These two sections gave me a hand full of emotions. I was confused about why Curley's wife wanted attention from Lennie even though he was kind of dangerous. For example, when Lennie said "I like to pet things" and killed his puppy, she moved away because he was being creepy. Later though, she moved closer to him even though he killed his puppy and was angry at his dead puppy. She even offered to let Lennie touch and pet her hair. It was Lennie's fault she is dead but its also her fault because she liked the attention that much.
I was also angry that George shot Lennie. I know that George killed Lennie instantly and knew Lenni wouldn't survive in a mental institute but George had other other reasons he shot him. Lennie did put George threw all those tough times and George didn't want to give Curley the satisfaction of shooting Lennie but there was something else. George knew Lennie couldn't live without him even though Lennie threatened to runaway and hide in a cave. So George decided to give him a last talk of "the dream" then put the poor man out of his misery.
Do you think George had other reasons for shooting Lennie? Do you think Curley's wife craved attention so much, it killed her?
Katie, wow your blog really made me think. I had not thought about how Curley's Wife's death was partly her fault and not just Lennie's fault, because she let him feel her hair. I agree that I found it confusing why Curley's Wife would let Lennie pet her hair, because she knew he was very strong and he had just killed the puppy when he was petting it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that I was angry that George shot Lennie at first, but after reading further I understood why he did it. Curley was very mad and Lennie and he said he would shoot Lennie the moment he saw him. George remembered how upset Candy had been when he let Carlson shoot his dog instead of doing it himself. I believe that because of this, even though it was very hard, George realized that he would much rather shoot Lennie himself that let Curley and Carlson do it.
Hey Helen, I've already finished my blog, but this actually made me have, like, a change of mind. In my blog, I wrote about how I thought George shooting Lennie was irrational, but now I can also see it your way. Now I see how when Candy was upset that he let Carlson shoot his dog, how then George took that into consideration and then he shot Lennie himself instead of letting Curley or Carlson do it. Candy even openly admitted how he regretted letting Carlson shoot his dog. George knew it would be hard to shoot his closest friend himself, but it would be harder to see someone who barely knew Lennie shoot him instead.
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