Of Mice and Men pg. 90-107; 9/12/10

The book got really exciting on page 91 when Curley’s wife asked Lennie to stop touching her hair, but he didn’t stop. He started to panic and covered her face and started shaking her. I predicted that this was going to happen. It relates to what happened in Weed. I couldn’t believe that Lennie actually killed Curley’s wife. It would have been really creepy to find her buried under the hay. It is sad that Lennie didn’t mean to kill the puppy or Curley’s wife, but they both got buried in the barn.
I always thought that George would never leave Lennie. He continued to say that on page 106. Then George shot Lennie in the back of the head. He told Lennie that they would both get to live off the fat of the land. I wonder if George will get to do that.
This book had a lot of unexpected twists and turns. I had no idea the book would end how it did. I predicted that they would all own a nice piece of land. Instead, Lennie died. The author also used good foreshadowing. Towards the beginning of the book we learned what happened between Lennie and a girl in Weed. I never thought a similar event would occur towards the end of the book between Lennie and Curley’s wife. Overall in my opinion, the book was very good.

Of Mice and Men pg. 60-90 9/6/10

In the beginning of this section, Candy was listening to George and Lennie tell him about their plan to live off the fat of the land. My prediction is that Candy will try to join in on this plan. I don’t think they should’ve told Candy about their plan either. They haven’t known him for very long, so I wouldn’t trust him enough to tell him that.

A part in the book that I found interesting and surprising was when Curley started to fight Lennie. Lennie did nothing to Curley, but yet Curley started throwing punches at him. In my opinion, Curley deserved to have his hand broken. He seemed really cocky while fighting Lennie, so maybe this was a good learning experience for him.

I thought it was sad on page 74 when Crooks was talking to Lennie and basically implied that they will never live off the fat of the land. He said everyone has a dream to own a piece of land and nobody has ever accomplished it. Lennie didn’t understand, though. Later, we read that Lennie killed one of the puppies. I had a feeling that would happen. As it says on page 85, “I didn’t bounce you hard.” I knew he wouldn’t kill a puppy on purpose, but since he doesn’t know how to care for them I thought he might accidently kill one. Do you think he will still get to tend the rabbits if George finds out?

At the end of my section, Curley’s wife and Lennie are having a conversation. Will romance spark between the two of them?