He explains the alternative: "An s'pose they lock him up an' strap him down and put him in a cage. That ain't no good, George. Slim is present at every crucial juncture in the story: the death of Candy's dog, the smashing of Curley's hand, finding the body of Curley's wife , at the pool after George has shot Lennie. In each case, there is violence or the threat of it.
Each time Slim helps make the assessment to do what is merciful or what is right. Previous Curley's Wife. Next Crooks. Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title.
I swear you hadda. Slim comforts George by repeating you hadda , emphasising to George that he did not have any choice but to kill Lennie. Slim Slim is the most respected character on the ranch, despite not actually being in charge although he is in charge of one of the grain teams. Respected How is Slim like this? Authoritative How is Slim like this? Evidence His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject, be it politics or love.
Due to his childlike nature, Lennie, though he has no intention of hurting anyone, at times inadvertently harms animals and people because of his enormous size and strength.
One of the oldest workers on the ranch, Candy lost one of his hands in a work related accident. Candy's biggest fear is that when he outlives his usefulness he will be kicked off the ranch and have no place to go. After hearing about the piece of land that George and Lennie plan to buy, Candy offers to give them all of the money in his savings if they will let him live with them. While things do not go as planned, having a piece of land where he could not be kicked off momentarily gave Candy something for which to hope.
A former sheep dog, Candy's dog is described as being incredibly old with no teeth and advanced rheumatism. Told that he is being cruel for keeping his dog alive, Candy allows Carlson to take his dog outside the bunk house and shoot him in the back of the head. Besides being commentary on the position of the old and infirm in society, the death of Candy's dog is a significant foreshadowing of other events that eventually transpire in the story.
Curley is one of the main antagonists in the novel. As the Boss's son, Curley treats the ranch hands in a very condescending manner.
A short man, Curley is angered and provoked by those who happen to be bigger than him, as though he has something to prove. Recently married, he likes to brag about wearing a glove full of Vaseline to keep his hand soft for his wife. He is disliked by nearly all of the workers, who poke fun at him behind his back. Curley purposely attacks Lennie because he is jealous of Lennie's enormous stature, but he ends up having his hand crushed after Lennie squeezes it too hard.
To save himself the embarrassment of his humiliating defeat, Curley agrees to hide the truth and says that he got his hand caught in a machine.
The only female character that physically appears in the story, the unnamed wife of Curley is viewed with lightly veiled disgust by the workers.
Despite only being married a few weeks, she already has what the workers call "the eye" and they refer to her as a "tart" It is implied that she constantly seeks out male attention to relieve her loneliness.
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