notes on "Of Mice and Men"
Character – Shannon, Sabrina, William, Zach
Consider the characters and how they are characterized so far in the text. How are they represented? What struggles do they have? How would you characterize them? Have any of the characters undergone any significant changes so far in the text?
George: takes responsibility for Lennie, “Lennie!’ he said sharply. “Lennie for God’ sakes don’t drink so much.’…‘Lennie. You gonna be sick like you was last night.” (p.3)and he is also like Lennie’s mentor/role model. He has struggles to keep his calm when Lennie aggravates him, “Well, we ain’t got any,’ George exploded…I wisht I could put you in a cage with about a million mice an’ let you have fun”(p.6). George is a slightly shorter than average sized guy, with slight temper issues; however, he genuinely cares a lot for Lennie. He is also very forgiving in the fact that he gives people second chances. So far, George hasn’t changed that much, if at all. I believe that George is starting to change his perspective on life
Lennie: has a mind like a child because of a developmental delay which means that he has trouble comprehending everyday situations which causes conflict in the story, “What you want of a dead mouse, anyways?’ ‘I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along,’ said Lennie”. Lennie is really innocent and naive, which means that he is easy to manipulate and deceive. “ I don’t want no fights,” said Lennie. He got up from his bunk and sat down at the table...” He is a large guy, bigger than the average man which means that he is very useful on a ranch. Lennie breathed hard. “ You jus’ let ‘em try to get the rabbits. I’ll break there God dam necks.”
Candy: introduced recently, Candy struggles with his age. He thinks that people won’t need him after he gets old and will kick him out of the ranch and then he will have no where to go. He decides to help Lennie and George with their funding for the plot of land that they want to buy. He hasn’t changed yet
Consider the characters and how they are characterized so far in the text. How are they represented? What struggles do they have? How would you characterize them? Have any of the characters undergone any significant changes so far in the text?
George: takes responsibility for Lennie, “Lennie!’ he said sharply. “Lennie for God’ sakes don’t drink so much.’…‘Lennie. You gonna be sick like you was last night.” (p.3)and he is also like Lennie’s mentor/role model. He has struggles to keep his calm when Lennie aggravates him, “Well, we ain’t got any,’ George exploded…I wisht I could put you in a cage with about a million mice an’ let you have fun”(p.6). George is a slightly shorter than average sized guy, with slight temper issues; however, he genuinely cares a lot for Lennie. He is also very forgiving in the fact that he gives people second chances. So far, George hasn’t changed that much, if at all. I believe that George is starting to change his perspective on life
Lennie: has a mind like a child because of a developmental delay which means that he has trouble comprehending everyday situations which causes conflict in the story, “What you want of a dead mouse, anyways?’ ‘I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along,’ said Lennie”. Lennie is really innocent and naive, which means that he is easy to manipulate and deceive. “ I don’t want no fights,” said Lennie. He got up from his bunk and sat down at the table...” He is a large guy, bigger than the average man which means that he is very useful on a ranch. Lennie breathed hard. “ You jus’ let ‘em try to get the rabbits. I’ll break there God dam necks.”
Candy: introduced recently, Candy struggles with his age. He thinks that people won’t need him after he gets old and will kick him out of the ranch and then he will have no where to go. He decides to help Lennie and George with their funding for the plot of land that they want to buy. He hasn’t changed yet