Lennie
1. What physical presence does the character have? Include height, weight, size, physical fitness, posture, etc. Lennie is small,quick,dark in the face with restless eyes and sharp strong features.
2.Describe the characters further visual details. Include hair, eyes, face, teeth, scars, tattoos, etc.Every part of him was defined:small , strong hands, slender arms, and a thin bony nose.
3.What distinguishing items does the character wear? Include clothes, jewelery, shoes, and any other physical item the character keeps with him/her.Wore black, a shapeless hat, and carried a tight blanket roll that was slung over his shoulder.
4.What distinguishing behavior does the character have? Include habits, preferences (music, food, literature, etc.), speech (sayings, stalling words, etc), and demeanor
He likes to pet soft things, he's devoted to his companion George, and is very strong.
5.What is the characters role in society? Include his/her job, hobbies, and uses of time.
In the society the character's role includes a vision that both him and George have for their future farm. His enthusiasm concerning the farm causes George to feel the same way.
6.What is the character's religion or philosophy? What beliefs does he/she hold? How does this create or mitigate internal conflict within his/her psyche?When it comes to Lennie's belief, he generally believes that what comes his way is just the way things go. He has a very easy-going and innocent nature that its hard not to sympathize with him. Conflict rarely ever occurs with this character because he stays consistent to who he was at the beginning till the end.
7.What do others in the book say about the character?
George, is very bossy towards Lennie. The reason I think this is because Lennie's soft-hearted nature causes him to be slow to anger and listen to George's commands. Throughout the book dangers face him through the other characters because of his innocence.
8.What connections does this character have to history, established religion or the world beyond the book?
The connections I see throughout this book that have to do with history would be like the Iraquain citizens that aren't involved in the war. Just like Lennie, their defenseless and innocent.
9.What does the character's name suggest? Authors rarely (if ever) name characters at random. What could the name symbolize? What evidence do you have for this?The name Lennie suggests that this character isn't very high-class. Through his timidness and his liking of petting soft things, and just random things like that it shows me that his name symbolizes those who are slowly making it to the top through their trials and what not. His name symbolizes a weak slave wanting to reach the top.
10.How does the character develop during the plot? How does he/she change?
During the plot of the story, Lennie doesn't actually change much. He is the least dynamic out of all the characters in the book.
George
1.What physical presence does the character have? Include height, weight, size, physical fitness, posture, etc.George was the opposite of Lennie, he was a huge man who had sloping shoulders and walked heavily while dragging his feet the way a bear would drag his paws.
2.Describe the characters further visual details. Include hair, eyes, face, teeth, scars, tattoos, etc.
He had large pale eyes on a shapeless face. His arms did not swing at his side but hung loosely.
3.What distinguishing items does the character wear? Include clothes, jewelery, shoes, and any other physical item the character keeps with him/her.
He wore black, a shapeless hat, and carried a tight blanket roll just like his short companion.
4.What distinguishing behavior does the character have? Include habits, preferences (music, food, literature, etc.), speech (sayings, stalling words, etc), and demeanor.
George is short-tempered but still loving devoted friend to Lennie. Even though there are times where him and Lennie disagree on certain issues pertaining to life, he is still committed to protecting his friend.
5. What is the characters role in society? Include his/her job, hobbies, and uses of time.Both him and Lennie have the same dream of having a farm in the near future. So their goal is bringing that farm back to life.
6. What is the character's religion or philosophy? What beliefs does he/she hold? How does this create or mitigate internal conflict within his/her psyche?George would be described as an idealist meaning he is driven more by his own ideas and thoughts rather than some one else's. He's the type of guy who takes control of his own life and doesn't really care what others view him as.
7. What do others in the book say about the character?According to figures in the story such as Lennie, he looks up to George as his protector and sometimes his enemy. George's impatience and bossy nature can cause a negative view to a character such as him.
8. What connections does this character have to history, established religion or the world beyond the book?When it comes to connections a character like George could have on history, I would say he's like a rich CEO just having the time of his life. But it didn't just come to him in a heartbeat he had to work starting from the bottom and going up.
9. What does the character's name suggest? Authors rarely (if ever) name characters at random. What could the name symbolize? What evidence do you have for this?
The name “George” suggests that he is not lower-class. He is actually higher middle-class or higher class. His controlling personality shows that he is not afraid to share his thoughts and be the center of attention. His will to protect Lennie and constantly telling him what to do is an example of just how bossy of man he can be.
10. How does the character develop during the plot? How does he/she change?In the story, there's a part when George shares with another character that he once abused Lennie for his own enjoyment, and from that learned not to take advantage of the weak.
Candy
1.What physical presence does the character have? Include height, weight, size, physical fitness, posture, etc.An old aging man who has lost his hand as a result of an accident.
2. Describe the characters further visual details. Include hair, eyes, face, teeth, scars, tattoos, etc. Aging features.
3. What distinguishing items does the character wear? Include clothes, jewelery, shoes, and any other physical item the character keeps with him/her.Well he's in bed most the time and has a disobedient dog.
4. What distinguishing behavior does the character have? Include habits, preferences (music, food, literature, etc.), speech (sayings, stalling words, etc), and demeanor.
He is declared useless by his boss and demanded to leave the ranch he was staying at.
5. What is the characters role in society? Include his/her job, hobbies, and uses of time.In society, Candy looks at his dog as a reminder of all the negative things that went on in his life because of both his usefulness as well as his dog's.
6. What is the character's religion or philosophy? What beliefs does he/she hold? How does this create or mitigate internal conflict within his/her psyche?
His view of life has diminished because of his usefulness. He clings on to the idea that having freedom is setting aside work that as he wishes.
7.What do others in the book say about the character?Others view Candy as a useless old man who doesn't have much to do with his life.
8. What connections does this character have to history, established religion or the world beyond the book?A connection Candy had to history is the fact that older people aren't treated with as much respect as younger people who are able to work. I see that equality is rarely enforced when it comes to older people/
9. What does the character's name suggest? Authors rarely (if ever) name characters at random. What could the name symbolize? What evidence do you have for this?A name like Candy shows very little respect to a once important figure. It shows to me that overtime tis person doesn't mean much to many people.
10. How does the character develop during the plot? How does he/she change?Throughout the story there was no real change in Candy except physically. His mindset seems rude and selfish. For example, after Lennie was killed he still wanted him and George to continue going in their quest to the farm as they had planned.
Now, look back at your answers to these ten questions. What patterns do you notice about each character? What conclusions does this lead you towards?
I notice that the characters are very similar. Even with their differences it seems that in the end they all somehow connect. This leads me to the conclusion that when an author writes he/she definitely has a set strategy as to how he wants his/her readers to take the information that is read from the book. The author knows who the reader would sympathize with and who the reader wouldn't care for very much. So this just further reveals to me that random writing causes random ideas meaning the book wouldn't make sense to me as reader-only to the author.
No comments:
Post a Comment