Of Mice and Men
George's close friend and traveling companion
Lennie
This young couple are the main characters in this Shakespeare play
Romeo and Juliet
The first friend Casey makes in Sylvan Woods
Luciana
"I seen the guys that go around on ranches alone. That ain't no good," (Steinbeck)
George
Who is responsible for the quote, "No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know” (Steinbeck 106).
George
Romeo's best friend
Mercutio
Casey's most dangerous friend
Robert
"A guy needs somebody -- to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody." (Steinbeck)
Crooks
George tells his friend to fight back against this bully ex-boxer
Curley
Juliet's only friend
The Nurse
Casey's friend who is a newspaper writer and the founding member of the Butcher Brigade
Jake
"So shall you feel the loss, but not the friend Which you weep for" (Shakespeare Act 3 Scene 5).
Lady Capulet
George took Lennie with him for this reason
George knew his mother
This man agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet and helps the two with their plans slowly starting to seem as a friend to them
Friar Laurence
Casey treats this tree as his friend "He found himself sprawled on the floor of the timber fortress where everything started" (Vanderhorst 162) and is the reason for him ending up in Sylvan Woods
The Old Oak
"The law that threaten'd death becomes thy friend, And turns it to exile; there art thou happy" (Shakespeare Act 3 Scene 4).
Friar Laurence