How does Steinbeck portray the relationship between George and Lennie? Of Mice and Men was first published in 1937‚ during the economic depression America was facing. George and Lennie are two migrant workers who have left their previous jobs in haste following accusations of attempted rape by Lennie‚ the larger of the two characters. Steinbeck raises the question to the reader why these two men travelling together‚ (which was very rare for the migrant worker) were involved in an unlikely
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small ranch where they can live and work on their own. • They are on the run from the town of Weed where Lennie caused trouble by innocently fondling a girls dress. • They arrive at a ranch in Soledad where they meet Candy‚ an old‚ crippled worker. • Curley is the son of the boss and is aggressive and threatening man who is always searching for his wife. • George decides they will stay on the ranch because they need the work and money. • Lennie tells the black‚ harshly treat stable buck‚ Crooks about
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owns a smelly dog)‚ Crooks (a lonely stable hand)‚ and Curley (an unfaithful man with severe anger management problems). Curley is the ranch boss’s son and a hotheaded little guy who used to fight in the featherweights. Curley clearly has something to prove‚ and seems to want to prove that something to Lennie. George warns Lennie to stay away from Curley‚ though he says if Curley picks a fight‚ Lennie should fight back. We learn that Curley also has a new wife‚ whom no one is allowed to look at
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alter our opinion of Curley’s wife during the book. John Steinbeck first presents the character of Curley’s wife when she is introduced to the reader through gossip on the ranch. Curley is said to have his “glove fulla Vaseline” to keep soft for his wife. This portrays how Curley’s wife is merely on the ranch for Curley to show the workers that he’s is married and how Curley’s wife is shown as his trophy. In addition to this‚ the workers refer to her using offensive names such as “tart‚” which is
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Lennie were late? Why? 4. Why does George answer all the questions directed to Lennie? 5. How does the boss react to George’s friendship with Lennie? 6. What excuse does George give for Lennie’s slowness? 7. How does Curley react to Lennie’s silence? 8. What does Curley think about George and Lennie’s traveling together? 9. What does the swamper mean by the statement "Curley’s pretty handy"? 10. What uneasy feeling does George have about Curley’s wife? Interpretation 1. Most of the
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Compare and Contrast Many movies are derived from novels‚ and all of them have major differences from the book version. While there are many similarities in the movie and the book Of Mice and Men‚ there are many differences also. Some differences are presented through the characters‚ scenes‚ and the way the actors play their roles. Senise wanted to get the story done within a time limit‚ so it was less detailed than the book. In Steinbeck’s novel‚ character image plays a crucial role in the story
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for another guy” he’s not used to kindness or decency. (Shows lack of community‚ as G’s kindness for lennie seems suspicious towards the boss) When G tells Curley that he and L are travelling together‚ Curley says “oh‚ so it’s that way”-he doesn’t think it’s normal for two men to travel together. Carlson tries to start a fight with Curley‚ calling him “yella as a frog belly”-Candy joins in too. Fighting seems to bring the men together. (Shows community follows the ‘use and abuse’ system. Shows
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shoots him in the head for his own good. Lennie is one of the most gentle and innocent characters in the book but he hurt Curley and killed Curley’s wife. The reader feels sorry for Lennie‚ because he isn’t malicious and doesn’t want to cause pain. The reader can’t help feeling that it’s not Lennie’s fault for hurting animals and Curley and Curley’s wife‚ he hurt Curley because George told him to‚and he killed animals and Curley’s wife because he couldn’t control his own strenghth Slim –
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that is by chance‚ Curley had the police searching too. Curley said‚ “you’re comin’ with us‚ fella” (98) because he didn’t trust George and thought he was in on it. Also George said “the guys might think I was in on it” (95) to Candy. George is saving Lennie from suffering. He knew Lennie would be lynched and tortured if he was found and didn’t want him to go through that. Curley said “ill shoot ‘im in the guts” (96) when he found out about it. Candy also told George that “Curley gon’ta wanta get ‘im
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Of Mice and Men- Curley’s wife. How does Steinbeck present Curley’s wife to the reader? What is her importance in the novel? In order to discuss how Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife to the reader one would determine that many readers would interpret her character and importance in many diversified ways. In this essay‚ one must elaborate on Steinbeck’s true definition of the one and only female in the novel. First and foremost other females in the novel are mentioned but not greeted with a presence
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