4. His best friend, George is always troubled by his actions
5. They even lost their job due to Lennie's obsession to feel a dress of a girl.
6. The play relates the relationship of the two characters and how one friend deals
with the possessiveness of the other character.
Q. What is the dream and why is it important in the play?
A. 1. George and Lennie share a common dream and a simple vision of their future.
2. It is concerning about a "place of their own".
3. They want to join their resources together and own a little house, with a couple of
acres, a cow, some pigs, a rabbit hutch full of rabbits and chickens.
4. They would live off the fat of the land, not go to work on rainy days in winter and
would build a fire in the stove, listening to the rain coming down on the roof. They
would have cream so thick on the milk that it would be difficult to cut.
5. The dream helps them to keep their worries away.
6. It helps to keep them together and share a common goal in life.
7. It helps them to plan for independence, but sometimes the dream fades away
when they are distracted by other pleasures e.g. Lennie is distracted by the furry
things which gets him into trouble. George is distracted when he longs to get away
from Lennie to be free of responsibility.
Q. Briefly describe each of the following characters in the play.
Candy, Curley and Curley's wife.
A. Candy:
1. A stoop - shouldered, old man who is crippled and without hope.
2. He wears blue jeans and a denim coat.
3. He works on the ranch and cleans out old buildings.
4. He is treated differently from the other ranch workers.
5. He is lonely and has an old smelly dog for a companion.
Curley:
1. He is the boss's son.
2. He wears working clothes, brown high heeled boots and has a glove on his left hand.
3. He has an antagonistic and aggressive behavior.
4. George feels that he is all out to provoke Lennie.
5. Candy feels his attitude of hatred is because of his wife who is a flirt.
Curley's wife:
1. She is pretty and provocative.
2. She acts like a cheap woman or a "tart".
3. She dreams of a career in Hollywood
4. She feels lonely and neglected.
Carlson:
1. He works as a ranch hand.
2. He is brutal and insensitive.
3. He reacts aggressively to Candy's protests.
Q. Slim is the only character in the play who understands and approves of the relationship George and Lennie? What are your feelings about him?
Slim is fair in his opinions and judgments of others. He is a friendly person and feels that George and Lennie share a good relation as it is hard for people these days to like and travel with each other. He is understanding towards his teammates and friendly in his attitude.
Q. What is prophetic about the statement made by George about Curley?
A. George cares about Lennie and will not discourage him from standing up to himself if necessary. This proves that George takes pride in having Lennie as his friend and will even risk losing his job, if his friend's life is at stake. George's statement indicates that although they are ordinary workers, they will stand for their rights when the situation arises.
LENNIE
1. He is a tireless worker with great strength.
2. has a childlike simplicity and innocence.
3. He is devoted to George and dependant to him in his thought, actions and attitude.
4. Has an obsession to pet fury animals which gets him into trouble in Weed where, he
stroked and clutched a girl's dress causing her to raise an alarm. The townsfolk went
all out to get him when they believed that he tried to rape her. This cost them their job.
5. Lennie and George share a common dream of owning their own place, their dream farm.
6. Lennie wants to accomplish this dream because he wants to take care of the rabbits.
7. Lennie is not as silly as he looks because he threatens to leave George whenever he gets angry.
8. Lennie loves George as an older brother and is obedient towards him.
GEORGE
1. He is a tough and smart person and has Lennie as a companion.
2. He takes Lennie as his responsibility and looks out for him.
3. He sometimes gets frustrated to have Lennie constantly at his back.
4. He is tough on Lennie but also enjoys his company and support.
5. The two are inseparable and share a common dream of owning their own farm.
6. George is determined to fulfill his dream and doesn’t like to be bossed around.
7. He is kind and thoughtful as he stays by Lennie's side even if it costs him his job.
8. He dislikes Curley and warns Lennie to stand up for himself if necessary.