Blog Response #3 - Of Mice and Men Chpts 5 & 6

March 26, 2020

COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS - Review your JOTS for chapters 5 & 6. Then, complete the following:

How did we get here? Although on the surface the story’s ending may seem shocking, a deeper analysis reveals that the final scenes are actually

aligned with everything we have learned about the characters throughout the entire work.

Part A: How do you interpret the ending? What are your general reactions and why do you feel that way?

Part B: What character has most changed your perspective? Compare the character from the beginning to the end of the book. What have you learned about that character?

How has that influenced your understanding of how the book ends?

Don’t forget to include textual evidence somewhere in your comment!

Possible Sentence Frames for Comment Part A:

The ending of Of Mice and Men is…

I feel this way because…

A part of the story that makes me feel this way is… This can be found on page ____ when…

This impacts my understanding of the story by/because...

Possible Sentence Frames for Comment Part B:

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is… because….

This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because…

A part of the story that makes me feel this way is… This can be found on page ____ when…

This impacts my understanding of the story/character by/because...

Comments

AnonymousMarch 27, 2020 at 9:10 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is predictable in a way because throughout the entire story Lennie is messing up and forcing him and George to flee towns. But I didn’t think that George was going to kill Lennie. You can find this on page 52 when George shoots Lennie in the back of the head and is still in shock even after he does it. It impacts the understanding of the story because no one really understood Lennie’s disability and if they would have known how it can impact his thinking he wouldn’t have been killed or killed Curley’s wife. And they probably wouldn't have even had to leave Weed.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because he was mentally taking the blame for all of the things that Lennie was doing and when he got into trouble he felt as if it was all his fault. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when everybody finds Curley’s wifes’ body and when Curley says that he wanted his revenge by killing Lennie George tipped his hat down so that his eyes were barely visible . He did like he was embarrassed and that it was his fault that Lennie was going to be killed. This could be found on page 47.

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AnonymousMarch 28, 2020 at 12:55 PM
The ending of mice and men is very dark and super unexpected. I feel this way because the whole story was about two friends traveling together trying to make money by working on ranches. A part that makes me feel this way is on page 52 when it says George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. This changed the way I look at this book because now knowing the ending I can never look at this book as two friends traveling together to make money

The character that has most changed my perspective from the beginning of the to the end is George. Because he always talked about wanting to get rid of lennie but he could never go thought with it because he like having Lennie around. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is the end when George shots lennie in the back of the head this can be found on page 52 when it says George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. This impacts the way I view the story because I can no longer look at george the same way I know that he didnt want to kill lennie but he felt like he had to.
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AnonymousMarch 29, 2020 at 1:03 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is a depressing twist. I feel this way because Lennie has always been super nice and never wanted to hurt anyone or anything, but he couldn’t help it. On page 50 when Lennie is in his own mind it states “And when she spoke, it was in Lennie’s voice. ‘I tol’ you an’ tol’ you,’ she said. ‘I tol’ you, ‘Min’ George because he’s such a nice fella an’ good to you.’ But you don’t never take no care. You do bad things.” This shows how he’s arguing with himself and how he’s trapped in his own mind. It impacts the readers point of view because it shows Lennie admitting he is doing wrong and there's no one else to blame, or help him.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is Curley’s wife because she was there to comfort Lennie and actually talk to him, and listen to him. Also because she finally expressed how she was lonely and told her story. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because she was trying to be nice when Lennie told her to be quiet and didn't think of his strength when trying to pull his hand out of her hair. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Lennie was getting mad that she was screaming in terror as his hand was in her hair. This can be found on page 45 when “He shook her then, and he was angry with her. ‘Don’t you go yellin’,’he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.” This impacts my understanding of the character because she was just in pain and let him feel her hair when he gets upset and starts shaking her by the head so he doesn’t get in trouble.

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AnonymousMarch 30, 2020 at 8:52 AM
The ending of mice and men is intensence i feel this way because george killed lennie and i thought george was nice throughout the story but it changes when he kills lennie and george has always been there for lennie so i never thought that george would kill his friend thats he been with since the begingging.

