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Of Mice and MenSections 5 & 6
Section 5Lennie kills the puppy.
Curley’s wife: dreams.
Lennie kills Curley’s wife. What is his main worry?
Lennie flees.
Candy finds body and gets George.
Candy is angry with Curley’s wife, why?
The mob goes after Lennie.
Candy asks George if they are still going to buy the farm.
Section 6Lennie arrives at the riverbed.
Pleased that he remembered to come there.
Two visions:
Aunt Clara
Gigantic rabbit
George finds Lennie.
How does George react?
Lennie makes his usual offer to go and live in a cave, and George tells him to stay.
Section 6Lennie asks George to tell the story of the farm again.
George can hear the mob come closer.
“Le’s do it now,” Lennie says. “Le’s get that place now.”
George shoots Lennie.
Section 5: analysisFrom the start of the book, Curley’s wife has been portrayed as a manipulator.
How is she portrayed just before she dies?
Why is Steinbeck’s description of her body as: “pretty and simple… sweet and young” perhaps a bit cruel?
Section 5: analysisSlim (just as with the scene where Candy’s dog gets killed) is the voice of reason. Lennie has to be killed for his own good.
George now has a choice:
Watch Lennie be murdered.
Do it himself.
With Lennie dead either way, what happens to their dream?
Chapter 6: analysis
The riverbank is described in the same way as in the start of the book, but with some differences.
Does Lennie know what is going to happen?
What makes George different to all other workers?
How is this different when he kills Lennie?
Chapter 6: analysisWhat do you think the other men see when they arrive?
Slim: “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda,”
What does this tell you about Slim in contrast to Carlson & Curley?
Carlson & Curley are wondering: "Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?"
Major themes in the book:
Dreams, hopes & plans.
What happens to all dreams in the book?
Friendship.
“Freedom”
Prejudice.
Is Steinbeck speaking out against them, or does he accept them?
Vision of America
What does this story tell you about America (in the Great Depression)?
A plot lineMany stories follow this plot line, and so does Of Mice And Men.
Can you name each of them?
