Of Mice and Men Summary Sheet

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Plot:

The story begins when George and Lennie prepare to arrive at a ranch to work. This ends in tragedy just four days later. The story is told in the third person so we are provided with a clear unbiased view of all characters.

Themes:

Hopes & Dreams

Discrimination & Isolation

Friendship

Relationships

Foreshadowing

Characters:

Lennie - George's friend, main protagonist

George - Lennie's friend, protagonist

Slim - ranch hand, natural leader

Candy - oldest ranch hand

Crooks - the buck, permanent staff

Curley - bosses son

Curleys Wife

Of Mice and Men: Summary Sheet

Author

John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California in 1902. Although his family was wealthy, he was interested in the lives of the farm labourers and spent time working with them. He used his experiences as material for his writing. He wrote a number of novels about poor people who worked on the land and dreamed of a better life, including The Grapes of Wrath.

Of Mice and Men: Background

Of Mice and Men - Themes

Of Mice and Men: Chapters 1 - 6

Of Mice and Men - Characters

QUIZ: OF MICE AND MEN

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