Slim offers Candy one of his puppies as a replacement. Carlson finally persuades Candy to let him shoot the dog. He takes the dog outside and a shot is heard; Candy stays in the bunkhouse, lying on his bed and staring at the wall. Most of the men leave the bunkhouse, except George, Lennie and Candy.
George and Lennie discuss their dream of owning a farm, overheard by Candy, who wants to get involved. He offers to contribute his life savings, which would enable the men to buy a piece of land which George knows about. Curley, Slim, Whit another ranch hand and Carlson re-enter the bunkhouse.
George slapped him on the face again and again, and still Lennie held on to the closed fist. Curley was white and shrunken by now, and his struggling had become weak. Why does Curley pick a fight with Lennie? Lennie is behaving aggressively towards Curley. Lennie is big and Curley resents big men because he is small. Why is Lennie frightened when Curley attacks him, even though he is bigger than him? He knows that Curley is a boxer.
He has fought Curley before and lost. He wants to impress the other men with his strength. When Lennie panics, he holds on to things tightly. He wants to kill Curley. Crooks laughed again. His voice grew soft and persuasive.
I been with George a long time. He thinks that having companionship to stop loneliness is more important. He feels bitter because of the way he has been treated and wants to take this out on someone else. He wants to make Lennie angry so that they will fight. Lennie is innocent and cannot understand why Crooks would lie to him. He trusts George but is vulnerable because of his mental disability. Lennie does not want George to return and does not really care about him.
But a person can see kinda what you mean. But mine is soft and fine. After years of torturing and taking advantage of his friend, George had a moral awakening, realizing that it is wrong to make a weaker living being suffer for sport. This conviction runs counter to the cruel nature of the world of the ranch-hands, in which the strong hunt down and do away with the weak. Regardless, allowing the animal to live out its days is not an option in this cruel environment. The most comfort he can offer is to assure Candy that he will kill the dog mercifully and quickly.
See Important Quotations Explained. Nearly all of the characters in Of Mice and Men are disempowered in some way. Whether because of a physical or intellectual handicap, age, class, race, or gender, almost everyone finds him- or herself outside the structures of social power, and each suffers greatly as a result.
Inflexible rules dictate that old men are sent away from the ranch when they are no longer useful and black workers are refused entrance to the bunkhouse.
While the world described in the book offers no protection for the suffering, there are small comforts. The power of their vision of a simple life on an idyllic little farm rests in its ability to soothe the afflicted. In the opening chapter, this vision acts like a salve for Lennie and George after their tumultuous departure from Weed; now, it rouses Candy out of mourning for his dog.
As soon as the lonely old man overhears George and Lennie discussing their plans, he seems pitifully eager to join in this paradise. Talking about it again also manages to calm and comfort Lennie after his upsetting run-in with Curley. Steinbeck advances the narrative toward the inevitable tragedy through many instances of foreshadowing in this section.
Ace your assignments with our guide to Of Mice and Men! SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Why did Steinbeck choose the title Of Mice and Men? What happened in Weed? Why does Curley attack Lennie? Why does George kill Lennie? Why does Lennie have a dead mouse in his pocket? How is Lennie different from the other men? Why do George and Lennie travel together?
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