Lit. Anal. #3 Of Mice and Men

**Section One:
Setting: California. Goes from a beautiful riverbed to working at a ranch.
Characters: George- small, feisty, and caring. Lennie- large and awkward. Has mental disability.
Friendship: This is seen a lot throughout the book. George cares a lot for Lennie and protects him. (tough love)
George: he sometimes gets frustrated with Lennie because he’s so slow and just doesn’t get things fast.
Foreshadowing!! ---George tells Lennie to come back to the riverbed if any problems come up.
**Section Two:
Candy: An old handyman who they now work with. He owns a very old dog who the other men want to kill.
First impressions: Most of the first impressions in the novel aren’t good. The boss is intimidating and threatens George not to try to pull anything.
Curley: Boss’ son; very aggressive, ex-boxer. He already starts picking on Lennie.
Slim: Another worker; very important and respected man
**Section Three:
Friendships: Once again it is seen with George and Lennie. George started taking care of Lennie after Lennie’s Aunt Clara died.
Ups and Downs: They finally convinced Candy to kill his dog, meanwhile Lennie gets a puppy from Slim.
Foreshadowing: Curley’s wife symbolizes trouble soon to come.
Innocence: After Curley and Lennie fight and Lennie breaks Curley’s hand, all Lennie worries about is not being able to pet the rabbits.
**Section Four:
Crooks: a new friend that Lennie makes; he too works on the ranch. They begin to talk about life and their dream land.
Trouble: Curley’s wife enters and begins complaining about her husband and life. Crooks tells her to leave and she threatens to have him lynched. (racism)
**Section Five:
Puppy: Lennie forgets his strength once again and kills the puppy. He tries hiding it in the hay.
Softness: Lennie loves touching soft things. When Curley’s wife enters, he begins touching her hair. He grabs it to hard and she begins to panic. Suddenly he realizes he broke her neck.
George: He finds out and freaks out. Realizes that the idea of having his own land was a lie, but he started believe it himself. (A mob forms to kill Lennie)
**Section Six:
Proud: Lennie is proud of himself for remembering to go to the riverbed.
Depressing: George shows up first and finds Lennie. He tricks him into thinking they leaving to their beautiful land. Once Lennie turns around, George shoots him in the back of the head Everyone else comes and George sadly says that Lennie began fighting so he had to shoot him.