Chapter Summary For Of Mice And Men

The chapter emphasizes the theme of human endurance by showing people's willingness to take any job they can find. Steinbeck shows that workers will do any type of work and take almost any type of pay, when he says, “Take her to the scales. Argue. Scale man says you got rocks to make weight. How ‘bout him? His scales are fixed” (407). The workers are well aware of the system used by landowners are used to maximize their profit, yet they choose to work anyways. Workers have to deal with rigged scales and the debt of buying the cotton bags. This shows that these people are willing to be cheated and go through physical pain, just to support themselves and their families. In addition, the workers endure and fight back. To counter the rigged scale,

They start talking and she asks Lennie if she wants to feel her hair, for she claimed that it was soft. Lennie grabbed her hair and her words were verified. His grip grew tighter. He would not let go, for he was too panicked to do anything. She thrashes under his grip and when Lennie finally lets go, she is motionless on the ground (Steinbeck 91). Lennie had killed Curley’s wife by snapping her neck. Lennie did not mean to kill her, but his action of not letting go of her hair had caused the downfall of Curley’s wife. Curley’s wife dying caused Lennie to run away from the ranch and hide by a river. Lennie left, trying to avoid George. Lennie said, “I shouldn’t have did that. George’ll be mad” (Steinbeck 93). Lennie left the ranch after killing her, knowing how mad George would be, because they could get let go or killed when her corpse was found Lennie went to the Salinas River, where the story begins. George knew that he would be there, for he told Lennie to go there. George came to where Lennie was, and shot him in the back of the head by tricking Lennie. Lennie’s choice to run resulted in the downfall of himself, which was avoidable. He was going to be imprisoned in the ranch if he stayed; instead his actions meant impending death. Lennie not letting go of her resulted in the death of Lennie and Curley’s wife, due to the carelessness of Lennie.

In the beginning of the story, two men named George Milton and Lennie Small are trying to make their way to a small ranch in Salinas Valley, California. George is the leader of their two man tribe, despite Lennie’s intimidating size. George is filled with determination and confidence while Lennie is a simple man with a big heart.

Because Lennie is confused he grabs her hair and tries to make her stop yelling. But because Lennie does not know how to control his own strength, he squeezes Curley’s wife’s neck too hard and crushes her spine. Lennie then flees the ranch because Curley wants to kill him for what he did to his wife. So Lennie is not brutally murdered by Curley, George finds Lennie and, because he cannot get him out of trouble, shoots Lennie. Lennie’s uncontrollable strength and ignorance destroyed his, George and Candy’s dream

George goes in town. Lennie is alone and has no one, he finds Crooks because his the only person he sees.

Two hours after George killed Lennie, George was at the bar with Curley and Slim to get a drink, and the three began talking about Lennie, making George start to think if he had done the right thing by shooting Lennie in the head. After the three left the bar, George walked out onto the street and saw Curley's wife walking down the street. George decided to shrug it off and told himself that it was all part of his imagination, and George returned to his house. Three years later, George had built the house by the lake that Lennie had wanted, and George had buried Lennie's body in the backyard. Later, George had decided to go to the bar to get a drink, when he got to the bar he saw Slim and Carley, and Curley's wife all talking with each other. When the group saw George, he was in awe "I thought that Lennie killed you..." he said to Curley's wife, Curley replied excitedly "Nope, i'm not sure how but she is alive!" George was still confused, then Slim said "Stop asking so many questions and come have a drink" George had then began thinking about how the only reason he killed Lennie was because Lennie went too far to save by killing Curley's wife. After that, George had began disconnecting himself with the rest of the group because he had become depressed after he had learned that Lennie wasn't a murderer. Just as George was thinking about how he shouldn't have killed Lennie, he heard a knock on his door, and he went to see who it was, Curley's wife was at the door with Slim, and both were looking sad. George had opened the door for them, and said "What happened?" Curley's wife looked back at him, and informed him that Curley had been murdered. George beckoned the two inside is house, and said "Come in, do either of you want anything to drink?" Curley's wife shook her head Slim walked her inside. The three sat down at a table in George's house "Tell me what happened" George said nervously, Curley's wife replied, "I was having an argument with Curley and he had gotten angry and stormed off, later, when i went looking for him, I found him in the ranch, with an axe wound in his head." Curley's wife started crying and Slim looked at George, "She came to me and told me the story, then asked

Lennie kills the puppy by petting it to hard and he gets really upset. Curley’s wife offers Lennie to pet her soft hair, Lennie grabs her to hard which resulted in Lennie breaking her neck. George and Lennie’s dream of having a farm one day is ruined because of something Lennie did wrong.

