Details, details (characters, quotes, and theme)
The theme of the novella.
Even the best plans can go wrong.
This ranch worker offers George money if he can "go in" with him and Lennie on the farm.
Candy
This is why Crooks says to Lennie, "You got no right coming into my room?"
He is discriminated against, so he does not trust others. The isolation makes him resentful.
This is the reason why Curley's wife tries to talk to the guys.
She is lonely and wants someone to talk to.
Just because I am short and can't keep tabs on my wife, doesn't mean . . . Hey! What are you lookin' at? Want to fight?
Curley
This person used to take care of Lennie when he was little and gave him mice.
Aunt Clara
When George tells Lennie to hide in the brush and wait for him if something goes wrong at the ranch is an example of which literary device.
Foreshadowing.
Candy has this realization about himself when his dog is shot.
He realizes that as soon as he is too old to work, he will be fired from the ranch and sent out to the streets.
This misunderstanding prompts Curley to attack Lennie.
He misunderstood Lennie's smile/laugh about the dream to be a smile/laugh of mockery about his wife.
All I want to do is play some poker, but am I allowed? No! It gets lonely out here. When a guy gets too lonely he will get sick!
Crooks
Lennie
This makes George and Lennie different from the other guys who work on ranches.
They have each other.
Crooks asked to join the dream, and then he changes his mind for this reason.
He figures he will be rejected later after Curley's Wife reminds him of his "place", so he wants to avoid that humiliation.
Curley's wife has a bad reputation and they don't respect her. This is an example of which type of oppression?
sexism
Hello there, handsome. Let me tell you about how I was almost an actress. You say you like silk and velvet? Well, who don't?
Curley's wife
This character says, ""We gotta house and chickens an' fruit trees an' a place a hundred times prettier that this. An' we got fren's, that's what we got."
Candy
While standing in the barn looking at the dead body of Curley's wife, Candy asks George this question.
If he and George can still get that little place.
This is why Crooks tell Lennie that without George he would be tied down in a booby-hatch.
People do not understand disabilities and would lock Lennie up thinking that he is crazy.
The reason Curley doesn't like Lennie.
He feels threatened by big guys.
Everyone is so sensitive around here! You had to shoot your best friend in the back of the head . . . so what? Big deal. I shot Candy's dog in the back of the head, and you don't see my moping around about it.
Carlson
This character doesn't believe in the dream when he says, "I seen hundreds of men . . . with that same thing in their head. Everybody wants a piece of land. Nobody get to heaven, and nobody get no land."
Crooks
The significance of Carlson's last line in the novella.
When Carlson said, "Now what the hell ya supposed is eatin' them two guys?" it reflects the harshness of life on the ranch and the men who work there.
George admits to Slim that he used to play mean tricks on Lennie. What event makes him change his mind?
He told Lennie to jump into a river, but Lennie cannot swim.
What Candy says when he stands over Curley's Wife's dead body.
“Ever’body knowed you’d mess things up”
People think I am the law, but I am also calm, almost God-like. It's pretty sweet being the voice of reason.
Slim