Of Mice and Men Characters

Of Mice and Men Characters

1. Lennie

   • Description
     • Personality
       • Kind and Loving
       • Can sometimes be described as an `animal` or `child`
       • Opposite to Lennie
     • Apperance
       • Extremely Tall
       • Stocky
       • `Dumb Looking`
       • Small
         • Intelligent
     • `Restless eyes`
   • Loneliness
     • Seeks companionship in animals
       • Mice
       • Rabbits
       • Puppies
   • Power and Control
     • Has physical power no mind control

2. Slim

   • Description
     • Personality
       • Understanding
       • Quiet
       • Doesnt want to get into any trouble
     • Apperance
       • Slim
       • Mid height
       • Handsome
     • "Jerkline Skinner"
       • In control of a team of horses
   • Power and Control
     • Has control over most of the ranch as he is the most trusted
   • Loneliness

3. George

   • Description
     • Personality
       • Quiet
         • Wants to stay out of trouble
         • Not there to make friends and only to earn money
       • Caring
         • Protects Lennie
         • Made sure Lennie got into no trouble
     • Apperance
       • Typical American
       • Blue Denim Dungarees
       • Mid Height
   • Control and Power
     • Had control over Lennie
     • Had power over their relationship

4. Curley

   • Description
     • Apperance
     • Personality
       • Selfish and controlling
       • Demanding
       • Disrespectful
         • He supposedly keeps vaseline in his glove to keep his hands soft for his wife.
       • Jelousy
         • Of Lennies size
       • Because he used to be a boxer, most of his traits will show
   • Power and Control
     • He has power over the ranch as he is the son of the owner.
     • He has control over his wife as he sees her as his property
   • Loneliness

5. Curleys Wife

   • Loneiness
     • Only woman on the ranch
   • Description
     • Personality
       • Flirtaious
     • Apperance
       • Feminine
         • Wears dresses
         • Heels
         • Make-Up
       • Attractive
       • Slim
       • "Sausage Curls" is used to describe her hair.
   • Dislikes Curley
     • Unhappy
   • Misunderstood
     • Kind
   • Ambition to be a movie star

6. Candy

   • Old
     • Cripple
       • Has one hand
         • Worried that his age will make his useless
           • Discrimination
   • Interested in Lennie`s dream about owning a farm
   • His dog was shot by Carlson

7. Crooks

   • Stable Buck
     • Lives separate to other workers
       • In the barn
       • Not allowed in the bunk house
     • Crippled
       • Crooked back
         • Uses linement oil
     • Independant
       • Victimised for being black
         • Doesn`t like people in his room
       • Believes in his rights
         • Has a ragged copy of the Califonian Civil Rights Code
           • Very few possesions
             • Believes he will be at the ranch the longest.