| Lennie and George are wheat buckers in the 1930's. They travel around together even though they are very different; Lennie is big, but mentally retarded and George is small, but very smart. Lennie also has a problem, because he is retarded, he does not know what he should not do, so he gets in a lot of trouble. He relies on George and does everything George tells him. They get a job in a new place and meet Slim, the leader of the worker, and Curley, the boss's son who has a very horny wife. George likes Slim, but thinks that both Curley and Curley's wife will easily make trouble for Lennie, and he is right. Curley comes inside when he is in a bad mood and walks right up to Lennie and accuses him of cheating with his wife. When Lennie doesn't say anything because George told him not to, Curley punches him repeatedly. George tells Lennie to protect himself, so Lennie grabs Curley's hand and squeezes it and won't let go because he is so scared. Finally after George slaps him multiple times, he lets go, but Curley's had is broken. Then, later, when Lennie is in the barn, Curley's wife comes in and flirts with Lennie, then she tells him that her hair is really soft because he said he liked soft things, so Lennie starts to pet her hair like one would a Puppy. Then he starts to pet to hard and she yells. Then because Lennie is scared he grabs hold of her hair and shakes her to get her to stop screaming because he doesn't know better. He ends up breaking her neck and killing her.
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtful Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's Life of a profession: Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Job/Profession/Status story Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes Eccentric: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 () United States Yes The US: - California Farm/Ranch? Yes Farm/Ranch: - farm - ranch Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references only Lot of foul language? Yes Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog |
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