... sort of guardian for Lennie. Lennie is a very large, muscular man whose mind is very slow and is almost childlike. Both characters are traveling ranch hands, going from town to town in search of work. George's and Lennie's characters are round, evolving throughout the story. There are also a few stock characters. Curly, the ranch owner's bully son, ... to know the ranch hands, Lennie and George allow two other workers, Crooks and Candy, to join in their dream for their own place. Curly does not like anyone that is bigger than he is (which is pretty much everyone). He has a very big compl...

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