Characters: Lennie, Curly's Wife, George, Curly, Candy, Slim, Carlson
Setting: The ranch, the barn
Questions: Why didn't Lennie stop shaking Curly's wife? Why didn't Curly's wife stop screaming when Lennie told her to? Why did everyone, espeically George, leave Lennie by himself when they know how Lennie can be? Will George try to stop Curly from killing Lennie?
Prediction: After reading this horrifying chapter, I think that after Lennie killed Curly's wife, and the puppy, he'll go straight to the brushes where George told him to go if he did something bad. I think that that's where the guys will go to find Lennie as well. I also think that Lennie indeed has Carlson's gun, and try to shoot Curly with it if Curly tries to shoot him. I don't think that George will try to stop Curly, after all that Lennie has done.
Summary: Lennie is in the barn, and he is holding the puppy that he killed. He gets mad at the dead dog and says, " 'Why you have to get killed?' "(85). Then, Curly's wife comes in, and has a nice little conversation talking about her past. Lennie then brings up the rabbits, saying he likes to feel nice things. Curly's wife offers Lennie her hair to feel. Lennie grabs on and doesn't let go. She starts to scream, Lennie shakes her, and he ends up murdering her. He runs away, leaving the corpses of the puppy and Curly's wife behind. A little later, the guys walk in and see Curly's wife, not realizing that she's dead at first. They immediately knew it was Lennie that committed the homicide. George tries to make sure the guys know that he wasn't part of it. Candy stays behind to watch over the dead body. They search for Lennie, with Curly wanting to be the one to kill him.
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