Of Mice and Men
by: John Steinback
Of Mice and Men: Plot
This story is about two friends that accompany eachother as they try to make money to buy a house for each one of them to live in. Lennie, he has a mild mental disorder. George is taking care of him and is the one who decided the idea of them moving into a house together. They work in a farm so that they can make enough money to get the house.But what they dont know is that a lot of trouble is coming their way when one of the mens wives starts to cause trouble with Lennie.
Characters:
-Lennie~ Man with mild mental disorder
-George~Man helping Lennie by being with him at all times
-Candy~ An old ranch handyman who has suffered the loss of his hand at work.
-Curley's wife~ Wife of Curley. (also causing trouble at the ranch)
-Curley~The bosses son. Thinks hes better then anyone else on the ranch.
-Crooks~Only black guy on the ranch. Gets his name from his crooked back.
-Slim~Highly skilled mule driver. Only one that is actually at peace with himself.
-Carlson~The man who helps Candy with putting his dog down and out of its misery.
-Aunt Clara~Lennie's aunt. She was with him his whole life until she died.
-Whit~A ranch hand.
Our main Characters:
Lennie and George:
Lennie suffers from a mild mental disorder. He believes that he is going to move into a house with his friend George and that he is going to help raise rabbits of every color and kind. He also believes that George is his cousin. /// George is the one who takes care of Lennie now. George pretends to be Lennie's cousin and promises him that they will move into a little house and live together and raise rabbits of all kinds, colors and sizes.
Curley:
Curley is the most self centered one on the whole ranch. He wears high heeled cowboy boots just so that he can look better than everyone. He thinks hes better than everyone just because he is the bosses son.
Curley's wife:
Curley's wife is obviously the one that is married to Curley. Even though they are married Curley's wife feels as if he ignores her and doesnt even care about her. She is the one that starts a bunch of problems between the guys and Curley because she goes around and talks to every guy on the ranch. When Lennie is in the barn with his dead dog, she walks in and as their talking she tells him that he can feel her hair as long as he doesn't mess it up and he messes it up a little bit and in the midst of the situation she screams and he covers her mouth so she doesn't scream and he ends up killing her.
Of Mice and Men (1939) Full Movie