Chapter 1 and 2

Chapter 1 and 2


A. Lennie is not very bright maybe retarded and leads and looks to his friends George for guidance, he is a gentle giant and enjoys animals.
B. George puts up with Lennie out of pity and the fact that he would feel too guilty to leave him. George is lean, smart, and a caretaker.
C. Curley is a troublemaker with a wife who doesn’t really love him, and he likes to pick fights with really big guys.
D. Slim is a jerkline skinner wthe ranch depends on and needs, he is kind and fair, of average intelligence.
E. Carlson is another ranch hand who works for the boss, he offers to shoot Candy’s dog and doesn’t seem to have strong morales.
F. Candy is another ranch hand who owns this old dog, he is old himself and probably wont last much longer on the ranch.
G. Crooks is a black stable caretaker who looks after the animals and feeds them. Nobody ever talks to him because he is black.

2.Lennie likes puppies, rabbits, and mice because he likes to pet them and the feel of their soft fur on his hands.

3. George met Lennie many years ago at Aunt Clara’s, we don’t know much besides that.

b. Georges feeling towards Lennie are responsibility and pity, he feels sad for him and feels that he has to take care of him because if he doesn’t than who will?

c. George takes care of Lennie out of love and remorse, feeling bad that he is retarded yet loving him as a brother.

4.George and Lennie share a dream of being able to own a ranch of their own. It will only be a few acres big but will have a garden patch and rabbits to tend, and even a couple farmyard animals. It is a dream of peace where they are all happy.

5.The reason that George and Lennie left Weed was because of trouble they had gotten into. Lennie saw a girls dress and just wanted to touch it feel how soft it was, when she pulled away he got scared and grabbed on tighter, then George and Lennie had to run away from the town.