Carlson The insensitive ranch hand who shoots Candy’s dog. He owns a Luger, which George later uses to mercifully kill Lennie. Curley The son of the ranch owner, Curley is a mean little guy who picks fights with bigger guys like Lennie. He is recently married and extremely jealous of […]
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From the title — an allusion to Robert Burns’ poem “To a Mouse On Turning Her Up in Her Nest with a Plow,” November, 1785 — however, we know that this journey will not be easy. First, Lennie and George have very few skills and resources that will help them […]
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That evening, Carlson complains bitterly about Candy’s dog, which is old, arthritic, and smells. He offers to kill the dog for Candy, and Candy reluctantly agrees to let him do so. Later, after the others have gone to the barn, hoping to witness a fight between Slim and Curley over […]
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John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a parable about what it means to be human. Steinbeck’s story of George and Lennie’s ambition of owning their own ranch, and the obstacles that stand in the way of that ambition, reveal the nature of dreams, dignity, loneliness, and sacrifice. Ultimately, Lennie, […]
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