Of Mice and Men Essay

Of Mice and Men-Chapter Two Literary Analysis

The setting of the bunk helped to reinforce the tone. The bunk house is a long, rectangular building, with a very simplistic description (pg 17). Inside the walls are white washed and the floors are unpainted. It really gives this messy, unorganized, and this worn out feeling. It’s really a “get the job done and leave” kind of a place. The workers clearly reflect the feeling of this bunk house.
First Candy, he is one of the workers who had lost a hand probably due to a work related accident. He and Slim are the only ones actually talk normally to George. Candy opens up many behind-the-back stories and general info of the life in the bunk house. Curley is the boss’s son, and is very aggressive towards others and shows no respect. He is thin and was a semi-professional boxer once. Curley for whatever reason hates bigger people than him, in this case Lennie. Curley’s wife is a pretty young woman, who seems flirtatious toward the other workers on the ranch. Not much has been said so far, other than how she has the “eye” (pg 28). Other than that she was just looking for her husband. Slim seemed to be the most respected worker. He not only excels in driving of a mule team, he seems quite polite towards George. All these character’s life meant one thing, Work. It seems like they worked to live each day, and live another day to work for the next day. It sounds like a tough life, working with nothing else but hard labour.