Of Mice and Men: Week of 4-7-14

Book: Of Mice and Men
Author: John Steinbeck
Pages Read: 0-40
Prompt: Do any of the characters feeling change as you’ve read? Explain why or why

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In this book the characters feeling are constantly changing. Right now George and Lennie are have gotten jobs and are meeting many of the different characters in the book. All the characters moods and feeling change when they meet all the different characters. For example when they meet Candy, the man tells them lots of information and they get along with him quite well. George seems chill and fine, and Lennie just sits and listens.

Then they meet the Bosses son. His name is Curley. He is a real Jerk. Immediately he begins to pick on Lennie because he is big and Large. He asks something and George answers and introduces Lennie and himself. Then Curley says that the other guy "Lennie" was suppose to answer the question. He scolds Lennie for not answering. Lennie gets struck with fear because he is very "innocent" for him being a big strong man and all. George gets really mad. He defends Lennie and hates small angry guys. Which is exactly what Curley is.

So far I like the book. I find it really amusing how Lennie's last name is small. I get confused with many of the characters because most of their names start with the letter C. I like the relationship between Lennie and George because George defends and cares about Lennie as if he were his younger brother. In class we have talked about the poem by Robert Burns and how it might have to do with the story. He says something about the plans not always going the way they were predicted to go. I am waiting to see if something will happen that is unpredicted that will either help or hurt George and Lennie's situation. I really wonder what will happen between Curley and George and Lennie. There is a lot of conflict with Curley. It seems like there may be trouble for Georeg and Lennie because of Curley.