The sound of the gavel arose in the courtroom. It was surrounded by windows with wooden frame beautiful land around can be seen through it.. Ranch hands of Tyler barn were sitting behind Candy, who was wearing a red shirt. Everyone was listening to the Chinese bearded Judge. "Murdering is a huge crime because you murder a human, according to Penal Code 189 you are fined for 1000 dollars." ordered the Judge.

His mental disability had caused the dream they had created to be ruined. Curley, the man on the ranch who picks on Lennie, currently has a wife that is very isolated and lonely and loves to talk to Lennie since he is a very warm and soft loving man until she had told Lennie to feel her hair. Lennie wouldn't let go and Curley's wife was struggling to get out of Lennie's grasp. "And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck" (Steinbeck 91). This quotation explains how Lennie had ruined the dream because he had killed a woman and would be expelled from working on the ranch, leading to not making any money towards their life dream. Since George knew the dream was over, and that it wouldn't happen, he had to find Lennie. Since Curley had picked on him and had made fun of him, Curley was already after Lennie to kill. George knew this was all happening and knew he had to find Lennie before them to tell him the dream one more time before he was going to die. George had found Lennie on the creek side in the forest and told him about their dream one more time. Then George had Lennie at gunpoint. "His hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger” (Steinbeck 106). This quote from Of Mice and Men explains to the reader that Lennie had ruined their dreams once and for all since he had done terrible things to halt the dream. George had to put Lennie out of his misery since he was already going to be killed. George wanted to share their dream together one more

George reminds Lennie to stay away from Curley and his wife because their trouble. A fight broke out between Curley and Lennie. Curley accused Lennie of laughing at him. Curley throws the first punch and Lennie responds by grabbing Curley's fist in a tight hold. Curley's hand starts bleeding baldy. The co-workers threaten turkey to not say anything. Curley agrees and says his hand got caught in a machine. The next day, Curley's wife is suspicious on how Lennie got his bruises on his face. She figures out that Curley caused them. Later on, all the boys except lennie are playing horseshoes. Lennie goes into the barn to play with his puppy. As expected, Lennie killed the puppy because he wasn’t gentle. In this moment, Curley's wife decided to enter the

​After searching numerous places, Lennie and George found a place to work in a ranch in Salinas Valley. There, Lennie made friends with Slim, Candy, and Crooks. However, one day, Lennie squeezed a puppy too tightly and ended up killing it. Worried that George would find out and not let him “Tend the rabbits”, Lennie buried the puppy inside a barn. Right at the moment, Curley’s Wife walked in and demanded Lennie to tell her what he was hiding.

The next day, while playing and petting his new puppy, Lennie accidentally killed it by bouncing it too hard. While coming up with a plan to tell George that he found the puppy dead, Curley 's wife enters the barn and starts a conversation with Lennie. In her conversation, Curley 's wife admits that her life with Curley is a disappointment and she wishes she would have followed her dream of becoming a movie star. During the conversation, Curley 's wife discovers that Lennie like to feel things that are soft. As a result, Curley 's wife asks Lennie if he would like to feel her soft hair, which he does. While feeling her hair, Lennie start messing it up and pulling on it too hard, causing Curley 's wife to scream. While trying to quiet her down, as with the puppy, he accidentally kills her by breaking her neck. When the men get back they discovered what had happened. The men join together to hunt and chase down Lennie and are sent in the opposite direction by George. After stealing Carlson 's gun and blaming Lennie, George runs to meet Lennie at the place they had previously agreed upon if the need arose. Upon finding Lennie, George begins telling Lennie how nice their future is going to be. While Lennie has his back turned, George shoots Lennie in the back of the head. George sees his shooting of Lennie as an act of mercy. After hearing the shot, the rest of the men showed up where George and Lennie

Of Mice and Men Book Report Cristina Young One of the most important quotes in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck was “ ‘I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads . . . every damn one of ’em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ’em ever gets it.

The novel begins by introducing us to Lenny, a tall and lengthy man who has the brain of a child, and George, who is the complete opposite of him. As they walk along the road to get to their new job they get into a little argument about a dead mouse. After their feud they talk about their plan, Lenny is told not to say anything when they get there and George will do all of the talking. George also tells Lenny that if anything bad ever happens, to meet him at the bush near the river. They stop for a little to get rested and to cool down. We are introduced to a plethora of new characters the next morning when they appear at their new job on a ranch.

While Of Mice and Men may be an incredibly crappy novel, there is one thing that isn´t so bad, being that the reader can somewhat relate to the characters, or at least understand them. In the story, two friends, Lennie and George, decide to work on a ranch for some quick money. However, Lennie, being slow on the draw, accidently kills one of the people on the ranch. George decides to kill his friend before the others do. Lennie, George, and Crooks are the three characters come to mind in terms of affinity.