Setting: A few miles south of Soledad, California, along the Salinas River
Character: George Milton
Character: Lennie Small
Our story begins with a third person narrator going into great detail describing the scenery that our characters will walk into; it is tranquil, scenic, and beautiful; there is a little evidence of people's presence (an ash pile from fires)
Initial Situation
physical description: "small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined."other details:smart, in charge, responsible, impatient, soft spot 4 Lenny
George and Lennie's Dream
physical description: "huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet."described as an animal: was "the way a bear drags his paws," "drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse," "splashed with his big paw"other details: childlike, obedient, simple, forgetful, strong, like to pet soft things
Theme/Foreshadowing
lonliness
"if you jus' happen to get in trouble lie you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush"
The incident in Weed
George: ownership, being his own bossLennie: tending the rabbits.It's so rehearsed that it's almost a prayer, or a story
I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn't have you on my tail...maybe have a girl.""With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us...because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you" "We gonna live off the fatta the lan' and have rabbits."