Summary: 1) George tells Slim many facts about his past including the story about what happened in Weed. 2) Carlson shoots Candy's dog because he was old and made the bunk house smell terrible. 3) George and Lennie decide to let Candy lve in the house they are planning to buy because he will already have more than half of the amount of the money needed to purchase it by the end of the month. 4) Lennie got into a fight with Curley because Curley was trying to pick a fight with him. Although Lennie didn't want to fight, he did because George encouraged him to. 5) Slim told Curley that his new story for why he looked so beat up is because he “got his hand stuck in a machine”, so that they don't get in trouble for what Lennie had done. Quote:
Knowing Lennie’s condition, is Lennie responsible for killing Curley’s wife? Lennie may not have ever meant to kill Curley’s wife due to his condition, but he still ended her life; therefore, yes, I think he is responsible. Lennie couldn't function properly to let go of Curley’s wife’s hair, so he cried, “Oh! Please don't do none of that…
Curley is a small man but he acts big and tough. One day in the bunkhouse Curley gets mad at some of the guys and they start talking back to him. Lennie is in the corner laughing and Curley thinks Lennie is laughing at him so he starts hitting Lennie. Lennie doesn’t fight back till George tells him to so Lennie grabs Curley’s hand and breaks it. To keep Lennie and George from being fired and to keep Curley’s look up they decided to say that his hand got caught in a machine.
Based off what the reader knows about Crooks from chapter four, the reader can infer that he would be the kind of person to join the NAACP. The reason for this is because he believes that African Americans do not receive the same things that whites do. In the text it states, “‘ This is just a nigger talkin’, an’ a busted-black nigger, So it don’t mean nothing, see? [...]
That night he went to Crooks room as his light was on, there he told him about his dream of petting rabbits, after a little while of arguments, when George returned he went to bed. The next day, while the other men were playing Horseshoe, Lennie found out that he had killed his little pet. He was very sad and hid it but by then Curely’s wife had entered and had seen what he was hiding. They both had a little chat about themselves, and she told him how she was going to be a star in Hollywood. Lennie told her that he liked soft things, then she said her hair was soft so he touched it, but Lennie did not stop so he picked her and broke her neck in fear.
George warned Lennie not to mess with Curley because he was the boss’s son, and they could get fired. When Curley came storming in the bunk house after Slim he looked at Lennie when he started swinging, and Lennie said, “ Make ‘um stop George. Wait a minute he yelled, Get ‘im Lennie!” (63). In the heat of the moment George couldn’t stand to see Lennie getting beat up, so he told Lennie to get him.
Slim is angry at Curley for constantly asking about his wife, and then Curley who is on the defensive and looking for someone to fight and finally picks a fight with Lennie and punches him unmercifully. Lennie doesn 't protect himself until George tells him to fight back, and Lennie crushes all the bones in Curley 's hand. Slim says they must get Curley to a doctor, but he cautions Curley that if he tells on Lennie and gets him fired, they will spread the word about how Curley 's hand really got hurt and everyone will laugh at him. Finally, Curley agrees not to tell. George explains to Slim that Lennie didn 't mean to hurt Curley since he was
The Deeper Level of George’s Character Traits Although George gets frustrated with Lennie, he is also truly considerent of his emotions. Most of the time George is harsh on Lennie, but it is only for his own good. Even though he seems rude towards Lennie he does it just to keep Lennie in check. George is always getting very frustrated with Lennie. In the beginning of the book when George and Lennie were walking down the sidewalk heading to their new job Lennie asked, “Where we goin’, George?” (4).
The definition of a sympathetic character is one whom the writer expects the reader to identify with and care about, though not necessarily admire. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, Curley’s wife, a main character in the book is blatantly portrayed as an unsympathetic character. This is because they only see her through the men's eyes, who only see her as a tiresome object, owned by her husband. Steinbeck’s portrayal of Curley’s wife is unfair and misogynistic because he only displays her as unintelligent and promiscuous, never has a character have a turning point where they realize she’s more than an object, and he never reveals her true name. The first reason that Steinbeck's portrayal of Curley’s wife is unfair is that he never gives Curley any redeeming personality traits, he only depicts her as unintelligent and promiscuous.
Of Mice and Men is a wonderful book explaining how life was like for men who worked in the 1930s. The book goes into deep detail about how the lives of the characters were on the ranch, their personalities, and difficulties that the men faced while trying to accomplish their dreams. Candy was one of the characters working on this farm in the fields as a swamper who is call the “Old Swamper.” He is an old man, who lost his hand while working on the ranch. Therefore, it made it harder for him to find work.
The book “Of mice and men” by John Steinbeck is a novel that follows the lives of two working class men as they make their way across a desolate American landscape searching for work following the devastating events of the 1930’s dust storms which are now a series of occurrences known as the dust bowl. The two men search for work a midst a agricultural society, where all labor accessible to them would be farm labor. One of the men named Lenny is a large kind hearted but mentally handicapped individual.
Since Lennie and George travel together i think the benefits that come with that is, they have each other to there not alone in this journey like other people in the Great Depression. Secondly if one of them gets hurt or something bad happens in generally or they need help the other person can at least try to do something but if there alone they would just have to figure it out by themselves. They also solve things together and even thought there might be a smarter person in the friendship at the end of the day if they but there ideas together they come up with something better just because they worked together,which is something you cant do if your by yourself. The risks that come with this id that they might end up get in into a heated argument
The author of one of the best selling novels including Of Mice and Men, the third child of Olive Hamilton and a hard working boy in the “Salad Bowl of the Nation”, John Steinbeck. Steinbeck was brought up in Salinas, California during the Great Depression. This might have influenced his setting for Of Mice and Men. As well as George and Lennie life as a farm worker, since Steinbeck also grew up in a farm setting. Born on February 27, 1902, this renowned author created Of Mice and Men from the edges of his childhood.
Curley didn’t care about his wife getting killed; if he did he would have stayed with her instead of looking for Lennie. Curley just wanted straight up revenge for Lennie showing him up in the bunkhouse. If Curley would have got to him first he would have made Lennie suffer for what he had done. Slim said, ‘’You hadda, George. I swear you hadda.’’
Society and Morality as Obstacles to the Human Desire The social and moral concerns placed on individual desire restraints our way of life and don’t let us live our human desire. Through the analysis of characterization and conflict one can determine a common theme which is that social and moral concerns prohibit a human from chasing their desires. In the novel Of Mice and men, Slim is the only characters who seem to be at peace with himself, highly skilled mule driver and knowledge person.
Curley develops the theme by trying to hide that he is short by acting more intimidating toward his other fellow workers. “His arms gradually bent at the elbows and his hand closed into fists. He stiffened and went into a slight crouch” (Steinbeck 28). Curley is trying to act more powerful by showing that he is not scared to go in a fight. He knows that if he beats someone that is bigger than him he will be praised for but if he loses a fight, everyone will only tell the bigger guy to pick a fight with someone his own size.