Post 4 of 7- Julianna

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

Hi Griselda, I somewhat agree with you that Curley's wife is trouble. She seems to be kind of a flirt but I don't think she is going to do anything that ruins her relationship with Curley. I don't think she is going to try anything with Lennie, George, Slim, etc. I do agree with you that a theme in the book is hope. George and escpecially Lennie have very high hopes for making enough money to live offa the fatta the lan' (57). I think it is actually very sweet that Lennie really wants to have the rabbits because he loves to pet small, furry animals. Something that I was wondering while reading this section was why does everybody care that Lennie is in the barn petting the new puppies? Are they just afraid that he might actually crush them like he did with the mice he had? Everybody knows that he isn't going to purposefully hurt them. However, I do feel like Lennie is strong enough to fend for himself and others. Like you mentioned, he crushed Curley's hand when he was laughing at him. They had to take him to the doctor and everything. I actually like that they use blackmail against him. They say that if Curley tells what Lennie did to him then they would tell why Lennie did it. Slim said, "If you don't tell nobody what happened, we ain't going to. But you jus' tell an' try to get this guy canned and we'll tell ever'body, an' then will you get the laugh" (64). Finally, I think it is very funny how Curley and his wife are always coming in and saying if they had seen each other. They never seem to be in the same place at the same time and everybody is getting mad. George and Slim are tired of saying no, they haven't seen them and they are getting tired of looking for each other. I just thought that was a funny little side note that Steinbeck added.