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.