Sonny S.
April 27, 2015
Of Mice and Men Conflicts
Spoiler Alert!
Spoils if you haven't read page(s) 62-63
A conflict in the story is when Curley picks on Lennie. Curley thinks he is the big tough man, and hates big guys for some reason. So when Curley sees Lennie in his own little world, Curley points all the attention onto Lennie. Curley picks on him, and goes at him. Once Curley starts a fight with Lennie, George yells at Lennie, to fight back. Despite Lennie not wanting to beat Curley, he had to defend himself, and George also said to (he always listens to George). The reason why Curley picked on Lennie, was because he was looking for his wife, and didn't know where she was... and just seen Lennie in his own, little, vulnerable world.
Spoils if you haven't read page(s) 91
Another conflict in the story is when Lennie talks with Curley's wife. This may not seem like a big idea yet, but their conversation sparked something to happen. Lennie was discussing on how he likes soft things. Curley's wife said that her hair is soft, and she put Lennie's hand on her head. Then Lennie started pulling, Curley's wife didn't like this because she didn't want her hair messed up. Then Curley's wife started to yell, and Lennie already did one bad thing, he didn't want to do another... so he stopped her from screaming by covering her mouth and nose. While Curley's wife was struggling, Lennie moved her, and snaps her neck.