George Milton

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George Milton is a thoughtful, protective migrant worker and one of the central protagonists in John Steinbeck’s novella "Of Mice and Men."

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Label Occurrences
George Milton canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
ageRange young adult to middle-aged man ⓘ
appearsIn Of Mice and Men ⓘ
associatedWith bunkhouse life ⓘ
ranch workers ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
characterTrait pragmatic ⓘ
protective ⓘ
quick-witted ⓘ
responsible ⓘ
thoughtful ⓘ
createdBy John Steinbeck ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasDialogueStyle colloquial American English ⓘ
hasDream owning a small farm ⓘ
isCaretakerOf Lennie Small ⓘ
isFriendOf Lennie Small ⓘ
isTravelingCompanionOf Lennie Small ⓘ
killingOfLennieMotivation to spare Lennie from a worse fate ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryMovement American realism ⓘ
linked to: Realism
literaryRole foil to Lennie Small ⓘ
medium novella ⓘ
moralConflict duty versus compassion ⓘ
narrativeFunction moral center of the story ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
occupation migrant worker ⓘ
performsAction kills Lennie Small at the end of the novella ⓘ
relationshipTypeWithLennie guardian-ward ⓘ
quasi-fraternal ⓘ
roleInWork central protagonist ⓘ
settingOfActions Soledad, California ⓘ
ranches in the Salinas Valley ⓘ
sharesDreamWith Lennie Small ⓘ
socialStatus itinerant ranch hand ⓘ
symbolicRole representative of disillusioned working-class men ⓘ
themeAssociation American Dream ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression ⓘ
worksIn California ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burgess Meredith → characterRole → George Milton ⓘ
Of Mice and Men → mainCharacter → George Milton ⓘ
Lennie Small → closeTo → George Milton ⓘ
Lennie Small → travelsWith → George Milton ⓘ
Lennie Small → killedBy → George Milton ⓘ
Curley → conflictWith → George Milton ⓘ
Curley’s wife → interactsWith → George Milton ⓘ
Slim → respectedBy → George Milton ⓘ
Slim → showsCompassionTo → George Milton ⓘ
Slim → givesAdviceTo → George Milton ⓘ
Slim → comforts → George Milton ⓘ
Crooks → interactsWith → George Milton ⓘ
Curley (Of Mice and Men, 1939 film) → conflictWith → George Milton ⓘ