The character that has changed the most in my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is george because he was always there for lennie but at the end he killed him “Lennie begged, “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.” “Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.” And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering.” pg.52 basically george killed his friend that he has always been with.
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AnonymousMarch 30, 2020 at 8:56 AM
The ending of mice and men is a sad ending, because George was just trying to take care of Lennie,and Lennie was always nice to other people even if they were mean to him. A part of the story makes me feel this way is how George always tried to get Lennie out of trouble and how he always looked after him and told him what to do. On page 52 when George is going to shoot Lennie “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.” This shows that George always wanted to be with Lennie and he never was really mad at him. It also shows how he is showing his affection toward Lennie by saying he never got mad at him.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because in the beginning he seems like he’s just a mean guy and that he wishes Lennie wasn’t with him. At the end he changes by showing how he doesn’t want to kill Lennie,and he seems like he really wants to be with Lennie and to take care of him. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because he shows that he doesn’t want to kill him and that he doesn’t hate Lennie,and how George didn’t want to kill him. This can be found on page 52 when George is sitting looking at his hand “But George sat stiffly on the bank and looked at his right hand that had thrown the gun away.” This shows that George didn’t want to kill Lennie and that he can’t believe he killed his only friend,it also shows how he really cared for Lennie.
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AnonymousMarch 30, 2020 at 10:14 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is a surprising twist and was unexpected. I feel this way because throughout the story I felt like George cared about Lennie too much for this to happen. There were a couple of times in the story that George got mad at him, but not mad enough for him to do this. In reality, Lennie did not mean to harm anyone. We saw this many times throughout the story when Lennie could not control his strength. This can be found on page 52 when George says, “Gonna do it soon.” “Me an’ you.” “You . . . . an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em.” This impacts my understanding of the story because even Lennie’s final moments George cares about him. George is even telling him that they are going to follow through with their dream soon. George is giving the perspective that life will go on and Lennie will join him on a ranch. George is also saying that he is not mad at him, but he had to be in some way for him to kill Lennie.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is Curley’s wife because she wanted to listen to and understand Lennie. When she was first introduced it seemed like she wanted to find out anything that she could about everyone. There were many times throughout the story that it seemed like she wanted attention. In the end she reveals how she gets bored and just wants to talk with someone. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because Curley’s wife was trying to be nice and allow Lennie to be comforted by allowing him to feel her hair, but Lennie could not control his strength. There could have been a completely different ending if Curley’s wife did not try to comfort Lennie. A part of the story that makes me feel this way about Curley’s wife is when she first reveals how she is lonely and needs someone to talk to. This can be found on page 43 when Curley’s wife says, “Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody? Whatta they think I am, anyways? You’re a nice guy. I don’t know why I can’t talk to you. I ain’t doin’ no harm to you.” This impacts my understanding of the story/character by revealing how Curley’s wife has changed and how everyone misjudges her. I don’t think that she was really trying to get attention like everyone told George and Lennie when they first arrived on the ranch.
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AnonymousMarch 30, 2020 at 11:27 AM
The ending of mice and men was shocking. I feel this way because I never thought that it would go the way it did. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when all of the guys went after Lennie since he killed Curley's wife then George ended up killing Lennie. This can be found on page 52 in the PDF when George went after Lennie and shot him in the back of the head “George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again.” This impacted my understanding of the story because I thought that they both had each other's back and would never go as far as one killing the other. George was always there with Lennie and he took care of Lennie and it seemed like they would never leave each others side they always had a big dream to live on a nice big ranch with each other and have lots of animals but it changed at the end.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because since the beginning George would look out for Lennie and would take the blame for things he did, George also had big plans with Lennie of living in a nice big barn with lots of land and animals. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because he ended up shooting and killing Lennie since he had killed Curley's wife. This can be found on page 52 when George is going after Lennie to try and kill him “Lennie said, ‘I thought you was mad at me, George.’ ‘No,’ said George. ‘No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.’ The voices came close now. George raised the gun and listened to the voices. Lennie begged, ‘Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.’ ‘Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.’ And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head.” This really impacted my understanding of the story because they had big plans with each other and even when George goes after Lennie he is still talking about the plans but George just decides to kill him.
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AnonymousMarch 30, 2020 at 11:46 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is shocking because I never thought George would kill Lennie. Lennie made them move towns a lot and got on George’s nerves but what Goerge did was shocking and crazy. I feel this way because even though it’s hard to take care of Lennie and watch what he does there’s no reason why George had to do that Lennie was a nice guy he listened to George and the other guys like it was nothing, yes he might of did some of his on things but he was nice, friendly, caring, and good listener. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Goerge says “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.” This is found on page 52 right before Goerge raised his gun and shot Lennie in the back of the head. This impacts my understanding of the story because no one could actually understand Lennie when it came to his disability. If they did they probably treat him different and Goerge wouldn’t have shot him.

The character that most changed my perspective from beginning to end of the book is Goerge because in the beginning it seemed like he could handle Lennie and take care of him, but I was wrong the whole time. This character influenced my understanding of how the booked ends because I had a feeling Goerge might do something to get Lennie to not annoy him so much. But once again I didn’t think he’d kill him to get rid of him. I thought he might leave Lennie behind or something. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is on page 52 when Lennie says “ I thought you were mad at me, George.” “No” said Goerge “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.” This impacts the understanding of the character because George was a very short tempered man and would always have something to say or do the wrong thing to the wrong people.

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AnonymousMarch 30, 2020 at 12:04 PM
The ending of mice and men was sad because I understand why George did what he did because he cared about him and that he did not want him to die a slower death by the hands of Curley and their lynch mob. I feel this way since in the beginning they might have had a few hard times here and there but they would always get over it and George would always help Lennie with the problems that he did. Even though George killed Lennie there was some hesitation because even though Lennie would always get into trouble and that George had to help him get out of the situation they have been together for such a long time, like candy and his dog. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Lennie is by himself and the voices in his head and it is his Aunt Clare. This can be found on page 50 of the PDF when Lennie is hallucinating and that he is seeing and hearing these things that he don't believe to be true as well as his Aunt who is talking to him about how George did everything for you. This impacts my understanding of the story because it is showing the thought that are going inside of Lennie head are telling Lennie that George has done so much for him and that Lennie just keeps getting into more trouble so that it is making it harder on George to keep protecting him from trouble

