Jan 4, 2010

Of Mice and Men | Chapter 2 Summary and Analysis

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...