Chapter 2 Comprehension Questions For George And Lennie

After Curley's wife hearing the men's were back that made her leave and Candys says to Lennie that she was glad that he beat her husband. When George came back from town, he criticizes Candy for talking about

The perceptions we make of Curley's wife are corrupted from the views of the ranch hands. Because sexuality is her only weapon she is referred to by George as 'jailbait' and ' a tart' 'Jesus what a tramp.' George has reason to be weary of her presence especially with Lenny around and the incident in Weed. 'Listen to me you crazy bastard...Don't you even look at that bitch. He is concerned about Lennie safety because he knows he won’t be able to resist her.

The reason why boss finds George and Lennie suspicious is because George does the most of the talk for Lennie. “Let the big guy talk” (pg 25) Another reason why the boss find George and Lennie suspicious is because they say that they are cousins, which they are not. “ He’s my ... cousin I told his old lady I’d take care of him.” (pg12). My last reason why boss find George and Lennie suspicious is because George said that their job is done and they had to find a new job. “The job was done” (pg 27).

We first hear about Curley’s wife when Candy Tells George about her, "He got married a couple of weeks ago. Wife lives over in the boss’s house, seems like Curley 's even cockier since he got married" Candy doesn’t seem to like the way Curley’s wife is making his job even more difficult.

In John Steinbeck’s story, Of Mice and Men, the author tells about two hardworking ranchers that have been traveling together. As they arrive at the ranch they meet an old swamper. This swamper name is Candy and he has a missing right hand. He lost his hand in an accident on the ranch. As the story goes along and along we find that Candy is friendly, stubborn, and lonely.

In Of Mice and Men the character Crooks is a stable hand who works with the ranch horses. He is also the only black man on the ranch because of this he lives by himself. Crooks is seen as an outcast because of his skin color and because he has been injured and that has afected his ability to perform the duties expected of him.

During a conversation between Candy and George Candy remarks "I seen her give Slim the eye... an I see her give Carlson the eye... Well I think Curley married a tart."(29) This quote shows us the point of view of one of the men on the ranch and his feelings toward her. It show how the men all think that she is trying to stray from Curley to one of them. Curley's wife has a dream to become and actress but it is crushed on two occasions. "A show came through, an' I met one of the actors.

Chapter 5: And when they were gone, Candy squatted down in the hay and watched the face of Curley 's wife. "Poor bastard," he said softly. This quote is interesting because it shows the Candy knows Lennie did it and when he says “Poor

One character in the story does not even have a name: Curley’s wife. Steinbeck illustrates her as someone who is a pawn of those around her. On the surface, she is reduced to a rude and selfish woman. But, if one looks deeper, Curley’s wife’s gender and class hinder her high aspirations and reduces her to ridicule. Her husband restricts her contact with others and does not show any affection towards her. She reveals this while

He was an older man that lived in the bunk house, who lost his hand in a work accident. He was considered a swamper, the man who cleans the bunkhouse. In Of Mice and Men, the narrarator implied that "The old man came slowly into the room. He has his broom in his hand."(Steinbeck 24). Candy was seen as old and disabled and not capable of performing certain jobs. Because of this, he was more likely to lose his job. Wealthier people don’t have to worry about money as often, so they experience life a little bit easier. Today, most men have the opportunity to have pretty settle jobs. There are government programs to help support disabled people and also older people, so they don’t have to keep enduring the hard labor that they once had to

Just like George and Lennie, Candy was also lonely and alone in the world, “... I ain’t got no relatives nor nothing...” it was a different matter when he

Curley’s wife - a flirtatious, mysterious women in the novel. She is the only women that is described by Steinbeck in the novel. How we call her- “Curley’s wife” shows that she is just a possession of Curley. And the others names that George and Candy had given to her are “looloo; jailbait; tart”; these names show how badly she was treated in the ranch particularly and the sexism in American society in 20s - 30s generally.

However, when she notices George and Lennie, Curley's wife claims she is "lookin' for Curley". Inferring she is cautious and reserved towards George and Lennie.

This affected the story by making the audience really sad when they killed his dog. If he hadn’t been seen as a vulnerable person then Candy could have stopped them from killing his dog. That wouldn’t have made the audience sad. After becoming sad the audience would start to see how bad Candy is treated because of his age and understand how the discrimination was. It also affected the story by putting Candy in a mindset of wanting to get out of there, so he proposes to join George and Lennie in buying the little house. This pretty much sealed the deal for the house, until Lennie killed Curley’s wife.

At an old age and only having one hand, Candy is a person that is easy prey. Candy is an old man who is worried that he may be kicked out of the ranch when he gets too old. He is also made to do things that he does not want to do. Carlson, a worker