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12 Cards in this Set
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The characters
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The attitudes, qualities and other aspects of the characters.
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George
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Responsible of Lennie
Small Quick Smart Bitter Annoyed Worried Cynical Ranch hand Dreams of a better life |
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Lennie
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Big
Strong Child like Simple Ranch hand Trusts George Like an animal Violent (sometimes) Dreams of looking after the rabbits on his and George's own ranch |
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Curley
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Boss' son
Bitter Violent Cocky Arrogant Possessive Mean A bit seedy Does NOT like Lennie |
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Curley's wife
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Doesn't have an actual name
Flirtatious Dreams of being an actress Purty Young Tart Only woman mentioned about who lives on the ranch Lonely |
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Candy
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Swamper (handyman -ironic) Only has one hand
Old Has an old dog who eventually gets shot Nice bloke at the start |
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Slim
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Jerk-line skinner
God-like Been on the ranch the longest 'In charge' Top dog Mysterious |
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Carlson
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Fat
Loud mouth Big Stupid Insensitive Stirs up trouble Doesn't really understand anything that is going on Shoots Candy's dog |
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Whit
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Young
Enthusiastic about life on the ranch (How wrong he is) Likes to go to Susy's brothel on Saturday's |
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Crooks
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Stable buck
Black (The only black person) Discriminated against Has his own room because of his colouring The only one with personal possessions Crippled |
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The Boss
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Curley's dad
Only seen at the beginning Runs the ranch |
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Bill Tenner
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Former workmate (Drove the cultivator)
Has his letter published in a magazine Is an example to show that the ranch hands still want to hold on to their grasp of the American dream. Steinbeck also uses it to show that they all want their voices to be shown and heard. He also suggests that people have got out of the habit of looking out for each other but deep down we want to belong and do care for each other. |
