Of Mice And Men Characters

Question 1

Crooks

Answer 1

Victim of casual racism
Represents vulnerability 
Dismissive and scornful about American dream
Stark realism
Disempowered because of colour
Reads to fight loneliness
Unequal world for anyone different
Lennies ignorance breaks bitterness temporarily

Question 2

Curlers wife

Answer 2

Bitter and scornful 
Sexuality is her only weapon
Vulnerability makes her utterly human 
Catalyst to the tragedy 
Only time she's with Curley is when she's dead

Question 3

Language

Answer 3

Biblical
Masculine
Descriptive
Evocative
Dialect

Question 4

Extra notes

Answer 4

Steinbeck gives characters wider social context
When anyone grabs anyone it seems to end in disaster
Solitude=syndicalism and bitter- links to how it’s called Soledad
No companionship lasts = unattainable

Question 5

Candy

Answer 5

Weak mentally + physically
Age and social discrimination
No voice
Becomes strong when there’s someone to shield him
Unable to take control of life
Represents what happens to elderly
States prejudice remarks of character at ranch