Chapter 3 Notes

Questions

1)  What does George really think about Lennie because sometimes he compliments him and sometimes he pretends he's not even there complaining about him?
2)  Why is Curley so frustrated with big people?  Did something happen in his childhood to make him like this?
3)  Why doesn't Candy prevent his dog from being shot?  Why didn't he keep on arguing?
4)  I wonder why George trusts Slim enough to tell him why him and Lennie came to work on the ranch when he just met him?i
5)  Why did the author add the part when they talked about the letter that Bill Tenner wrote to the editor of some magazine?Why did he write that in the story?

Prediction

I predict that Curley will not bother Lennie anymore or talk to him at all.  After this, he wont mess with any big guys.  Lennie hurt Curley pretty bad.  "Looks to me like ever' bone in his han' is bust"(page 64)  Also, I think that even after George, Lennie, and Candy buy a house, they wont let Candy do anything that he asked for just like the men did to him when they killed his dog.  Also, I don't think that George will get any rabbits or whatever Lennie asked for because he is always just agreeing and being nice to Lennie whenever he gets excited about the future.  George is never nice and listens to Lennie so the fact that he is agreeing to all the demands Lennie gives him is suspicious.  I believe that there will be rivalries between characters in the book because they each believe differently.  All the men wanted to go see what would happen at the barn and on the other hand George didn't move.  He did not want to get involved in anything.

Connection

Just like George, I do not like to get into anything that will get me in trouble.  I try my best to avoid all the gossip so that I do not get involved.  "I'm stayin right here.  I don't want to get mixed up in nothing.  Lennie and me got to make a stake."(page 54)  George has a future ahead of him and doesn't want to ruin it and is staying out of whatever he could which i admire and do myself.  I have my goals for the future which is why I avoid school drama's.  During lunch for example, my friends usually talk about what other girls wear, what fights happened, etc.  When all this is being said, I turn around to another friend and talk about something else.  I can connect to George when he tried to avoid watching a fight like the other men acting like girls trying to get input on the latest news.