Chapter 5 Notes

Questions

Where: Curley's ranch
When: 1930s
1) Why did Curley's wife start screaming when Lennie grabbed her hair?  Why couldn't she just say to let go of her hair nicely?
2)  I wonder if Curley really loved his wife?  I think this because, if he really loved her, he would have stayed and mourned her death instead of as soon as seeing her dead, go after the guy who he assumed killed her.
3)  Do you think Lennie will get killed or hurt this time?
4)  Why doesn't Curley's wife care about her husband at all?  She told Lennie that if Curley gets tough with him then just break his other hand.  If she loved or cared even the tiniest bit about her husband, she would love him no matter what he does.  She wouldn't go around complaining about her husband. 
5)  What do you think George will do next?  Will he go to the brush and hide Lenny and sort it out or will he just tell them where he was?
6)  Do you think that the boss will come back in and try to fire George as well because he said that he and Lennie stay together?

Prediction

I predict that George will just tell the other guys where Lennie was.  I think this because George will think that it is enough and that if he keeps on defending Lennie, he will end up being in trouble.  George might think that enough was enough and that he cannot keep taking the responsibility of Lennie.  Also, instead of someone else killing Lennie, he might just do it to keep him out of his misery.  I predict that Curley will just bury his wife and leave it at that.  He wont have a ceremony and will not tell the other guys.  I think this because when his wife died, he didn't even bother to give her a second glance, he didn't bother to stay with his wife.  A guy who cared for their wife would not be worried about killing the murderer at first.  I do not think that Lennie will get away this time, Curley would not let him. 

Connection

I can connect to Lennie when Curley's wife was talking to him and he was in a different world thinking about something else.  One time when my friend was talking to me about something, I was just in dreamland.  I was thinking a certain thing just like Lennie and did not pay attention to what she was saying.  Lennie was only thinking about tending the rabbits and not concentrating on what she was saying.  When there is one thing on your mind, you don't hear your surroundings which is what happened with both me and Lennie.