This week our group read pages twenty-six through fifty in Of Mice and Men
In section 2 there was a ton of foreshadowing:
Throughout the section (for example pg.26 and 37), George gets really upset about Curley and goes on saying how he is going to fight him. I think that the author is telling the reader that there is something big is going to happen in the future between them. My best guess is that Lennie is going to be involved, either the cause of the fight or one of the contenders in it. (Page twenty-six when Curley starts picking on Lennie specifically and on page thirty-one when Lennie is all to interested in Curley's wife)
When Lennie gets his new puppy he is elated, but I think that John Steinbeck is just reminding the reader about the mice from the beginning of the story. (How Lennie is unaware of his strength and kills them) I believe there is some significance in Candy's dog being shot. If there wasn't any meaning in it, Steinbeck wouldn't have used 3 pages to cover the awkward silence between the guys up to the point when the dog was killed.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Of Mice and Men pg.1-25 8-23-10
In the first section in Of Mice and Men I found George and Lennie’s relationship very interesting.
It appears that George cares very much for Lennie. Yet, I think George feels some resentment for taking on the responsibility of watching over him. Having younger siblings, I relate with George’s frustration with Lennie. Throughout the section, George shows his frustration with his ever changing attitude towards Lennie. For example on page eleven George is furious but then on page thirteen the mood lightens and George sincerely apologies. I can understand how George would like to go on and live his own successful life, but he sees the importance of taking care of his friend.
Lennie seems somewhat oblivious to the rest of the world, much like that of a young child. It seems that he thinks George knows best and wants to always make him happy. This is shown on page twelve when Lennie says: "...I wouldn't eat none, George. I'd leave it all for you ... and Iwouldn't touch none of it."
As said in The Richest Man in Town, "relationships matter most." We will se where this one goes!
It appears that George cares very much for Lennie. Yet, I think George feels some resentment for taking on the responsibility of watching over him. Having younger siblings, I relate with George’s frustration with Lennie. Throughout the section, George shows his frustration with his ever changing attitude towards Lennie. For example on page eleven George is furious but then on page thirteen the mood lightens and George sincerely apologies. I can understand how George would like to go on and live his own successful life, but he sees the importance of taking care of his friend.
Lennie seems somewhat oblivious to the rest of the world, much like that of a young child. It seems that he thinks George knows best and wants to always make him happy. This is shown on page twelve when Lennie says: "...I wouldn't eat none, George. I'd leave it all for you ... and Iwouldn't touch none of it."
As said in The Richest Man in Town, "relationships matter most." We will se where this one goes!
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