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Characters
Quotations
Details
Literary Terms
Miscellaneous
100
This character tells Slim that Lennie is a nuisance most of the time.
George
100
"You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on with me."
Slim
100
The job Lennie and George sign up to do on the ranch
Buck Barley
100
Time and place of a story
Setting
100
The time of day George kills Lennie
Sunset
200
This character considers his old dog his best friend
Candy
200
"I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny."
Curley's Wife
200
The reason Lennie believes he and George are different from other working men
They have each other OR they have someone to look out for them
200
The struggle between two opposing forces
Conflict
200
In Lennie's imagination, this giant animal speaks to him
A Rabbit
300
The "big tall skinner"
Slim
300
"You stick with us so we don't think you had nothing to do with it."
Curley
300
George tells Slim that this is the last joke he ever played on Lennie.
He told Lennie to jump in a river
300
The author's way of revealing a character
Characterization
300
Crooks tells Lennie that every man has wanted this, but nobody ever gets it.
Land
400
Character who "hates big guys"
Curley
400
"For God sake don't drink so much...You gonna be sick like you was last night."
George
400
Season in which the book takes place
Autumn
400
The struggle within a character
Internal Conflict
400
The way Lennie tries to cover up the dead puppy.
Using straw from the barn.
500
This character scares Lennie "just supposing" George won't come back from town
Crooks
500
"You ain't wanted here. We told you you ain't."
Candy
500
Crooks points out he's from this state
California
500
The writer's hints and clues about what is going to happen in the story
foreshadowing
500
This is why Curley's Wife married Curley.
To get back at her mother.