Chapter 2 Comprehension Questions For George And Lennie

In Of Mice and Men the character Crooks is a stable hand who works with the ranch horses. He is also the only black man on the ranch because of this he lives by himself. Crooks is seen as an outcast because of his skin color and because he has been injured and that has afected his ability to perform the duties expected of him.

Generally, during the course of the novel, women are viewed negatively. They are seen as objects, not real people. For example, throughout the novel, Curley's wife is merely known as 'Curley's wife'. She is never called by her real name. The term 'Curley's wife' implies she is owned by Curley, and not a person with freedom. From this, the reader can tell that Curley's wife lives in an unfair World, in an era of inequality. This suggests Steinbeck

At an old age and only having one hand, Candy is a person that is easy prey. Candy is an old man who is worried that he may be kicked out of the ranch when he gets too old. He is also made to do things that he does not want to do. Carlson, a worker

The reason why boss finds George and Lennie suspicious is because George does the most of the talk for Lennie. “Let the big guy talk” (pg 25) Another reason why the boss find George and Lennie suspicious is because they say that they are cousins, which they are not. “ He’s my ... cousin I told his old lady I’d take care of him.” (pg12). My last reason why boss find George and Lennie suspicious is because George said that their job is done and they had to find a new job. “The job was done” (pg 27).

The next time Steinbeck presents Curleys wife is in her conversation with Lennie, Candy and Crooks. In this extract we see how Curleys wife clearly enjoys having power over others and because she is the only girl on the ranch she is prone to discrimination by being made to feel like one of Curleys possessions. We first get

Curley’s wife - a flirtatious, mysterious women in the novel. She is the only women that is described by Steinbeck in the novel. How we call her- “Curley’s wife” shows that she is just a possession of Curley. And the others names that George and Candy had given to her are “looloo; jailbait; tart”; these names show how badly she was treated in the ranch particularly and the sexism in American society in 20s - 30s generally.

We first hear about Curley’s wife when Candy Tells George about her, "He got married a couple of weeks ago. Wife lives over in the boss’s house, seems like Curley 's even cockier since he got married" Candy doesn’t seem to like the way Curley’s wife is making his job even more difficult.

Candy is a character that suffers a lot since the time he is mentioned in the book because he is an old man who didn’t have a hand, and who had an unconditional love to his only true friend, his old dog. He admits to himself that soon he won’t be of use in the ranch when he said, “Soon I won’t be able to swamp out no bunk house” (Steinbeck 59). This quote means that Candy knows that he won’t be able to do his job and that he isn’t doing a good job thanks to his incapability. He feels miserable. However, he feels even more miserable when is left bereft when Carlson killed his dog with the argument that his dog was very old. Therefore, in order to move on

He was an older man that lived in the bunk house, who lost his hand in a work accident. He was considered a swamper, the man who cleans the bunkhouse. In Of Mice and Men, the narrarator implied that "The old man came slowly into the room. He has his broom in his hand."(Steinbeck 24). Candy was seen as old and disabled and not capable of performing certain jobs. Because of this, he was more likely to lose his job. Wealthier people don’t have to worry about money as often, so they experience life a little bit easier. Today, most men have the opportunity to have pretty settle jobs. There are government programs to help support disabled people and also older people, so they don’t have to keep enduring the hard labor that they once had to

During a conversation between Candy and George Candy remarks "I seen her give Slim the eye... an I see her give Carlson the eye... Well I think Curley married a tart."(29) This quote shows us the point of view of one of the men on the ranch and his feelings toward her. It show how the men all think that she is trying to stray from Curley to one of them. Curley's wife has a dream to become and actress but it is crushed on two occasions. "A show came through, an' I met one of the actors.

Just like George and Lennie, Candy was also lonely and alone in the world, “... I ain’t got no relatives nor nothing...” it was a different matter when he

This affected the story by making the audience really sad when they killed his dog. If he hadn’t been seen as a vulnerable person then Candy could have stopped them from killing his dog. That wouldn’t have made the audience sad. After becoming sad the audience would start to see how bad Candy is treated because of his age and understand how the discrimination was. It also affected the story by putting Candy in a mindset of wanting to get out of there, so he proposes to join George and Lennie in buying the little house. This pretty much sealed the deal for the house, until Lennie killed Curley’s wife.

Chapter 5: And when they were gone, Candy squatted down in the hay and watched the face of Curley 's wife. "Poor bastard," he said softly. This quote is interesting because it shows the Candy knows Lennie did it and when he says “Poor

One character in the story does not even have a name: Curley’s wife. Steinbeck illustrates her as someone who is a pawn of those around her. On the surface, she is reduced to a rude and selfish woman. But, if one looks deeper, Curley’s wife’s gender and class hinder her high aspirations and reduces her to ridicule. Her husband restricts her contact with others and does not show any affection towards her. She reveals this while

Candy’s friendly personality immediately attracts George and Lennie attention. In the beginning of the second chapter Candy expresses being friendly by sparking a conversation and introducing himself and showing George and Lennie around:” Tell you what, last guy had this bed was a blacksmith-hell of a nice fella and as clean as a guy as you want to meet” (Steinbeck 18). Later