Of Mice and Men Part 4

I just watched the movie Of Mice and Men, and I have to say, it's very similar to the book. First, let's talk about the book. We start out with our main characters, Lennie and George walking down a dirt road to a ranch to work at. They spend the night in the forest, talking about "Living of the fatta' the lan'". They show up to the ranch the next day and get to work. Later that day, George tells Slim what happened in Weed. I'm skipping a lot of the details to try and make this short. The day after that, Lennie gets into a short fight with Curly and Curly loses. The day after that, Lennie accidentally killed Curley's wife and hid in the brush. Sadly, at the end, George had to kill Lennie.

Now, the movie starts out with a woman in a torn red dress running, yelling for help. Lennie and George hid in a ditch until sundown where they hopped a train away from Weed. This must have been what happened in Weed. They took a bus to Soledad, where they got off and they had to walk ten miles to the ranch to work at. They stopped a little ways away and camped out for a night. Then they went to the ranch the very next day. The rest of the Movie is pretty much the same as the book, but some minor differences. For example, in the end of the book when George killed Lennie, Slim ran over to George and aided him. In the movie, George killed Lennie. The end. Also, The movie pretty much ripped the script from the book, but without a few lines of the dialogue. So, to sum it up, the movie IS the book. If you're going to watch the movie before reading the book, okay. It's the same thing, but with moving pictures.

Dear George,

Dear George,
I think what you did was right because he was going to die, and you made it painless for poor Lennie. Proof (The scene where Candy's dog is about to get shot.): " "The way I'd shoot him, he wouldn't feel nothing. I'd put the gun right there." He pointed with his toe. "Right in the back of his head. He wouldn't even quiver." " And if you didn't shoot him behind the head, he would've been shot in the gut. Like Curly demanded: " He worked himself into a fury. "I'm gonna get him. I'm going for my shotgun. I'll kill the big son-of-a-bitch myself. I'll shoot 'im in the guts. Come on, you guys." " And he would only have memories of you being mad at him.

Another thing I agree with is his las thoughts. Instead of his last thoughts of you being mad at him, you made it his happy place. " George raised the gun and his hand shook, and he dropped his hand to the ground again. "Go on." said Lennie. "How's it gonna be? We gonna get a little place." "We'll have a cow," said George. "An' we'll have maybe a pig an' chickens... An' down the flat we'll have a... Little piece alfalfa-" "For the rabbits." Lennie shouted. "For the rabbits." "And I get to tend the rabbits." "And you get to tend the rabbits." Lennie giggled with happiness. "An' live on the fatta the lan'." " You could've yelled at him and then killed him, which would've been sad to know that your last memory was your best friend yelling at you. But I'm glad you did both of these things. It shows you cared for Lennie.

Of Mice and Men Part 2

One reason he's afraid of staying is because of Curly was aggressive. Here's a quote: Curly lashed his body around. "By Christ, he's gotta talk when he's spoke to. What the hell are you gettin' into it for?" Now, how I imagine it is Curly has an irritated tone of voice and can't stand the fact that Lennie won't talk to him. Lennie might be worried that Curly will find him and pick a fight with him, so he's worried about that. He wouldn't want to get in trouble with the law again. Because last time he got George and himself in trouble, they were both in a ditch until sundown and then they hit the road. But, more problems may arise because now Lennie might try to hit on Curly's wife. Too bad Larry and Moe aren't there to help out.

Another reason is because he might not like the people or the place itself. Here's another quote: "Le's go go, George. Le's get outta here. It's mean here." He never said who or what. I'm almost sure he would be fine if Curly and his wife wasn't there, but there could be several reasons. Perhaps the boss is mad at them for being late, perhaps he likes Curly's wife, which won't bring him any good at all. Or, maybe he's worried about messing up again and have to be on the run from the law again, and he was thinking if he left sooner rather than later, less trouble would come to him and George. But, I think it's Curly that contributes the most to his fear of that place. And now he's having to watch his back for Curly to avoid him.