Of Mice and Men Review 2022

large, childlike migrant worker; loves animals and soft things; wants to own rabbits

• Candy
• George
• Lennie
• Slim

small and wiry, cares for Lennie, working to get money to buy a farm

• Candy
• Carlson
• George
• Lennie

swamper, one armed ranch handyman, owns an old dog

• Candy
• Carlson
• Crooks
• Curley

dresses in fancy red shoes, lonely, men think she is a tramp, name never mentioned

• Aunt Clara
• Candy
• Curley's wife
• Slim

black stable-hand, crooked back from an accident, isolated because of race

• Candy
• Carlson
• Crooks
• Slim

son of the ranch owner, wears high-heeled boots, likes to fight

• Carlson
• Curley
• Slim
• The Boss

skilled mule driver and skinner, respected on the ranch, others look to him for advice

• Carlson
• Curley
• Slim
• The Boss

ranch hand, complains about Candy's dog, owns a gun

• Carlson
• Crooks
• Curley
• Slim

owns the ranch, father of Curley, seems fair-minded

• Carlson
• Curley
• Slim
• The Boss

Lennie's aunt, cared for him until her death

• Aunt Clara
• Candy
• Curley's wife
• Slim