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Of Mice and Men- Characters

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    The characters of the book and its plot
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  • This is a very lonely character in the ranch, who for a brief moment, felt hope because he was going to participate in George and Lennie's dream.
    Crooks
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  • This is a high skilled mule driver, who had an intimate talk with George, in which George confessed some facts about his past.
    Slim
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  • This is a character who only appeared a brief moment when the men arrived to the ranch, and it was said to be a "nice fella".
    The Boss
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  • This man complained in several occasions about an animal that was bothering him.
    Carlson
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  • This character had a dream that was not connected at all with the American Dream.
    Curley's wife
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  • This is a man who had lost his hand, and was now as old as his dog.
    Candy
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  • This is a cocky man who wore high-heeled boots to distinguish himself from the field hands.
    Curley
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  • Who discovers Curley's dead wife?
    Candy
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  • What does Curley’s wife offer to let Lennie touch?
    Her hair
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  • Before George meets Lennie in the woods in the final scene, whose gun does he take?
    Carlson's
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  • Who is the only man to understand the bond between Lennie and George?
    Slim
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  • After killing Curley’s wife, Lennie imagines two things which come to punish him. What were these two things?
    Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit
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  • How does Lennie think he'll be punished for what he has done?
    George won't let him take care of the rabbits on their farm.
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  • He suggests that maybe George won't return from town.
    What possibility does Crooks upset Lennie with?
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  • What does Curley's wife tell Crooks, Candy, and Lennie?
    That she's very lonely and doesn't like Curley
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  • What was Curley's wife's dream life?
    To move to Hollywood and become a movie star
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