Of Mice And Men Chapter 4 Summary

Up north, they had recently been run out of a town called Weed on account of Lennie. First of all, Lennie is not very smart, and becomes frightened and confused easily. Also, he enjoys petting animals and feelingthings that grab his attention. One night in Weed, Lennie and George had gone to a pool hall. Lennie saw a girl wearing a bright red dress. He grabbed on to the sleeve of her

explaining to George how he could go and live in a cave in the hills. This ‘

George are in there. She is apparently looking for Curley but she already knows that

“The bunk house was a long, rectangular building. Inside, the walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted. In three walls there were small, square windows, and in the fourth, a solid door with a wooden latch. Against the walls were eight bunks, five of them made up with blankets and the other three showing their burlap ticking. Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the opening forward so that it made two shelves for the personal belongings of the occupant of the bunk.”

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

Candy stood in his place and said to George "Take my money George, pay it to the Judge"

Curley’s wife makes her first appearance when she stumbles in the bunkhouse. She asks Curley’s whereabouts and tries to flirt with George and Lennie. George

Even towards the end of his life, Lennie always leans on George; he thinks that they are the exception, differing from the typical loneliness other ranch hands suffer. Before Lennie is shot by George himself, Lennie still has undeniable faith in their friendship. Lennie knows that he’s “got you[George]. We[They] got each other,”(Steinbeck 104) and that is how it will always be. This shows Lennie’s everlasting optimism for his friendship. He has grown reliant on George, and because of that, he is reliant on him even when the greatest catastrophes surround them. His unwavering faith is partly due to his ignorance of the gun behind his head; he is not aware of his friend’s own chilling betrayal and thus never comes to the realization that George, who was once his rock, has left him to fend for himself. He is not aware of the world enough to realize that in the journey of life, he lives in isolation. While Lennie is able to live in solitude and never notice, the intelligent are surrounded, on a daily basis with how alone they are. Crooks is a black stable hand, who while well-educated, is left in isolation because of the color of his skin. Throughout his whole life, he barely understands what a true friend is; he is lonely. He talks of himself in third person, trying to educate Lennie of true isolation he faces on a daily

Then Curley’s wife walks in “looking” for Curley, she complains about how Curley is never around. All the workers on the farm believe that she is only with Curley because of money, apishly Candy. Curley’s wife then remembers about his smashed hand and asks the boys what happened. They all panicked in fear and look at each other. Candy tells her over and over that he got it stuck in a machine, but she doesn’t believe it.

An allegory is a work where characters are symbols of ideas. They may symbolize anything from honesty to sadness. In an allegorical novel these characters and the ideas they represent form together to suggest a moral. The novel, Of Mice and Men is one of these allegorical novels. Its theme or moral is about friendship: the friendship of George and Lennie. The actions of the characters that represent ideas in the story bring about the chance for George to show his caring and love for Lennie in a powerful way making the story allegorical. All of the characters play a part in the novel whatever their size of the role that connects them allowing Of Mice and Men to function as an allegory.

In today’s society people tend to be open about differences and respond to them understandingly. In the 2014 Special Olympic USA games Kim Chandler who is a thirty-eight-year-old olympic swimmer with down syndrome and uses her unique athletic skills to teach able children to swim. Kim is a brilliant example of how society has changed positively. What is so inspiring about Kim teaching children to swim is the way people accept her and include her in our own lives. We accept people with disabilities like Kim because society today accepts differences and believes we need them to make the world a unique place to live. Although, not everyone was accepting of disabilities in the earlier times. If Kim was living in the 1930’s when she wanted to help children swim she would not be able to, she also would not be able to swim because there would be no Special Olympics. In the 1930’s Society was unaccepting to differences; they didn’t want to believe that differences are relevant.

     The friendship between Lennie and George went beyond what was unambiguous, they shared a common dream, and they never stopped trying to acheive their dream. They dream of a peice of land of their own. Independence. A couple of acres, a cow, some pigs, and rabbits that Lennie dreams of tending to. Their dream will later be shattered by fate.

1) Lennie and George arrive at their new workplace, the ranch and meet an old man named Candy in the bunkhouse.

He just thought that George didn’t want to be with him anymore, he was worried about never accomplishing their dream while talking to Crooks. Besides, Crooks describes to him that a lonely person “goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody.” (pg. 72) I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.” (pg. 72) Crooks knew exactly how a lonely person feels since he lived isolated, being the only black men wasn’t easy. Lennie started to feel that George abandoned him, but thankfully, he came back. After all, their lives continued normally. George always tried to keep him out of trouble, but he couldn’t this time. Lennie accidentally killed a puppy which he usually did by accident with other small and soft animals, and he also killed Curley’s wife by accident. He did everything that George told him to do if he got in trouble, but this was the worst trouble he ever got in. George tried to prevent his terrible future at all costs, but he couldn’t, and something worse than ever

In this section Lennie and George arrive at the ranch where Candy greets them and assigns them bunks in a old barn looking place. Candy also accidentally hears George tell Lennie that he is "glad that they aren't actually related" and is confused since George had told him that they were. However Candy minds his own business and says nothing. George and Lennie also meet the boss who is a small man named Curley who trikes to fight Lennie for no reason. This leads to George stepping in and justifying lennies innocents action although Lennie didn't really do anything bad.