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Power
As a social construct to critique the hierarchal structure of society
As an insecurity contradicting society’s expectations of men
As a way of discriminating against people to represent how it was used to harm people
social construct…power
“prince of the ranch”
“Slim came in, followed by Curley”
“I didnt mean nothing, Slim”
insecurity-power
“He hates big guys”
“Like a lot of little guys”
“he’s a lightweight”
as a way of discriminating against people-power
“Listen N*
“You know what I can do”
“Nobody’d listen to us”
Societal expectations
as impacting people’s behaviour
as a cause of loneliness
as a reason for discrimination
Loss
as a result of societal expectations
as a constant emotion
through the fall of the American Dream
loss-societal expectations
“I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse”
“they say I stink
“you all stink to me”
Curley
as insecure to critique the expectations of men
as volatile to comment on the emotional state of migrant workers
as vengeful in response to his wife’s death to present the effects of the capitalist ideology on society
curley-insecure
“he hates big guys”
“always scrappy?”
“he’s mad at them”
Curley-volatile
“bent at the elbow” and “his hands closed into fists”
“his glance was at once calculating and pugnacious”
“Curley’s rage exploded”
curley-vengeful
“I know who done it”
"I’m gonna get him”
“I’m going”
crooks
as a strong character to trivialise society’s treatment of black americans
as lonely to comment on how much african americans were affected by segregation
as socially powerless to trivialize the hierarchy of society at the time
…strong- crooks
“You got no right coming into my room”
“crooks”-onomastic imagery
“thin pain-tightened lips”
lonely-crooks
“lighted with pleasure in his torture”
“S’pose you had nobody”
“S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunkhouse”
socially powerless-crooks
“You know what I could do”"
“Listen ….”
“it ain’t even funny”
Curley’s wife
as having failed dreams to reveal that everyone at the time had an American dream
as lonely to criticise societal expectations of women
as manipulative to comment on the lives of those who are mentally disabled
failed dreams- Curley’s wife
“I coulda made somethin of myself”
“he was gonna put me in the movies”
“so I married Curley”
….lonely- curley’s wife
“her body was thrown forward”
“ever’time the guys are around she shows up”
“Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody”
candy
as lonely to comment on the lives of interment workers
as hopeful to reveal everyone at that time had an american Dream
as intelligent to contradict the perception of the elderly at the time
lonely- candy
“Well-hell, I had him so long”
“they give me a job swampin”
“you seen Lennie”
hopeful - candy
“I’d put in”
“we could do her right now”
“covered his eyes with his arm”
intelligent- candy
‘won’t ever get canned”
“that’s why im swampin”
“i’d make a will”
….manipulative- curleys wife
“listen ……”
“You know what I can do”
“I could get you strung up a tree”
Slim
as someone Curley should be to criticise the social hierarchy
as kind to comment on the mental state of itinerant workers at the time
As someone curley should be
“Slim don’t need to wear high-heeled boots on a grain team”
“Prince of the Ranch”
“all talk stopped when he spoke”
kind
“Funny how you an him string along together”
“neither encouraged him nor discouraged him”
“he ain’t mean”
george
as a paternal figure to lennie, as a burdened charcter, as caring to contardict the realtionships of itinerant workers at the time
george-paternal
give me the mouse, tell about the house george, hes jes like a kid
george- burdened
i could live so easy, you lose me ever’ job i get, i got to get you out
george- caring
aw lennie, george spoke proudly-just tell lennie what to do, right in the back of the head
lennie
as burden to george, as a child, innocent
lennie- burden to george
i could live so easy, you lose me ever’ job i get, i got to get you out
lennie-child
think i’d let you carry your own work card?,held out his hands pleadingly, a brown and white one
lennie-innocent
you told me to george, i didnt wanta hurt him, i can still tend the rabbits
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