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New Characters
Candy: the one-handed ranch custodian

The Boss: runs the barley farm

Curley: the boss’s newly married, hot-headed son

Curley’s wife: the pretty, flirtatious, unnamed wife of Curley

Slim: a jerkline skinner, the respected authority on the ranch

Carlson: an experienced ranch hand

Summary
Chapter 2 takes place in the bunkhouse of the barley ranch on Friday morning. George and Lennie enter the bunkhouse behind Candy, the old crippled swamper, an unskilled laborer who cleans up...

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Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck Biography
Of Mice and Men: Summary and Analysis
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2. Chapter 2 Summary and Analysis
3. Chapter 3 Summary and Analysis
4. Chapter 4 Summary and Analysis
5. Chapter 5 Summary and Analysis
6. Chapter 6 Summary and Analysis
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