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Of Mice & Men: Themes & Plot
- Themes
- Friendship
- George and Lennie
- Dreams
- George saves him in many occasions
- Loneliness
- Lennie and George they are together but always just them. Fitting for their dream
- Candy, fear killing his dog. Because of being lonely
- But it the right thing to do
- Crooks, as he is black. He cannt play and stay with the others
- But he dreams in having an opportunity to stay together with other people
- Cuerly's Wife, she hates the farm and she is the only women
- Dreams
- Own their own farm
- Lennie: + having rabbits to care
- Crooks Dream:
- Cuerly's Wife: Being a movie star
- Plot
- Main Story characteristics
- Dreams/Failed Dreams/The American Dream
- Human Nature is often predatory and cruel
- The world can be cruel and harsh (especially those of the character)
- Fate/Lennie is doomed from the start
- Friendship withing Gorge and Lennie
- Lennie has a loves to pet stuff and he once had a dead mouse in his pocket
- Travel to California to get work in ranches
- Meet candy
- Cuerly
- Cuerly's wife
- Love talking to men
- But Cuerly don't Like
- Wants to act (DREAM)
- Lennie "stroked" a red dressed girl
- George makes Lennie stop by hitting him with a chair
- Lennie was accused of rape, they ran away
- George tells slim
- They have a dream of having there own farm and become independent
- Carlson offers to shoot candy's own friend, his dog
- Helps to persuade
- George (Lennie)
- Whit
- Says that the dog suffered and was to old. Didn't want to live
- After
- They kill the dog
- George saw lennie almost drawn and from then
he really make sure to have an eye apon Lennie all
the time
- "Curley appears looking for
his wife again. Full of
jealousy and suspicion, he
asks where Slim is. When
he learns that Slim is in the
barn, he storms off in that
direction, followed by Whit
and Carlson, who hope to
see a fight." SPARKNOTES
- George warns Lennie Curley's wife is a problem, and he should not talk to him
- George & Lennie talk about their dream
- Candy Listens to the conversation
- Candy offer them to help, he had lots of money
- Cuerly retracts his friendship with Slim by asking sorry
- Cuerly attacks Lennie
because all the men
laghed at him, he wanted
to prove he was powerfull.
He picked an easy target,
Lennie had metal
problems
- George breaks Cuerly's hand
- but Lennie felt trrified" afterwards
- Slim protects both
Lennie and George.
They don't get fired.
- Another day all the workers, exept for Lennie and Crooks, went to drink
- Lennie went to Crooks bunk to talk to him
- But first crook said he could't enter in their bunk house (he was black)
- But Lennie naivety made crooks change his mind
- Lennie talked about his dream
- Crooks said it wouldn't be possible
- Lennie mentioned candy
would help, making again
Crook change his mind
- Cuerly's Wife came in and mocked them
- Lennie kills his puppy, because of his
strong patting, that slim had given him
earlier
- Eh then ran to a haysack in the
ranch and was concerned he
wouldn't take care of the rabits
in his house because of this.
- Cuerylt's Wife sat down next to him and
concolidated him. She than approved
Lennie to touch his hair
- She died
- Lennie ran
- Lennie is accused
for killing her,
after the body
was found. Cuerly
sets a mob after
Lennie
- George finds Lennie
- George talks about the ranch...
- And kills him so he did in peace