What theme is emphasised through the interactions between the ranch workers?

What does the ending of the novel suggest about George’s future?

What does the vision of Aunt Clara represent to Lennie?

What is significant about the final conversation between George and Lennie by the river?

How does Steinbeck present Curley’s wife in the early part of the novel?

Why does Lennie accidentally kill Curley’s wife?

What is significant about the way Steinbeck describes the bunkhouse?

What does the recurring motif of animals in the novel signify?

Why does Curley wear a glove filled with Vaseline?

What is the symbolic meaning of the dead mouse Lennie carries?