Chapter 6

The Giant Rabbit in the story is something very unique that doesn't come up in the movie. I thought that the rabbit was a very good add to the book, it shows the wildness of Lennie's childish imagination!

The way that the book wraps up the story is much better than the movie. In the book it really shows how George is beginning to change, while in the movie there isn't much change in him. I think that in the book Steinbeck chose to add the giant rabbit and Aunt Clara because it shows how wild of an imagination Lennie has. Also, it shows that Lennie really does know that he did something bad, but his self conscious is terrified of what might happen. It almost seems as if his self conscious already knew that this was going to happen, it also seems as if it already knew that he would die. In the movie, I think that Sinise left it out because he can just show Lennie talk to himself, also it doesn't work as a picture as well. In our minds, we can picture a thought bubble above Lennie's head with a giant rabbit. However, on the screen it looks much different, I don't think people would understand where it came from. I like it better with the giant rabbit and Aunt Clara even though she is greatly different than was I had expected of her.
Overall, I enjoyed this book some what. I thought the ideas being portrayed were good and meaningful. However, I didn't like watching the movie before reading, I would have rather read the entire book first, then watched the movie. If we had gone in this order, the ending would have been more of a surprise. In the story, I liked Lennie the best because he seemed most like me. The ways Lennie and I were the same are numerous, for example, I have to touch everything I see and he feels everything he sees. But the general book was good.

Chpater 5

If Everyone Cared
By: Nickelback

From underneath the trees, we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight

Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lie
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died


I think that this song represents the theme of loneliness because it shows that everyone is lonely at some time in their life. If all the people in this story shared their stories with each other, none of them would be as lonely. Also, if they all cared about each other, their life would be much more complete. I think that if Curley cared more about his wife, and actually knew where she was all the time, she wouldn't be as lonely. As this song says, if they all swallowed their pride, they could all become friends. All the men in the story, even Crooks wouldn't be as lonely if they cared, loved, and shared.


In chapter 5, I think that the book is more interesting. The book gives a much better description of the situations that occur. Also, the book is more detailed in Lennie's thoughts, and how he actually kills Curley's wife. However, the movie shows the men getting ready for to find Lennie a bit differently, and I actually liked it better. In this case, I don't think that anyone can be to blame. You can tell by Lennie's personality that he didn't mean to hurt her. The only thing that is on Lennie's mind is tending the rabbits when they get their own farm, he thinks that if someone hears her scream he won't be able to do this. However, if there had to be someone to blame for this sequences of events, it would be Curley's wife in my opinion. She acts as if she is doing no harm, when in fact she causes everything to go wrong. I think that if she were to have just left Lennie alone in the barn he would have never ended up breaking her neck. Overall however, no one is to blame really.

Chapter 4

This picture shows the theme of loneliness. The girl sitting in the middle would be similar to Crooks or Curley's wife, she wants to fit in and be part of everyone else but she can't. Crooks is different because of his skin color. However, Curley's wife is different because she is a woman among a bunch of guys, also because she is Curley's wife. Crooks shows that he is lonely when Lennie comes into his room, he shows that he has never had a visitor before so he doesn't know how to react. While Curley's wife, flirts with the men, and says that she has no one to talk to, this is why she is lonely. Loneliness also come through all of the men aside from George and Lennie. Most of the men don't have families or anyone in the world that actually cares for them.

One of the main points in the written text of this chapter was the great racism. I think that in the book it comes through more because this book was written in a time when America was filled with people who still believed that whites were superior to blacks. However, when the movie was made this type of person wasn't evident quit as much. It was easier for Steinbeck to write about the racism, as opposed to Sinise who had to show it while keeping it at a level that the audience would still appreciate the film. Another reason that Sinise might have toned down the racism was because it is much easier to show loneliness. Loneliness can appeal to a wide range of audience members while racism is mainly understood by black people. I found it more affective to play up the loneliness rather than the racism.

Chapter 3

Curley's wife is very mysterious and slightly scandalous. She is always somewhere she shouldn't be and I think she is going to cause a big problem later in the story. If this person had juicy red lips she would fit the description of Curley's wife perfectly.



