in a fetal position after his dog dies.
Regression
The lack of THIS to put on Lennie's beans is an early foreshadowing of George's feeling of powerlessness as he tries to care for Lennie.
Ketchup