Of Mice And Men Chapter 2 Summary

Chapter one of Of Mice and Men began by introducing the relationship between the two main characters, George and Lennie. George and Lennie have a unique, brotherly, parental, and friendly dynamic that I believe will be interesting to continue to investigate over the course of reading this book. While reading chapter one, we were exposed to more of the parental side of their relationship, specifically in the scene where Lennie is guzzling down river water and George is warning him to slow down or risk feeling sick afterward. In this instance, George acts like a parent by predicting the consequences of Lennie’s actions as opposed to what a bother or a friend might do which is to allow him to drink the water and feel sick afterward. In addition,

Curley refuses to let her talk to anyone on the ranch, isolating her from everyone and setting the stage for trouble. This trouble happens in Section 3, where he accuses Slim of being with his wife and is completely wrong. He is ganged up on by the ranch workers, and picks on Lennie in order to vent his anger at being picked on. This turns out to be a mistake. Lennie quickly crushes his hand, and Curley has to be taken to the hospital. Luckily for George and Lennie, Slim comes to there aid, telling Curley “your hand got caught in a machine”.

The reason why boss finds George and Lennie suspicious is because George does the most of the talk for Lennie. “Let the big guy talk” (pg 25) Another reason why the boss find George and Lennie suspicious is because they say that they are cousins, which they are not. “ He’s my ... cousin I told his old lady I’d take care of him.” (pg12). My last reason why boss find George and Lennie suspicious is because George said that their job is done and they had to find a new job. “The job was done” (pg 27).

Essay about Curley’s wife Curley’s wife is the only female character in the novel Of Mice of Men; Curley’s wife is never given a name and is only referred to in reference to her husband. Like the other people on the ranch, she is very lonely and has dreams of a better life which never come true. The author John Steinbeck introduces Curley’s wife in a symbolic ness way, this is shown when George is talking to Lennie about the dream and when Curley’s wife first meets both the men. “Both men glanced up, for the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off.

George does all the talking during the interview, making it very suspicious to the boss and he can’t understand why George is so close with Lennie. George also claims that they left their last job because it was done “diggin’ a cesspool”, hence making it sound more weird and hard to believe.

Curley’s wife - a flirtatious, mysterious women in the novel. She is the only women that is described by Steinbeck in the novel. How we call her- “Curley’s wife” shows that she is just a possession of Curley. And the others names that George and Candy had given to her are “looloo; jailbait; tart”; these names show how badly she was treated in the ranch particularly and the sexism in American society in 20s - 30s generally.

After Curley's wife hearing the men's were back that made her leave and Candys says to Lennie that she was glad that he beat her husband. When George came back from town, he criticizes Candy for talking about

In the book of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck employs foreshadowing throughout the book to lead up to the event that happens at the end of the book. Lennie’s childlike mentality has him do things that he likes that will get him in trouble by the end of the book.Curley's wife’s behavior also contributes to the foreshadowing of her death.

Curleys wife is one of the most interesting and complicated characters ( or maybe even more than one character within her) in the novella; of mice and men. Everything about her from her clothes to her personality to her dreams end up leading to her death and unfortunately the death of young Lennie. she is just a young woman seeking attention, feeling the only way she can receive it is if she throws herself at the men around the ranch. Curleys wife deserves all the attention she can get , however, in the 1930s things were a lot different to how they are now for women. In this essay I will be exploring the contrasting representations of Curleys wife and her character. perhaps underneath all the lies we can find a misunderstood, sensitive and

Lennie is a large slow and a bit childish due to his mental disability. George is small, rough, bright but short tempered man that travels and cares for lennie. On page 14 George was talking to Lennie about how guys like them are lonely, they have no family or place to go. Unlike themselves they have a future and theycare for eachother. Then lennie says happily “But not us! Ah’ why? Because.. Because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you and that's why” this shows that George and lennie have each other's back and they're basically each other's family and if they ever got lost or separated, they had a specific spot to go find each other so they wouldn't have to worry where they would be.

In today’s world, we have come to see that trial, error, pain, and the striving for living a glamorous life are common; we all know it’s an exhausting task. Everybody seems to “go through the motions” at one point or another; we all seem to have this point in life where everything seems like a black hole that’s going nowhere. In the book, Of Mice and Men, and play Death of a Salesman, we see this is common, among many other similarities. However, no story is ever the same between two people’s lives, and this is also shown in these two works of literature.

depression took place and at that time everyone wanted to be equal because everyone had to live the same because things weren't right. The novel of mice and men is sad because people died within the first 100 pages. Also the novel was depressing because Curley wife wanted to feel like was over ever. It is also depressing Lennie died because George didn’t want to see him suffer because some thing that he didn't mean to do. Because he was scared and didn't want to get in trouble for talking to curley's wife. So while he was touching her.

“The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering.”( Steinbeck, 106). George made the right decision by killing Lennie because he would have been killed by Curley when he found out that Lennie killed Curley’s wife. George had to kill Lennie because he was stuck in such a position where had no other option. and he even killed Curley’s wife which made George to end up with a harsh decision.

All of the men believe that if anything was going wrong Curley's wife had to have something to do with it. That is why George Milton tells Lennie Smalls to stay away from Curley's wife and to not talk to her. George knows that both Lennie and Curley's wife are good at getting themselves in trouble even if they are not trying

In Of Mice and Men, many characters express their feelings and views after Lennie kills Curley’s wife. When Curley finds out, he is full of anger. After finding his wife, Curley is in a state of rage and he desires revenge. Because of the past experience with Lennie, he expresses no forgiveness toward Lennie or his situation.Since he dislikes Lennie, he will go to great lengths to kill him. However, George and Slim offer a great contrast to Curley. While Curley is full of rage, Slim says to George.). He does not believe Lennie is a murderer. Slim is very thoughtful and perceptive for realizing Lennie’s mistakes. It reveals his gentle attitude toward Lennie that the rest of the workers do not offer. Lastly, George offers the same perspective