Of_Mice_And_Men

Of Mice And Men The two main characters in the novel, Of Mice and Men, are George Milton and Lennie Smalls. George is a small, intelligent man who cares for and acts as a sort of guardian for Lennie. Lennie is a very large, muscular man whose mind is very slow and is almost childlike. Both characters are traveling ranch hands, going from town to town in search of work. George’s and Lennie’s characters are round, evolving throughout the story. There are also a few stock characters. Curly, the ranch owner’s bully son, has a wife whom he neglects. Slim, the wisest ranch hand, has respect from all the other workers. Carlson is the opposite of Slim; he is ignorant and insensitive. Candy is the ranch hand who wants to join George and Lennie on their journey. Crooks is a proud but lonely African-American who also works on the ranch. All of these stock characters are flat. This story was written in the 1930’s, taking place south of San Francisco. It opens with the two traveling ranch hands, George and Lennie, on their way to a new job at a California ranch. mice, men, lennie, george, ranch, own, novel, dream, curly, work, much, characters, because, almost, people, being, barn, about, workers, wife, very, two, tells, talk, one, feel, trouble, traveling, time, symbol, soft, owner, now, man, life, lennie’s