Crooks is the only black man on the farm. He takes care of all of the horses in the stable. From a horse kicking him in the back, he has a hunched over back. He walks with his back almost flat and him looking up.



Whit is just an average farmer. His role in the story is to represent all of the others on the farm. He comes up when he is telling George what they do on weekends. This was just to show the normal life a farmer: work for money, take the money and spend it on alcohol and women.


The movie for this chapter I liked a lot better then the book. In the movie, it showed the scenes with a lot more excitement! The book conveys the same meaning and idea but in a much duller way. However the book does maintain its descriptions, with beautiful descriptions of almost everything. The line that Candy says, "I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog." I think that this line is going to be important later in the story. This might be important because someone else might die and they will also be shot by a stranger (even though everyone on the farm is a stranger to each other, other than Lennie and George). I felt bad for Candy to just hear the gun shot and not be able to do anything about it. If I was Candy, I wouldn't be able to let my dog be killed while i lay on my bed. Even if he was going to die sooner or later.

Chapter 2

The Boss is a big man that I felt got angry or annoyed fairly easily. He got mad when George and Lennie got to the farm late and also when the men were talking instead of working.



Candy is an old man who only has one good hand. He is only able to generally sweep around the bunk houses.



Candy's dog is a very old dog who has been with Candy since he was a pup. The dog (not given a name in the book) used to be a good sheep dog but can now barely walk around.



Curley is a small man who thinks he is really tough. He wears a black glove on his left hand to keep it soft for his wife.



Slim. I saw slim as a monk because he is respected by everyone on the farm including Curley. Slim is a skinner who's opinion matters to everyone. A monk is very similar to Slim in every way other than the small fact that Slim has long black hair. Also, they are dressed differently but the way they are seen is the same.



Carlson is a man with a bit of a stomach. In the beginning Carlson is on the nicer side. However this quickly changes, he ends up to be a really mean and irritable guy. He is annoyed by Candy's dog so much that he shoots him (the dog).


I thought that this chapter really sets up life on the farm. There aren't many problems that start other than the ones that Curley tries to create. This chapter starts out with a very detailed description of the bunk house and how everyone reacts to the two new guys (George and Lennie). Most of the men welcome them, but are surprised at the time they have arrived. The boss mainly gets mad because George and Lennie were supposed to be there in the morning to work. While everyone else on the farm is just glad to meet them, they don't really care when the come or go. All the people in the story are alone in the sense that they don't travel with anyone or they don't have any family. Most of them are surprised by George and Lennie traveling together. George and Lennie contradict one strong theme of the story which is loneliness or being alone Soledad.

Chapter 1

Steinbeck, the author of Of Mice and Men



George Milton is someone that Lennie will listen to and can look up to. George is very calm and doesn't want to get into any kind of trouble.



Lennie is a big man, but is a little slow. He doesn't mean to harm anything but is a lot like me and has to feel everything or touch it.



The book starts out on a farm near Weed, but then moves towards a farm near the town of Soledad. Soledad means lonely in Spanish.

In this chapter of the book I think that Steinbeck does a very good job of describing each character. He gives a lot of detail of the main characters introduced and shows exactly what their main role is going to be in the story. Steinbeck uses a lot of dialog in his writing, however it isn't written normally, it is in a certain dialect. It is strongly southern, especially in the use of bad words. Right from the beginning of the story, I noticed that the conflict was going to have something to do with Lennie and the fact that he has to touch everything he sees. I also noticed a bit of foreshadowing when Lennie and George were in the brush before going to the new farm. George was making sure that Lennie knew exactly where to go if he ever got in trouble, this shows that Lennie is probably going to get into trouble. The movie starts out a bit different from the book, in the book you know whats happening but in the movie you don't. The book starts out with a description of the setting, while the movie starts with the girl running and who we know to become George and Lennie hiding. I liked the way the movie started better then the way the book began. At the end of the chapter, you are left with another description, in the book.