Question

2. Many of the characters on the ranch can be described as ‘outsiders’: they don’t fit into normal society because they have characteristics that make them different from supposedly ‘normal’ people. For each of the following characters, identify the characteristics that make them outsiders (including at least one quote):
a) Candy


b) Curley’s Wife


c) Lennie


d) Crooks

This is a question for Of Mice And Men

Answer 1

Answer:

Lennie

Explanation:

no explanation

Answer 2

Answer:

a) Candy: Candy is an outsider because he doesn’t have one of his hands. “Candy stood in the doorway scratching his bald wrist and looking blindly into the lighted room.”

b)Curley’s Wife:Curley’s Wife is an outsider because she is a flirt even when she is married. “. He said accusingly, "You gotta husban'. You got no call foolin' aroun' with other guys, causin' trouble."

c) Lennie: Lennie is an outsider because he is awkward. “Lennie smiled helplessly in an attempt to make friends.”

d) Crooks:Crooks is an outsider because he is a negro. “CROOKS, the Negro stable buck, had his bunk in the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn.”

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