| A | B |
|---|
| George | Small man, smart, takes care of the retarded character in the story |
| Lennie | large, retarded man |
| Crooks | the Black stable buck, lives alone |
| Slim | Tall, thin man, respected by all of them |
| Carlson | Shot Candy's dog |
| Candy | Had only one hand, old, cleans the bunkhouse |
| Curley | The boss's son, small but acts tough, likes to pick on big guys |
| Curley's wife | "She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up." |
| characterization | Lennie's character is developed through his physical appearance and his speech. |
| foreshadowing | Lennie pets his mice too hard |
| theme | Lonelines, friendship, and the American Dream |
| 3rd person objective | Steinbeck wrote this novel from a point of view where readers know very little of the characters' thoughts and feelings, only what is happening |
| climax | Curley's wife's death |
| dramatic irony | The reader knows that Curley's wife is just trying to reach out to someone because she is lonely, and no other character knows this. |
| writer's style | Steinbeck uses very little narration, making the novel read like a play |
| conflict | George has to make a heartbreaking decision to kill his friend. |
