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.