The novel is set during the Great Depression and tells the story of migrant workers, who all have their own hopes and dreams. The story focuses mainly on five characters; George, Lenny, Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife. Throughout my reading of their travels, I was able to meet each of the other characters that George and Lenny came into contact with, who are also lonely.

The first chapter did a tremendous job in establishing the relationship between George and Lenny. I came to the unders

The next character that the men meet is Crooks, who is a stable buck. He is different from the rest of the workers because he is black in a time where racial prejudice is incredibly strong. He has been crippled, and so his life is going very poorly. He lives separately in his own room, and he has books piled on his shelves, which shows the reader that he is much more intellectual than the others. He holds on to his fond memories of the past, when he and his white friends would play on the chicken ranch, and were completely oblivious as to why their parents did not approve of their friendship. Now as an adult, he understands why, and he hates the fact that he is not allowed to go into the bunkhouse to play cards with the men, but

from the others. During one of the times that they were spending time together, Lennie accidentally hurts her by tugging her hair, and she screams. Due to the fact

Throughout the story, George and Lennie come into contact with some interesting people, who are very similar to them, in that they are all lonely. The first man that they meet is Candy. He is an old man who has been at the ranch for a long time, and he has the capability to remember the people who have come and gone on the ranch. Although he does not do much work on the ranch, he can do small odd jobs around the farm. He had lost his hand in an accident, which makes him less useful than the other men. The other workers do not hate him, since he only gets out of the work because he is old. He has a companion, his dog, whose life parallels his own life. The dog was once an active sheepdog, but he has since aged and now is only kept around because he is liked by the workers. Later on in the book, the men all agree that the best thing for the dog is to shoot it. Candy fears the same, but when he hears about George and Lennie’s plan to purchase their own farm, he offers the two of them a large amount of money if they will let him come with, so he can feel like he has a purpose in life once again.

The final character that the reader meets in the book is Curley’s wife, who is married to the boss’s son, Curley. Although she is in charge of the men, she too feels lonely and different because she is a woman stuck in with all of those

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