Chapter 1 notes

Questions

1)  Why is George not wanting to go up to the ranch and eat properly?
2)  I wander if something will happen to Lennie because the author foreshadowed that if something ever happened, to come and hide behind the bush?
3)  If Lenny was able to remember not to say anything to the boss, then why wasn't he able to remember why they had come?
The story is taking place in the jungle south of Soledad. 
Prediction

I predict that Lenny will come across some obstacle in the near future.  I believe this because the author foreshadows that something will happen to Lennie.  "Lennie- if you jus' happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush."(page 15)  This is giving us a hint that something might happen to Lennie which will make him have to run and hide in the brush.  Lennie is not normal, he drinks water that is dirty, kills rabbits, etc.  George is always yelling at Lennie and I think that one day he will say too much and Lennie will go to the cave like he said he would.  George will get really annoyed with Lennie and will tell him to leave.  The relationship between these two men is like an older brother and a younger sister fighting. 

Reflect

"His huge companion dropped his blankets and flung himself down and drank from the surface of the green pool; drank with long gulps, snorting into water like a horse."(page 3)  This is important because we can interpret that these people were so tired and thirty that they would drink just about anything even if it was stagnant.  I think that the author wants to tell us how hard it was to travel and survive and how people will do anything to live.  So far, a theme might be that working hard and not giving up will help you reach your destination.  The author wrote the book to show the struggles of traveling for work and the hardships between people who are together surviving.  We see how much Lennie and George go through to get to the woods which means that they overcame their obstacles along the way there while new ones about to begin at work.