Chapter 5 Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Write a summary of the novel. In John Steinbeck’s novella ‘Of Mice and Men’, George and Lennie, who are the main characters of this book. They are camping for the night by the Salinas River and on their way to work on a ranch. Before they go to sleep, Lennie gets George to talk about their plan to have a little ranch of their own someday. The next morning, they go to the ranch. They meet the Boss in the bunk house while the old swamper, Candy showing them around. In addition, they see angry Curley and his wife. They also meet the other bunkers, Carlson, Whit and Slim. Around evening, George talks to Slim regarding what Lennie has done in Weed which makes them have to run away. Candy let Carlson shoot his dog hesitantly. Curley gets into a fight with Lennie, and his hand is smashed by Lennie. In the barn, Curley’s wife tells Lennie about her dream. However, Lennie muffles Curley’s wife’s face and accidentally killed her. Lennie decides to hide in the brush like George tells him to. Curley was furious and wanted to shoot Lennie immediately. George finds Lennie in the brush and …show more content…

Curley's wife came in while Lennie was worried about George wouldn't let him to tend the rabbits. She tried to talk to Lennie. However, Lennie didn't want to talk to her, so she told Lennie about her dream. Lennie said he likes to pet soft things so she let Lennie to touch her hair. She yelled to Lennie when he didn't let her go. Lennie was in a shock and muffled her face and accidentally killed her. Lennie decided to hide in the brush like George told him to. Candy found Curley's wife's dead body and told George. George didn't want the other men think he asked Lennie to kill her. Therefore, George asked Candy told them after he left. Curley was furious and wanted to find Lennie and shoot him immediately. Moreover, Carlson found his Lugar was stolen and suspected Lennie took

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