of mice and men summaries
Chapter Summaries
Of Mice and Men – Notes
1. Two friends, George Milton and Lennie Small, are on their way to a new job at an agricultural ranch. They are job hunting in Soledad after being thrown out of Weed when Lennie mistakenly was accused of attempted rape of a female character, although he only likes to pet nice things like mice. During the 1st chapter George and
Lennie bicker and argue and play on each other’s emotions. At the brush, as the 2 characters are so different, they bicker over how they get through life together, and how it would be easier if they went their separate ways and how Lennie is holding
George back from his dream.
2. George and Lennie finally get to the ranch where they will be working. They meet several people currently working there. They meet the boss, the janitor, the boss’ son,
Curley and his wife, Carlson and Slim (workers on the ranch). Curley takes a disliking to Lennie as he susses him out. Curley also used to be a pro boxer so takes bigger people as always being on the ‘wrong side’ of him. Although George tries to protect
Lennie from ‘spilling the beans’ about Lennie’s mental problems, Lennie is discovered when his memory lets him down and says to George and Candy that he wants a puppy to stroke and look after.
3. As George and Lennie get to know more and more people on the ranch, constant interruptions of their familiarisation with Candy lead to the slaughter of Candy’s dog. As their conversation continues they become hypnotised by their dream and conclude that if Candy moves with them their dream could come true in a month’s time. Once again interrupted, Candy irritates Curley as he looks for his wife and Lennie results in a fight.
At first Lennie avoids the fight but under George’s instructions Lennie ends Curley with a completely crushed hand. As Curley goes to the doctor, he is blackmailed into defending Lennie and telling he got his hand caught in a machine.
4. It’s Saturday night and
Of Mice and Men – Notes
1. Two friends, George Milton and Lennie Small, are on their way to a new job at an agricultural ranch. They are job hunting in Soledad after being thrown out of Weed when Lennie mistakenly was accused of attempted rape of a female character, although he only likes to pet nice things like mice. During the 1st chapter George and
Lennie bicker and argue and play on each other’s emotions. At the brush, as the 2 characters are so different, they bicker over how they get through life together, and how it would be easier if they went their separate ways and how Lennie is holding
George back from his dream.
2. George and Lennie finally get to the ranch where they will be working. They meet several people currently working there. They meet the boss, the janitor, the boss’ son,
Curley and his wife, Carlson and Slim (workers on the ranch). Curley takes a disliking to Lennie as he susses him out. Curley also used to be a pro boxer so takes bigger people as always being on the ‘wrong side’ of him. Although George tries to protect
Lennie from ‘spilling the beans’ about Lennie’s mental problems, Lennie is discovered when his memory lets him down and says to George and Candy that he wants a puppy to stroke and look after.
3. As George and Lennie get to know more and more people on the ranch, constant interruptions of their familiarisation with Candy lead to the slaughter of Candy’s dog. As their conversation continues they become hypnotised by their dream and conclude that if Candy moves with them their dream could come true in a month’s time. Once again interrupted, Candy irritates Curley as he looks for his wife and Lennie results in a fight.
At first Lennie avoids the fight but under George’s instructions Lennie ends Curley with a completely crushed hand. As Curley goes to the doctor, he is blackmailed into defending Lennie and telling he got his hand caught in a machine.
4. It’s Saturday night and