The atmosphere at the ranch and the bunkhouse is calm, safe, and tense. The ranch and the bunkhouse is calm when the old man or swapper is around George and Lennie. The swapper is a old man that is related to the bosses, son's, wife. The swapper has a old dog that he raised from a puppy, the old dog used to be a sheep dog when it was younger. The atmosphere of the ranch and the bunkhouse is calm because of the swapper by him being nice and is not in other people's business, as he thinks he is. For example, when George and Lennie were talking about how they did not like the place but they had to be there for money, the swapper tried to make it seem that he was not listening to there conversation. The ranch and the bunkhouse feel safe because of Slim. Slim is a tall man that …show more content…
Lennie, for example, likes Slim right away and asks George if he could have a couple of dogs so that Lennie can pet them without killing them. The ranch and the bunkhouse is tense because of Curley, which is the bosses son, and Curley's wife. It's is tense at the ranch and bunkhouse because Curley seems like he wants to fight Lennie just because Lennie his bigger then Curley. George tells Lennie if Curley hits Lennie, he wants Lennie to hit Curley back. Curley is a smaller man and always is looking for a fight. The other reason the ranch and bunkhouse is tense is because of Curley's wife. Curley's wife is pretty according to the men at the ranch. She wears a lot of red and wears a dress. Lennie is attracted to her right away, but it is a way he likes rabbits. George is worried that Lennie will mess up again like he did in weed with the pulling of the dress of the girl. So George tells Lennie to stay away from Curley's wife. The atmosphere at the ranch and the bunkhouse is calm, feels safe, and tense, and it is because of these
Displaying his uneasiness about his size, Curley is portrayed as a small man who is jealous of those that are bigger than him and tries proves himself by fighting against them. When the swamper, Candy, introduces him to George and Lennie he specifies that “‘He hates big guys. He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he’s mad at ’em because he ain’t a big guy” (Steinbeck 26). Also after Lennie returns from playing with Slim’s new puppies in the barn, Curley stopped by their bunkhouse looking for his wife and shows his fear of her being with other men at the ranch, especially Slim, asking, “‘Any you guys seen my wife?’
Being isolated from people can be a scary thing. Imagine when life doesn't go one’s way, not having someone to talk to. Some people can be extremely affected by not having someone by their side. In the novel of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie are friends, and both depend on each other, but Lennie may depend on George more. the author suggests that over time, being isolated can negatively affect one’s feelings by making individuals have bitter thoughts because they long for a companionship that they never had.
George had in his mind that he was going to buy land and have a house and a garden and also have farm animals. Lennie knows about this so George always tells him about it and how Lennie can tend the rabbits as long as he doesn’t screw up again, Which we soon find out, he screws up badly. George and Lennie soon find another job being ranch hands. They meet a lot of new people and George starts becoming friends with some of them. From the start of working there though, George and Lennie start having problems with the boss's son, Curley.
Lennie adored the softness of Curley’s wife’s hair, that he killed her by accident by crushing her skull when trying to pet her hair. The two planned a future together; their own dream ranch. A ranch where nobody could tell them what to do. A ranch where no trouble would come their way and they couldn’t get into trouble. Right before George put him out from the back of the head with the luger, he made Lennie think of their dream ranch, their future home.
George and Lennie make some new friends and some enemies on the ranch. George and Lennie were always trying to find work as they always got kicked
”(72) he can’t believe that something like that would happen to George that will leave him alone. After George had scolded him had replies ”If you don 't want me I can go off an’ find a cave. I can go away any time”(13). He requests that it would better off for George and everyone else if he is alone, even though he wants someone to talk to and be with. None of the other people really like Lennie on the farm and especially when the climax of the story happened he was dreadfully hated.
In Of Mice and Men, the ranch and bunkhouse have a hostile atmosphere. “I don’t want no trouble,” Lennie said. “Don’t let him sock me, George.” This is an example of how Curley has created a hostile environment at the ranch because within the short amount of time that they have been at the ranch Lennie is already afraid of Curley. Curley is very unfriendly and always wants to fight someone which makes Lennie want to leave.
The night before they get to the ranch George explains to Lennie that he does not want him to speak. He also makes sure that Lennie clearly understands to come back to the spot they are at and hide in the brush if trouble arises. On the last day of the novel Lennie finally gets into trouble when he accidentally kills both his puppy and Curley’s wife. As a result, Lennie runs away to the spot where George instructed him to go, knowing he made a huge mistake. When Curley’s wife’s body is found, an immediate search party starts after Lennie.
(87) More specifically, the other men on the ranch refuse to talk to her because Curley’s position of power on the ranch portrays him as having the ability to have any man on the ranch lose their job. Furthermore, when Curley’s wife was conversing with Lennie in the barn and confided in him, she said: “Well, I ain’t
Lennie on the other hand is Large, strong, but is mentally slow and cannot seem to fully comprehend all situations. Lennie loves to pet and hold soft things, whether it is a dead mouse, a nice dress, or even a puppy. Lennie also does not know his own strength, and these two characteristics that Lennie possesses makes him a somewhat dangerous man. George and Lennie head to a ranch so they can acquire enough money for their dream job of owning their own ranch, where Lennie can tend to the rabbits, and where no one is the in charge of them. At the farm they met many characters.
She is the only girl on the ranch, and because of this, she faces difficulties from the boys. Curley’s Wife was just trying to find someone to confide in, and Lennie was there, but because she could cause trouble, Lennie wasn’t allowed to talk to her. She says to Lennie, “‘Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely’” (86).
George keeps Lennie around because it keeps him from being like other ranchers, most ranch workers go ranch by ranch having no one to talk to or have fun with and they just turn mean. According to Slim on pg
The men on the ranch travel by themselves and have no real connections to each other. Curley's wife spends her days wandering around the ranch, hoping someone will be open to having a conversation with. Crooks is completely isolate and has to live in a small room next to the barn because he has a different skin tone compared to all the ranch workers. Lastly, Candy feels lonely and isolated since he is separated from the other men after losing his hand and losing his dog. I think one of the morals of the story is that everyone needs someone to talk to in order to survive.
Lennie and George’s relationship and their development throughout the story is shown through these ideas: dreams and reality, the nature of home, and the difference between right and
George and Lennie just started working at the ranch, so they get a warning. “ Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world”(13). Why would being lonely ever be something you would want? George and Lennie had a plan to live together. Once again Lennie is getting picked on by Curly.