Idea/concept/theme Event Significant character Technique Quote analysis

Dreams/hopes/plans Lennies and georges

dream of owning a farm.
This then eventually
includes candy.
Candys wifes dream of
being famous in
hollywoood is an example
of what happens when
dreams are broken
Lennie and George
George and Lennie share a
dream - to own a little
patch of land and live on it
in freedom. Lennie's main
desire is to tend the soft-
haired rabbits they will
keep. George keeps the
dream going by knowing
of a patch of land that he
can buy
Crooks Crooks dreams
of being seen as equal to
everyone else. He knows
his civil rights. He
remembers fondly his
childhood, when he
played with white children
who came to his family's
chicken ranch, and longs
for a similar relationship
with white people again.
Curleys Wife also had
the dream of being a
Hollywood star, living the
high life Coulda been in
the movies, an had nice
clothes . coulda
suggests she really
believed it could have
happened
Irony George thinks
that lennie is the person
that is ruining his chances
to have a dream but at the
end of the book irony is
used to show that Lennie
was the reason for making
the dream worth while:
George tells Lennie, God
a mighty, if I was alone I
could live so easy. I could
get a job an work, an no
trouble... you do bad
things and I got to get you
out
George said softly, "I
think I knowed from the
very first. I think I
knowed wed never do
her. He usta like to hear
about it so much I got to
thinking maybe we
would." George now
knows after Lennie killed
Candys wife that the
dream cant go on and that
he was the reason for
having it
"live off the fatta the
lan'"
"I done another bad
thing."
"It dont make no
difference," George said
Showing that no matter
what geroge did to keep
the dream alive the dream
is now gone after Lennies
death and the death of
candys wife
Dreams in of mice and
men is a major theme.
Steinbeck shows that a
dream needs to be
bbetween 2 people and
needs to be shared. The
death of lennie ends the
dream of owning land and
so a new dream must be
thought of. Steinbeck also
shows that without lennie
to drive the dream and
ask about the rabbits,
George is now more likely
to spend the money saved
on prostitutes and
gambling just like he said
he would when frustrated
with lennie and
threatening to leave
Friendship Goerge and lennie being
on the farm together
George and Lennie need
their friendship to survive.
Steinbeck stresses that
ranch workers are always
individuals and that geoge
and lennie are different
because they are
together. They seem and
act like two halves of the
same person, and they
know that the other will
always have their back.
Candy had the friendship
with his dog. When
Carlson killed his dog
Candy was lonely and
showed that everybody
needs a true friend, candy
later admits that he
should have killed his dog
because that is what a
friend does when they are
in pain or in trouble it is
the nice thing to do
Foreshadowing is used
when candys dog is killed.
The close relationship
with candy and his dog is
paralled to the close
relationship with Lennie
and George. This death of
candys dog foreshadows
the death of lennie when
he kills candys wife.

Dialogue but I
wouldnt eat none
George Id leave it all for
you

Strong as a bull

We kinda look after
eachother

George says in the
opening scene, "Guys like
us, that work on ranches,
are the loneliest guys in
the world...They
got no family. They don't
belong no place...With us,
it ain't like that. We got a
future. We got
somebody to talk to that
gives a damn about us..."

"I ought to of shot that
dog myself, George. I
shouldn't ought to of let
no stranger shoot my
dog." (Page 61)
This was one of the most
important quotes that
Candy made. It
foreshadowed the end of
the story, which was that
George would shoot
Lennie instead of letting a
"stranger" (the other
ranch hands, namely
Curley) do it. This quote
foreshadows this due to
the parallelism that is
drawn between the
relationship of Candy with
his dog and the
relationship of George
For ranch workers who
travel to work are usually
from broken famililes and
dont have a family
themselves, Steinbeck
shows how odd and truly
rare it is for lennie and
George to have a true and
lasting friendship. Im soo
used to himSteinbeck
often states how odd it is
through dialogue from
other characters. Such as
Curley cruelling stating
that the two are gay.
George confiding in Slim
about when Lennie almost
drowns show the utmost
loyalty that Lennie has to
geroge and that there is a
mutual dependency
between them. The noble
and loyal qualities of
friendship brought out in
geroge and lennie is
shown when George
shoots lennie to spare him
from suffering and is done
out of pure love.
with Lennie.
we trave ltogether
Oh so it is that way?
Yes its that way
Loneliness The book being set a few
miles south of soledad
states that the whole
ranch is isolated making
the characters completely
alone and isolated with
only each othter to
complain about how
lonely they are to each
other.
The bus driver who takes
George and Lennie to the
ranch also refuses to drive
them the whole way
there. This gives the
impression that the ranch
is too far away from
anywhere to be important
or worth stopping at.

