Final Reading Of Mice and Men

This weeks assignment was to finish the book. I found it to be very eventfull and i would like to talk about some of the events that took place in this reading.

The first event i want to discuss is the event of Lennie and the killing of his pouppy. I think that it was a foolish idea for them to give lennie a puppy. I think that because erlier in the story we establish the fact that Lennie has a touching disorder and cant really keep anything that is living because he will just kill it. When Slim gave a pup to him i thought that this was going to happen sometime in the story later on. It showes that lennie has a touching disorder when after his puppy is dead he still has to be able to pet and touch it even if its not living. He covers the puppy up with straw and sits for a while and then uncovers it so he can stroke its soft fur. That showes that he cant go with out touching something soft.

This event leads to the next event I would like to discuss. The killing of Curlys wife. I think this event was a sudden turn in things in the story. I didnt expect this to happen to her. I thought that maybe Carlson was going to end up shooting Lennie because of how stupid he was. Where in reality Lennie was actually the killer of Curlys wife. When she asked him to feel how soft her hair was that shouldve been a red flag that something bad was going to happen. Because erlier in the book it says how Lennie cant let go of what he is feeling if he panics. When i got tothis part of the book i thought this was going to be just like the event that took place in Weed. Where now it is way more serious and further more tragic than if he killed a mouse or rabbit, bu he killed a human being in the same manner that he killed the pup and the mice. I now believe that he really didnt know how much strength he actually had and he didnt know how to use it. After this event it leads to the tragic ending to a great story.

The ending shocked me in the sence that Geroge has been with lennie for this long and now he just turns around puts a gun to the back of his head and blows his brains out. Why he thought he would be better out with out him i i think has something to do with the fact that Geroge is sick and tired of having to bail lennie out of trouble in all of the ranches they worked at. I believe that Lennie diserved to die with a little more dignaty than what he had. I think that if Gerorge wouldve just hid him and worked long enough to get the money they couldve left and had the place they wanted and Lennie could lived happily with his rabbits

Reading 3 of Mice and Men

I would first like to discuss the way Crooks is treated by Curleys wife and some of the other hands arounf thr ranch. For example when lennie comes in to Crooks's room he is angry that lennie has come in to and invaded his personal space. I think the reason for Crooks being this way twards other people is that bcause he is blakc and he is cripple. In real life I have noticed that people with disabilities are mostly targeted by other to be picked on. Like on page 73 when Lennie and Crooks are talking and Crooks starts "S'posing" He is actually just playing with lennie's disability to think and comprehend what Crooks is saying about George not coming back that night. I think that Crooks was just messing with Lennie for his own pleasure because he has no one to talk to and and understand him when he has something to say or voice an opinion about Curly's wife. In a way i feel sorry for Crooks not having anybody to talk to and be around. to me it sounds like he once had a good life when he had his dad and three brothers to be around him all the time. I think that maybe Lennie and Crooks will become friends over the time they are at the ranch together. With Lennie always coming in to play with his pup i predict that Crooks will come to realize that Lennie is special and not to take advantage of his disability.

The second thing i would like to talk about is that curlys wife. She is never with Curley when she comes into a scene she is always looking for him or he is looking for her. I think she doesnt care for him one bit because he doesnt listen to her when she talks and her and Crooks aree kind of in the same boat with having no one to talk to when they have something to say or talk about. I think thats why she is always out talking with the hands around the ranch because Curley wont listen to whjat she has to say. But on the other hand she has some kind of power and authority over the men on the ranch because she said that if she wanted to she could have every body there canned and new ones brought in to replace them. She does seem to have some kind of a chip on her shoulder towards Crooks because he is colored and crippled. She is always calling him hurtful names and is threating him by saying she will have him canned.