Of Mice and Men post #4

This movie is one of the best book to movie adaptations I have seen in quite a while. The did a very good job in recreating the sets in the way that John Steinbeck, as well as the way the characters interact with each other. Almost all of the dialogue was the same as it ended up being the same as it was in the movie. Another thing that they did really well through the adaptation was how to film certain parts of the movie to make it match the amount of drama there was in a certain scene at one time. I also felt that they did a good idea portraying the characters in the ways of casting, attire, and overall personality. Even though the people who created the movie did a very good job in recreating the movie, there were somethings that did end up having to be different.

Some parts of the movie weren't in the book. Things like a scene that shows how strong Lennie was in comparison to the other men really helped develop the characters in a certain way. Another scene like George bringing a mule into the barn and him having a conversation with Curley's wife really helped develop George and Curley's wife as characters. They also took things away from the book that weren't really important to the plot. An example of this was Lennie not telling Crooks about the barn and Crooks actually believing him. There was also some things from the book that they took away that were important, like how George didn't tell Lennie not to talk. The most important thing was that they did George shooting Lennie to quickly. I feel it took the emotion out of the scene that it had in the book. Over all they did a good job adapting the book.

Dear George

Dear George,

I think that you did the right decision to shoot Lennie. It may have been a hard thing to do, but it was the right thing to do. Like Slim said to you that one time, it wouldn't have been any good to keep Lennie alive. "...s'pose they lock him up an' strap him down and put him in a cage. That ain't no good, George." It's just like what happened with Candy's dog. There wouldn't have been any reason for him to live. He was also causing others trouble. He didn't know his own strength. For all we know, you might have even been the next one that could get hurt. He wasn't any good for himself, or anyone around him.

This is actually just like what happened with Candy and his old dog. Lennie was always just suffering. One way he was suffering was that he was actually never going to get what he wanted. Because some of the things that we really want, we'll never get to have. He may not have known that he won't get to tend the rabbits, but you did. That wasn't the only way the he was suffering though. Even though you may say "he's not crazy", he really was. He was hallucinating and crazy. "Aunt Clara was gone, and out of Lennies head came a gigantic rabbit." You shooting him just took him out of him misery. "This ol' dog jus' suffers hisself all the time." He may not have knew it, but he was suffering. He was never going to get what he wanted. He was never going to get to tend the rabbits.

Of Mice and Men part 2

Today in our reading, we learned about Curley, and the kind of relationship he has with Lennie. He's like a bully to Lennie. He knows that he can pick on him without any consequences. "S'pose Curley jumps a big guy and licks him. Everybody says what a game guy he is. And s'pose he does the same thing and gets licked. Then ever'body says the big guy oughtta pick somebody his own size, and maybe they gang up on the big guy." Because of this, he can be mean, rude, and do anything he wants to to the big guy. But he can get away with even more with Lennie. He's too much of a softy. "Lennies eyes were frightened. 'I don't want to trouble,' he said plaintively. 'Don't let him sock me George.'" He's too afraid to take car of things himself. That's just the kind of he is. Maybe that's why George wants to take care of him.