What happens between Curley and Lennie?
Curley, on the defensive and looking for someone to fight, picks a fight with Lennie and punches him unmercifully. Lennie doesn’t protect himself until George tells him to fight back. When Lennie does, he crushes all the bones in Curley’s hand.
Why does Curley attack Lennie in Chapter 3?
Curley attacks Lennie because he assumes that Lennie is smiling at him. Curley thinks that Lennie is enjoying the insults made at Curley’s expense. The insults are about the hand that Curley keeps soft for his wife, the “Glove fulla vaseline” as Candy taunts.
What does Curley have against Lennie?
Curley purposely attacks Lennie because he is jealous of Lennie’s enormous stature, but he ends up having his hand crushed after Lennie squeezes it too hard. To save himself the embarrassment of his humiliating defeat, Curley agrees to hide the truth and says that he got his hand caught in a machine.
Why was Lennie laughing in the book?
Curley thinks he is laughing at him but Lennie is actually laughing because he heard someone making chicken noises. In the book, she comes in and talks to them about how she knows what happened to Curley’s hand, and how Lennie got the bruises on his face.
What does Lennie killing the puppy foreshadow?
In Of Mice and Men, Lennie’s killing the puppy foreshadows his murder of Curley’s wife. It is the same love that Lennie has for soft things that makes the puppy’s fur and Curley’s wife’s hair so appealing.
What does the death of the puppy foreshadow the puppy can be seen as a symbol How so?
The death of his puppy does not directly foreshadow Lennie’s death, as the elements between Lennie’s and its death are fairly dissimilar. The puppy’s death does, however, predict the death of Curley’s wife, who, like the puppy, is accidentally killed by Lennie.
Why does crooks not want Lennie in his room?
Crooks doesn’t want Lennie in his room because it is the one space he has that is his–he’s “lord” of his humble abode in the barn. Additionally, Crooks is forbidden from most of the places or activities associated with the white men on the ranch; so this is his opportunity to control the situation for once.
How would you describe George’s emotional state after he shoots Lennie?
In Of Mice and Men, George feels anguish after killing Lennie, but he knows that killing Lennie was the most humane thing to do. In killing Lennie, George loses both a friend and a representation of his dreams.
What are Lennie’s last words?
“No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.”
What is crooks afraid of?
What is Crooks sometimes afraid of late at night in his little room? He is afraid of the shadow, the ghost and that he’ll go crazy.