I suspect either Curley or his wife is going to ruin this dream. George has warned Lennie several times to stay away from them. ![]() She insults the men and threatens Crooks that she could have him lynched if he doesn’t shut his mouth.įoreshadowing Alert: Everytime people talk about the farm and are happy, either Curley or his wife show up and make people angry. They’re all feeling good until Curley’s wife shows up. Crooks, skeptical but desperate, asks if he can work on the farm. Finally Crooks invites him in and makes fun of him until Lennie gets angry. Lennie, not being the smartest man on the ranch, stays. Lennie stands at the doorway of Crooks’ room, who tells him to go away. Of Mice and Men Chapter 4 Summary with Commentary: The workers have gone to the cathouse except for Lennie, Crooks, and Candy. Of Mice and Men Chapter 4 SummaryĬharacters: Crooks, Lennie, Candy, Curley’s wife. There’s absolutely nothing in this novel that makes me think there’s gonna be a happy ending. Slim takes Curley to the doctor and tells him if Lennie and George are fired, he’ll be the laughingstock of the ranch.įoreshadowing Alert: Lennie is often described using animal imagery. Lennie grabs Curley’s hand and crushes it with ease. George orders Lennie to defend himself (bad news for Curley). Curley uses Lennie’s face as a punching bag. Everyone’s excited.Ĭurley returns, still angry, and picks a fight with Lennie. Candy is intrigued and offers his life savings if he can be part of it (financial advice: don’t ever offer your life savings to two suspicious looking guys who you barely know). He suspects she’s having an affair with Slim and goes to look for him. Carlson takes the dog outside and shoots it (being a dog on this ranch isn’t such a good thing.). George orders him to return the puppy to its mother.Ĭarlson urges Candy to shoot his old dog. Lennie enters the bunkhouse secretly carrying his new puppy. George tells Slim, who admires the two’s friendship, Lennie’s history, how they became friends, and how they got run out of Weed. Of Mice and Men Chapter 3 Summary with Commentary: Slim returns to the bunkhouse with Lennie after work. Figure it out.Ĭharacters: George, Lennie, Candy, Curley, Curley’s wife, Carlson, Candy’s dog Lennie accidentally kills soft, furry things. George tells Lennie to stay away from Curley’s wife. Lennie asks for a puppy.įoreshadowing Alert: Curly likes picking fights with big guys. Carlson recommends that Candy shoot his dog and take one of Slim’s puppies. Slim tells Carlson his dog had nine puppies and he had to drown four of them so there’d be enough food for the others. George warns Lennie to stay away from her (job advice: stay away from the boss’s son’s flirtatious wife…unless she’s really hot and you don’t really need the job). ![]() Curley’s flirtatious wife shows up looking for Curley. George warns Lennie to stay away from Curley. Candy tells Lennie and George that Curley is the boss’s son, knows how to box, and likes to pick on big people. The boss is angry that Lennie and George have shown up a day late and suspects George of taking advantage of Lennie. Of Mice and Men Chapter 2 Summary with Commentary: George warns Lennie not to talk. If you feel like this trying to create Of Mice and Men lesson plans, stop thinking and start clicking.Ĭharacters: George, Lennie, The Boss, Candy, Slim, Curley, Curley’s wife, Carlson Lennie’s propensity for unwittingly killing soft, furry, helpless things portends something bad. Lennie begs George to tell him about the farm they’re going to have some day.įoreshadowing Alert: George tells Lennie that if trouble should arise, like in Weed, he should immediately run to the riverbed. George feels bad about his tirade and apologizes. George yells at Lennie for being ungrateful (kind of like the time your parents gave you the “you’re an ingrate” speech because you wanted pickles on your sandwich you hadn’t really done anything wrong, but they had had a rough day and you were bugging the hell out of them). He warns Lennie not to drink too much water and tells him to stop picking up mice–Lennie has a habit of petting small animals and stroking them to death. George is upset at Lennie and criticizes him for getting them run out of Weed (not to be confused with running out of weed, which has also been known to cause fights among unemployed vagrants by the way, Weed is a town in California). Of Mice and Men Chapter 1 Summary with Commentary: George and Lennie settle on a riverbed in rural California for the evening.
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