Chapter 6

Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck

-Giant Bunny

Response:

I thought the last chapter was a very weird one. It was very different from the movie. Steinbeck added Lenny's visions into the book. I thought it kind of made Lenny seem more human. He knew he'd done something wrong and he was genuinely sorry. It also mad himlook a bit crazy in stead of just dumb. His hallucinations were something unexpected but they fit into the book well. I thought the book was over all decent with a fitting ending, even if it was sad.

Chapter 5

Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck

I chose this poem because it really reflected one of the events in this book. Just when they are so close to reaching their goal and are practicly done, Someone is killed, and even though they could reach their goal, it doesn't even seen worth it without that dead person. It is the same in the poem and in the book.

Response:

In this chapter the text was almost identical to the movie. There were hardly and noticable differences. But in the movie you don't want to blame Curley's wife and you feel like some how it was Lenny's fault. In the book it was the exact opposite. I personally think there was no one that really could take the mental blame. I mean, physically Lenny is to blame for her death but he didn't really mean to hurt her, he just was trying to keep her quiet. And she provoked him into holding her because she was screaming, but that was only becasause she thought he was attacking her. They were both in a confused struggling state and her Death was merely an accident of Lenny's strength and lack of control as what to do.

Chapter 4

Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck

-Represents being different

Response:

This entire chapter occured in Crooks' Room after Lenny snuck in. The main message portrayed in this chpter was that it was hard being different and they face difficulties that average people like us have no idea about, and nobody really wants to be different. Like when Crooks was asking Lenny if sometimes when George said somethings he had no idea what he was talking about, Lenny wouldn't have objected because he wanted to understand and wanted George to believe he understood so George would treat him normally. It also reflected on Crooks, he was black and every one else on the farm was white and they looked down at him. They didn't give a care about him, like Curley's Wife threatened to hae him hung, and she could've with almost no effort at all. The movie however didn't really show the racism as deeply, it still had some emphasis but it was more focussed on making Curley's Wife look like a victim, Sinise probably did that because the movie would atract 'tarts' (people like Curley's Wife) and also dark people because anything about racism against them was hurtful, but it was true that racism was bad back then.

Chapter 3

Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck

Crooks-

Whit-

Curley's Wife-

Response:

This was a longer chapter, about twice as long as all the other two. It was very different from the book, it din't have the scene out in the fields or the scene in the barn but it still had all the diolouge taking place inside the bunk house. John Steinbeck really knows how to make the status of the characers clear and he appleies it well in this text.For example Slim is obviously higher in status than Crooks or Whit, also Curlery is higher in status than George or Lenny. Steinbeck shows their status' through their diouloude since you can't see what they appear as and thats the only mathod he can show us: through words. For example when crooks comes in and is asking permission and approval from Slim for fixing the Mules hoof it is obvious that Crooks considers himself lower in status and even feels obliged to call him 'Mr. Slim' instead of just Slim. Also in the power people wield above each other you can see for example thatCurley has the power to get any of the workers fired. Status is a very important thing in stories and when an author can show that well it really adds to the story.

Chapter 2

Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck

The Boss:

Old Swamper:

Curley:

Slim:

Carlson:

Candy's Dog

Response:

The second chapter of the book was setting up the rest of the story, introducing the rest of the characters that were on the ranch. The book was very different from the movie in this chapter. I liked the book's depiction of it better though. It had them in the bunk house for the whole time, instead of going to the bosses house to meet him. It gave you a chance to really get to know where they were staying. The chapter spent most of it's effort introduicing characters like Curley and Slim. Curley, the bosses son, was a rough and aggressive guy. In the book, the description helped show that, by the way he stood in a fighting pose on sight of Lenny. Slim was a nice kind off guy, he came off a bit strong, but he was nice to them and was kind of ignored that he was supposedly 'superior' to them. Then there was Carlson, carlson wasn't really introduced that well, but the book told you what he looked like and that's good enough for a minor character. Then there was Candy. Originally the book had him named as the Old Swamper, he never gave a name to himself. He was kind off the mysterious, all knowing no body. No body cared what he did because he never really did much but clean up. Lenny and George continued to be themselves, and you got to  learn a little bit more about their past.

Chapter 1

John Whitworth

Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck

-John Steinbeck

-George

-Lenny

-The Setting

Response:

The first chapter in the book did a spectacular job of setting up everything through mostly conversation. It gave us the setting, the characters, and a few of the conflicts. Because of Lenny’s condition it allowed the character, George to have to explain everything that was going on to Lenny, and more importantly to us. In the book It did a nice job of this and bunched the dialogue over an amount of times so that you got everything, but they told it to you in chunks so that there was still some questions that you ended up with. The movie, however said pretty much the same things, but faster and in a more casual conversational way, finishing each point before moving on to the next. I liked how the story was set up and I want to read on to the part where they are on the ranch.