Critical Analysis of Stienbeck's Of Mice And Men
Critical Analysis of Stienbeck's Of Mice And Men
It was a typical hot summer day and the guys and I just came in from from shoeing horses and bucking barley. I was expecting two new guys to go out with my team because the two punks I do have are worthless. I ran into them later that day in the bunk house though. I walked into the bunk house to see a short guy with a small build standing next to a big burley guy built like a tree. Right from the start I could tell the big guy wasn't very bright. He seemed very timid and avoided eye contact with everybody in the room. I walked up and introduced myself to George Milton and Lennie Small. George told me they were going to buck barley and they looked like good workers so I could use them. It is very rare to ever see anybody traveling together but George explained to me how Lennie got kicked in the head when he was a baby and how George had to look after him to keep him out of trouble.
Then Carlson came in asking me about my bitch and if it had it's puppies yet. As soon as the word puppies was mentioned Lennies eyes lit up. Then Carlson went on about how we should have Candy shoot his old mutt and I could give him one of my pups. About that same time the bell rang for dinner. I told the guys we had better get a move on if we wanted to get anything to eat.
The following day the two news guy, George and Lennie, went out with my team to buck barley. When we came back to the bunk house George asked me if I could give Lennie one of my pups. As soon as Lennie heard me and George agree to to let Lennie have one of the pups Lennie went out to the barn to pick out the one he wanted. George had to be sure to tell him not to pick any of them up though or they would die. Lennie was like a big kid that George had to baby-sit all the time.
About the same time Lennie came back from the barn Curley walked in the bunk house looking for his wife. Carlson cracked a couple of jokes about Curley and he almost hit Carlson....