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Of Mice and Men Themes:Fear:The majority of characters in Of Mice and Men live in Fear. When the novella opens up, it shows George and Lennie have just fled due to an attempted leaching in Weed. When they arrive at the Ranch, George says constantly that ‘it aint no good place.’ Candy fears the same after her dog was killed after it was deemed to week. Of Mice and Men suggests that their is fear is a part of life for oppressed people and the fear extends to the oppressors.Male Friendship:The reason the tragic end of George and Lennie's friendship is because they had lost their common dream. The farm that George and Lennie were supposed to live on and a place that nobody ever reaches. The Men in the novel become friends they live with each others best interests. The world is too harsh unfortunately for any of their dreams to come true.Characters:Lennie Small:Lennie is a large lumbering migrant worker and one of the protagonists. Due to his mental disability, Lennie completely depends on George, his friend and travelling companion. The two men vision that they will share a farm, Lennie believes this wholeheartedly. Lennie is gentle and kind although Lennie doesn’t fully understand his strength. He loves to touch small things such as animals and peoples hair. These can lead to trouble in the play.George Milton:George is a small, wiry quick witted man and one of the protagonists in the novella. He travels with and cares for Lennie. He frequently speaks about how better his life would be if he didn’t have to care for Lennie. George is obviously devoted to Lennie. Georges behaviour is motivated to protect Lennie. It is to deliver them both to the Imaginary farm. It is Lennie’s childlike reaction to the farm that motivates George to work hard.Candy:Candy is an aging farm-man. He is worried about his future since he lost one of his hands. He hears about George and Lennie’s farm and offers his life savings to be a part of the farm. The fate of Candy's dog who is shot foreshadows Lennie's death.Curley's wife is the only female character in the story. She is often referred to as a tramp and a looloo. She wears red dresses. She is desperately lonely.Crooks is the black stable hand who is often prejudiced against due to his skin colour. Despite this, he becomes fond of Lennie. He asks Lennie if he can go with them to hoe the garden.Slim is a highly skilled mule driver and is referred to as the king of the ranch. Other characters go to slim for advice. Slim understands the weird bond between George and Lennie and comforts George at the end.The boss is a well-dressed man and curley’s father. He doesn’t appear much in the novella, but he delivers whiskey to everybody on Christmas day.Key Quotes:‘Guys like us who work on the ranch's, are the loneliest guys in the world. They don’t belong no place, we ain't like that. We got a future.’- This is George talking about how usually migrant workers are lonely but George and Lennie are different due to the fact that they travel around together and are trying to build a forever home together.“S’pose they was a carnival or a circus come to town, or a ball game, or any damn thing.” Old Candy nodded in appreciation of the idea. “We’d just go to her,” George said. “We wouldn’t ask nobody if we could. Just’ say, ‘We’ll go to her,’ an’ we would. Jus’ milk the cow and sling some grain to the chickens an’ go to her.”- This is George talking to Candy about the vision of the farm. Of how if they wanted to go somewhere, they could just go and they wouldn’t be constricted to go.‘I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back and’ that same damn thing in their heads . . . every damn one of ’em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ’em ever gets it.’- Crooks saying to Lennie. Crooks is a disabled farm helper, who cannot even go inside to play cards with the white men workers. He says that hundreds of people pass by the ranch, but none of them get to their dream of owning land.Of Mice and Men Themes:Fear:The majority of characters in Of Mice and Men live in Fear. When the novella opens up, it shows George and Lennie have just fled due to an attempted leaching in Weed. When they arrive at the Ranch, George says constantly that ‘it aint no good place.’ Candy fears the same after her dog was killed after it was deemed to week. Of Mice and Men suggests that there is fear is a part of life for oppressed people and the fear extends to the oppressors.Male Friendship:The reason the tragic end of George and Lennie's friendship is because they had lost their common dream. The farm that George and Lennie were supposed to live on and a place that nobody ever reaches. The Men in the novel become friends they live with each other’s best interests. The world is too harsh unfortunately for any of their dreams to come true.Characters:Lennie Small:Lennie is a large lumbering migrant worker and one of the protagonists. Due to his mental disability, Lennie completely depends on George, his friend and travelling companion. The two men vision that they will share a farm, Lennie believes this wholeheartedly. Lennie is gentle and kind although Lennie doesn’t fully understand his strength. He loves to touch small things such as animals and peoples hair. These can lead to trouble in the play.George Milton:George is a small, wiry quick witted man and one of the protagonists in the novella. He travels with and cares for Lennie. He frequently speaks about how better his life would be if he didn’t have to care for Lennie. George is obviously devoted to Lennie. Georges behaviour is motivated to protect Lennie. It is to deliver them both to the Imaginary farm. It is Lennie’s childlike reaction to the farm that motivates George to work hard.Candy:Candy is an aging farm-man. He is worried about his future since he lost one of his hands. He hears about George and Lennie’s farm and offers his life savings to be a part of the farm. The fate of Candy's dog who is shot foreshadows Lennie's death.Curley's wife is the only female character in the story. She is often referred to as a tramp and a looloo. She wears red dresses. She is desperately lonely.Crooks is the black stable hand who is often prejudiced against due to his skin colour. Despite this, he becomes fond of Lennie. He asks Lennie if he can go with them to hoe the garden.Slim is a highly skilled mule driver and is referred to as the king of the ranch. Other characters go to slim for advice. Slim understands the weird bond between George and Lennie and comforts George at the end.The boss is a well-dressed man and curley’s father. He doesn’t appear much in the novella, but he delivers whiskey to everybody on Christmas day.Key Quotes:‘Guys like us who work on the ranch's, are the loneliest guys in the world. They don’t belong no place, we ain't like that. We got a future.’- This is George talking about how usually migrant workers are lonely but George and Lennie are different due to the fact that they travel around together and are trying to build a forever home together.“S’pose they was a carnival or a circus come to town, or a ball game, or any damn thing.” Old Candy nodded in appreciation of the idea. “We’d just go to her,” George said. “We wouldn’t ask nobody if we could. Just’ say, ‘We’ll go to her,’ an’ we would. Jus’ milk the cow and sling some grain to the chickens an’ go to her.”- This is George talking to Candy about the vision of the farm. Of how if they wanted to go somewhere, they could just go and they wouldn’t be constricted to go.‘I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back and’ that same damn thing in their heads . . . every damn one of ’em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ’em ever gets it.’- Crooks saying to Lennie. Crooks is a disabled farm helper, who cannot even go inside to play cards with the white men workers. He says that hundreds of people pass by the ranch, but none of them get to their dream of owning land. ................
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