Characters
This character is very bear-like, huge, and doesn't really think for himsef. He likes soft things.
Lennie
This character is the only woman on the ranch
Curley's Wife
These three themes are the focus of this unit
Companionship
Loneliness
Dreams
This setting is where the book takes place in chapter 1
A few miles south of Soledad, by the Salinas River
What type of gun does Carlson use to shoot Candy's dog?
Luger (pistol)
This character is small, quick, and has sharp features. He's responsible for caring for two.
George
This character wears heeled shoes to show he is not a laboring man and is always looking for his wife AND always looking to start a fight
Curley
Every time our main protagonists talk about their ideal land where they raise rabbits and have their own farm, we see this one specific theme
Dreams
What town do Lennie and George escape from?
Weed
When first arriving onto the ranch, this character is the first to introduce themselves to George and Lennie
Candy
This character is missing their right hand missing, and life without their dog is pretty rough.
Candy
"Prince of the ranch" and most respected
Slim
George plays a card game in the novel. What card game is he playing, AND what theme does it represent?
Solitaire. Loneliness
Candy not only wants to join the dream ranch, but he offers to give them what?
MONEY ($350)
The color of Lennie's puppy
Brown and white
This character puts down/shoots Candy's Dog
Carlson
This character's back was kicked by a horse and is not allowed in the bunkhouse with the other men.
Crooks
George opens up to Slim about their past. In trusting Slim, this shows the theme of...
Companionship
When they were younger, what did George tell Lennie to do?
Jump in a river
In Crooks's room, they mention that he has a lot of...
books
He is a pugnacious man.
Curley
This person took care of Lennie (not George)
Aunt Clara
Each character seems to face this theme of _____________, except for maybe Lennie and Candy's dog.
Loneliness
This is the lie Slim tells Curley to say after the fight between Curley and Lennie
He got his hand caught in a machine
The name of the agency George and Lennie got their work cards from
Murray and Ready's