Chapter 5

A Summary:

      In this chapter, things really take a turn for the worst. It starts out fairly calm, with Lennie just stroking a puppy like he would with the mice. (Turns out he kills this puppy, just like he always killed the mice). As he is sitting there alone with everyone else out at a horseshoe tournament outside, Curly's wife strolls into the barn. Lennie at first refuses to talk to here, since George told him that talking to her would only get him into a mess, but she eventually convinces him to listen to her. She tells Lennie basically her entire life story (With Lennie only concerned with tending the rabbits at the farm). He tells her how he loves to pet soft things, and she lets him stroke her hair. This turns out to be a fatal mistake. Lennie takes it a bit too far, and ends up KILLING her. Lennie, knowing he has done a bad thing, sneaks away from the barn.

A Prediction:

    Lennie will most likely go to the place that George tells him to hide if he ever gets in trouble. No one will be able to find him except for George, and I don't think George will tell the rest where he is located, maybe help Lennie get out of the area and escape like they always have.

A Connection:

    While I have never killed a real person, I can connect to Lennie repeatedly killing/hurting things since he doesn't know his own strength. This chapter reminded me of when I was young and used to pet the cat a bit too hard, and didn't understand why she kept trying to escape and bite me. Since Lennie has the mind of a small child, I can understand why he doesn't understand that what he is doing actually hurts things.