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Of Mice and Men vs To Kill A Mockingbird
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Of Mice and Men
setting: is on an old, southern ranch in Salinas, CA in the 1930s during the Depression. Takes place over 3 days.
characters
George
Small and quick, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and boney nose.He looks after Lennie.
Lennie
huge man, shapeless face, large pale eyes, wide sloping shoulders. He has a mental disability, and has relyed on George ever since his Aunt Clara died.
Candy
Tall, stoop shouldered,old "swamper" or handyman who has no hand, has an ancient dog.
Slim
jerkilne skinner, the prince of the ranch, all the men look up to him.
Curley
a thin young man, brown eyes, head of tighly curled hair, married, boss's son, pretty handy.
Curley's wife
no name, her hair was rolled in little clusters, wore a cotton house dress,only woman on the ranch, and she flirts with all the men on the ranch.
Carlson
a powerful, big stomached man.
Crooks
he is the stable hand who works with the horses, African American, he has his own room at the ranch, doesn't like to be bothered.
Themes
-companionship
-dreams
-loneliness
-poverty
-predatory behavior
CONFLICT
George and Lennie have to go work at a new ranch because of what happened in Weed; in Weed Lennie felt a girl's dress because it was soft, she then screams and accuses Lennie of rape so Lennie panics and won't let go. So George and Lennie have to hide in an irrigation ditch all day so Lennie won't end up in jail for the rest of his life. This is very similar to what happens later in the book. Lennie likes to pet soft things, and usually hides mice from George. Lennie accidentally kills the mice because he doesn't realize his strength. This isn't the only problem Lennie causes, there are bigger ones. To find out what Lennie causes, read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
CONNECTION:
In Of Mice and Men and To Kill A Mockingbird, women aren't treated the same way as men are treated. If a woman was to accuse a man of anything like what happened to Lennie in Weed and to Tom Robinson, the man would have to face consequences. Lennie escapes the consequences but faces others later. This is very similar to Tom's trial in To Kill A Mockingbird, he is found guilty but isn't sentenced to death imidiately.
Of Mice and Men vs To Kill A Mockingbird
discrimination
By John Steinbeck
By Harper Lee