Post 3 of 7- Julianna

Julianna Hale
Of Mice and Men
John Steineck
Read by Oct. 6
Post by Oct. 6

Hi Griselda, as I was reading section 3 (pgs. 38-48) I think that you are very right about the growing friendship of Slim and George. They are opening up to each other and talking about the life that George and Lennie had before they came to work on the ranch. George was telling Slim about the time in Weed when Lennie "reach[ed] out to feel this red dress an' the girl let out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on" (41). That is why they had to run away from Weed and that's why there are in the knew town looking for a job. George feels like he can open up to Slim which is a really good thing. Another thing I saw in this section, which you also mentioned in your post, was when they killed Candy's dog because he was stinking so much; do you think that was too big a punishment or way both for Candy and the dog. Candy just had to lay there in bed and listen to the gunshot while they killed the dog. For the dog, he was so old and sick, I don't even know if killing him was the right choice. I would have just let him die peacefully on his own and left him outside if he smelled that bad. What would you have done? I think it was really nice for Slim to tell Carlson to silently follow with a shovel so that the dog could be properly buried, it would have been nice though if they had asked Candy if he wanted to go for the buriel and say a few words because Candy "had him so long. Had him since he was a pup" (44).