of mice and men

animals

A lizard makes a great skittering if he runs among them.

place/vivds

“twinkling over the yellow sands”, “ the hill side bank runs deep and green”,

sun showing time passing

“The sun threw a bright, dust-laden bar through one of the side windows” personification “ the sin square was on the floor now,” time passing. “The sunshine lay in a thin line under the window” sunshine=hope shadow=dull reality.

George

“small quick dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp strong features” 2 you gonna be sick like you was last night”- parental “ guys like us… are the loneliest guys in the world”-no hope “ if I was a relative of yours I’d shoot myself”

Lennie

“huge man, shapeless of face with pale eyes,” “he walked heavily , dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws.” 2 he’s attracted to the colour red=danger. “Lennie dropped his whole head under”-immature and goofy 2 “if he finds out what a crazy bastard you are!”-danger, what happened before? “Lennie doesn’t know no rules” incompetent “you ain’t gonna do no bad things like you done in weed”-suspense “I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead.”- doesn’t know his own strength.

relationship

“Blubberin like a baby! Jesus Christ!” -small temper, mad “I ain’t never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy” - shows how much george loves lennie “I ain’t takin it away just for meanness,” - felt bad, didn’t want to upset him. “Lennie looking helplessly to George for instruction”

curleys wife

“rouged lips...red fingernails”, “ I never get to talk to anyone, I get awful lonely”- descrimination