Event of putting candys
dog to death. ill put the
old dog out his misery
right now.aint nothing
left for him Carlson
thinks
Candy after the death of
his dog is incredibly lonely
and needs something or
someone to keep his mind
occupied
Candys Dog ad him
since hw was a pup
only friend, companion,
always been that bond,
needs that bond as no
real home, someone
there listening to him if
times get ahard.

Crooks is lonely because
he is black and longs for
the days when he could
had a friendship with
someone even a white
person. Crooks sleeps,
works and eats in the
stable and isnt allowed to
do anything in fear of
being beaten and is
therefore completely
deprived of human
company
Steinbeck uses sexual
innuendo with candy
wearing the glove on his
left hand with Vaseline in
it. This sexual inunedo is
stating that all a wife if for
is to have sex with.
Steinbeck also uses

Setting Soledad
meaning lonlieness in
Spanish. few miles south
of soledad
"Guys like us, that work
on ranches, are the
loneliest guys in the
world" (13). When talking
with Lennie, Crooks says,
"I tell ya a guy gets too
lonely an' he gets sick"
(69).
Like the men, Curley's
wife is also constantly
talking about her
loneliness, telling Lennie,
"I get lonely [...] You can
talk to people, but I can't
talk to nobody but
Curley" (82). To
compensate, she seeks
the attention of the
workers in an attempt to
ease her pain, which
ultimately leads to both
her own and Lennie's
death. Steinbeck shows
how destructive loneliness
can be through the loss of
life and the crushing of
dreams.

Curleys Wife is lonely
because she does not
have anyone to talk to
except for curley who is a
sick and cruel person who
only uses her for food,
cleaning and most of all
SEX. Curley Wife seeks the
companionship with
Lennie because she knows
he doesnt have the
willpower to stay away
from her and even though
he is retarded he is still
someone to talk to.
Steinbeck also doesnt
give here a name a girl
was standing there
looking in seen as object.
well she got the eye
Showing that not allow
curleys wife is portrayed
as flirtacious she is also
very lonely
Predators to the weak Curley to Lennie
White people to black
people
Throughout the story we
come across weakness in
characters. These
characters prey upon
those weaker than
themselves as part of their
human nature.
Curley's wife's threat to
the crippled Crooks: 'you
keep your place then,
Nigger. I could have you
Metaphor lennie
dabbed his big paw in the
water. This metaphor
stating that lennie is a dog
or puppy is showing just
how weak and innocent
lennie is and that he is
always going to be
targeted by predators in
the real world
Curley's wife's threat to
the crippled Crooks: 'you
keep your place then,
Nigger. I could have you
strung up on a tree so
easy it ain't even funny.';
this here shows that when
one wants to they can all
become a predator to the
weak and that
unfortunately crooks in
the book is one of those
victims.
Crooks also becomes a

strung up on a tree so
easy it ain't even funny.';
predator in the book
talking to lennie: "Well,
s'pose, jus' s'pose he
don't come back. What'll
you do then?" crooks is
envious of the friendship
between George and
lennie and wants to know
what would happen if one
was to go away.
Inequality The discovery of Cirlus
Wife and the power that
curley has over everyone
to hunt Lennie and Kill
him
Crooks during the
1930s to be black and
poor was very bad. Crooks
was subject to assaults by
the boss and subject to
having to eat, sleep and
work away from the white
men.
Curleys Wife she is
discriminated against
because she is a women.
Curley married her for sex
and a housemaid but then
visits a brothel on a
Saturday night with no
hesitation. She is seen as
jail bait by workers
because they value their
jobs more than they value
her.
Lennie lennie sadly is
an example of someone
who will always be
Setting crooks has to
sleep and work away from
the other workers
sexual innuendo curley
wears the glove on his left
hand full of Vaseline.
This innuendo states that
Women (curleys Wife) is
only good for SEX.
Curley says he's keepin'
that hand soft for his
wife."'
Curleys Wife uses her
power towards crooks
when Crooks says she has
no right to be in his room
by saying "I could get you
strung up on a tree so
easy it
ain't even funny." Curley's
wife is abusing her power
by using it to threaten
Crooks and make him
understand what kind of
position he is
in.
The power of employers
and family members is
represented through curly
and the boss. The boss is
very clear in the power
that he has over everyone
on the ranch through the
one and only appearance
in the book at the
interview. George, lennie
and candy all worry about
getting the sack and all
worry that the
predators (boss and
curley) will not care for
them and use their power
to hurt or disturb them/.
Curleys Wife is subject to
a lot of inequality
throughout the book. She
is not given a name to
make her represent every
female in America during

targeted for inequality
because they are mentally
or physically unable to do
the same jobs. Lennie
needs George to look
after him and because
George is not their when
Curleys wife is talking to
him this leads to her
death.
the 1930s and how they
are affected.