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Lennie V. Curly: An Inciting Incident

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Lennie v. Curly is an inciting incident because they both are opposite of each other. They are opposite of each other because in pages 63 – 64 Lennie was getting beaten up by Curly, but Lennie stopped Curly’s fist and broke it. Lennie acts like a baby but Curly acts like a grown up adult bully. Lennie is like a baby in an adult body. Lennie doesn’t know how strong he is and he doesn’t try to be mean and hurt people. Curly goes around looking for trouble. These are some reason they are opposite of each other.

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