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 the...
Source: MAXnotes to Of Mice and Men, ©2000 Research and Education Association, Inc.. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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