By: Bennett Kuperman

Characters and Setting

• George The story is based near Soledad, California during

the Great Depression. The book starts near the
• Lennie Salinas River. George and Lennie had just fled the
• Candy town Weed and they are looking for employment.
The friends find a job on a ranch bucking wheat
• Slim and barley.
• Curley
• Carlson
• Whit
• Crooks
• Curley’s Wife
• The Boss
Problem

• Lennie cannot tell the difference between right and wrong.

• This means he doesn’t know what he is doing most of the time is
wrong.
Solution

• George must kill Lennie and end an important relationship to

protect Lennie from a more painful death by torture and other
things by the others. Even though this solution is graphic, that is
the solution.
Conclusion

• In conclusion, no matter how hard you plan, any one thing can ruin
everything.
Things I took away from this book

• Friendship is a complex thing.

• No matter how hard you plan, any one thing can ruin everything.
• The Great Depression was a time of suffering.
• The poor keep getting poorer and eventually they die through
suffering.