Characters
The character who dreams of owning a farm with George and loves soft things.
Who is Lennie?
The state in which the story takes place.
What is California?
George and Lennie share this dream.
What is owning there own farm?
Lennie often pets these because he likes soft things.
What are mice?
Lennie accidentally kills this small animal early in the novel.
What is a mouse?
Lennie's best friend and caretaker
Who is George?
The historical period in which the novel is set.
What is The Great Depression?
Many characters suffer from this feeling because they are isolated.
What is loneliness?
This pet symbolises Lennie's inability to control his strength.
What is Lennie's puppy?
Curley starts a fight with this character.
Who is Lennie?
Actually lost their hand in a work-related accident
Who is Candy?
The town that Lennie and George fled after an incident involving a girl.
What is Weed?
George and Lennie's relationship represents this theme.
Candy's old dog symbolises this.
What is aging and being discarded?
Lennie crushes this during a fight.
What is Curley's hand?
Described as a "jerkline skinner" and a natural leader.
This location appears at both the beginning and end of the novel.
What is the clearing by the Salinas River.
Steinbeck suggests that this common aspiration is difficult to achieve.
The American Dream
George and Lennie's farm represents this idea.
What is The American Dream?
Lennie unintentionally kills this character in the barn.
Who is Curley's wife?
This character is isolated due to both race and disability.
Who is Crooks?
The type of workers most men on the ranch are.
Migrant farm labourers.
Curley's wife, Crooks, and Candy all experience this social issue.
What is discrimination/marginalisation?
The riverbank clearing symbolises this before tragedy occurs.
What is peace, safety, and escape?
George does this to Lennie at the end of the novel.
What is he shooting Lennie to spare him from a worse fate?