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because of the fact that he knew that Lennie got into a lot of trouble and that George wished that Lennie would just be normal for a change but instead George had to get him out of so many situations. George influenced my understanding of how the book ends because since they have been together for such a long time and even with Lennie getting into so much trouble that George had to get him out of that they had a bond. That bond was strong even with the ups and down but it changed me because i did not think that George was going to shoot Lennie even though George probably wanted to a whole bunch of times but he couldn't till now. This is shown on page 52 of the PDF when George found Lennie by the river and took the gun and aimed it right at Lennie and Lennie was still talking about the place where he could tend the rabbits but than George steady his hand which means that there was hesitation in George but then he did it anyways. This impacts my understanding of the story on how even though George really hated Lennie at times that I would have thought that he would never kill him but he did but he did for a good cause so he and Lennie can both be free.
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AnonymousMarch 30, 2020 at 1:00 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is really shocking but I feel like I knew it was going to happen. I feel this way because George killed Lennie just not to let Lennie suffer from Curley because what happened with Curley’s Wife. It was shocking because George and Lennie always stick with each other for a long time and George killed his friend but he knew what best for Lennie to kill him and just protect him. On page 52 when Lennie and George were having a conversation about a place, “George raised the gun and his hand shook, and he dropped his hand to the ground again. “Go on,” said Lennie. “How’s it gonna be. We gonna get a little place.” “We’ll have a cow,” said George. “An’ we’ll have maybe a pig an’ chickens . . . . an’ down the flat we’ll have a . . . . little piece alfalfa—” “For the rabbits,” Lennie shouted. “For the rabbits,” George repeated.”” This impacts my understanding of this story that George is caring and protecting him and telling him how this little place is going to be but he killed Lennie just to protect Lennie.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because at first he was bossy and telling Lennie everything before getting to the ranch and in the end he shot Lennie just to protect him. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because he didn’t want to kill Lennie because they had been with each other a long time but he had to shoot him just to protect him from the hate around Lennie. On page 53 when Slim asked question to George how he did it and this caught my attention, ““An’ you got it away from him and you took it an’ you killed him?” “Yeah. Tha’s how.” George’s voice was almost a whisper. He looked steadily at his right hand that had held the gun.”” This impacts my understanding of George that George didn’t want to kill him and he sound sad about what happened to Lennie.
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AnonymousMarch 30, 2020 at 1:26 PM
The ending of mice and men is sad but honestly understandable. I feel this way because George knew that he had to kill Lennie and if he didn’t then he knew that Curley would and if Curley did he would have shot him without a word. Even if George had no motivation to do so he knew if he did he would be able to kill Lennie in a more calm and less brutal way then Curley. George did this by making Lennie calm and had him imagine what it would be like when they lived on a farm, then George shot him to kill him. This is shown on page 52 when george is telling Lennie to imagine what it would be like on the farm. “We gonna get a little place.”“We’ll have a cow,” said George. “An’ we’ll have maybe a pig an’ chickens .. . . an’ down the flat we’ll have a . . . . little piece alfalfa—”“For the rabbits,” Lennie shouted.“For the rabbits,” George repeated.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is Curley's wife. This character made be feel this way because in the begging of the book Curley's wife was introduced as this girl that craved attention and constantly was bugging all the other guys but in the end when she's comforting lennie and she expresses how she can't talk to anyone and she gets lonely and she says “I always thought my ol’ lady stole it. Well, I wasn’t gonna stay no place where I couldn’t get nowhere or make something of myself, an’ where they stole your letters, I ast her if she stole it, too, an’ she says no. So I married Curley. Met him out to the Riverside Dance Palace that same night.” This shows how Curley’s wife didn’t even want to marry Curley and she only did it to spite her mother and then she goes on to explain how she regrets it because she's so lonely and Curley gets mad anytime she talks to anyone. This changes my perspective because in the beginning I didn’t care for the Curley’s wife and by the end I had some sympathy for her.

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AnonymousMarch 30, 2020 at 1:46 PM

The ending of Of Mice and Men is very shocking. I feel this way because throughout the whole story George was always there for Lennie, and continued to see their life together and make dreams with each other. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George finds Lennie in the woods, and talks to him about their future dream, of owning their own land someday. However, when I found out that George was really planning to kill Lennie, I was shocked. This can be found on page 106 when George is holding up the gun behind Lennie’s head, getting ready to shoot him. This impacts my understanding of the story because ever since the beginning I thought of George as secretly caring and compassionate towards Lennie but that he was just hiding it with all the grumpiness he showed towards Lennie. I thought this because of George’s persistence in Lennie to stay with him. Even when Lennie offered to leave George, so that he could live his own life, George insisted that Lennie stayed with him.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George, because at the beginning George was willing to move to different places and find new jobs for him and Lennie even when he didn’t want to. Even though George always seemed unfairly mean to Lennie, I think that deep down he really does care for Lennie, and wants to be with him regardless of what he says on the outside. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because of how George decides to kill Lennie, even though he showed us that from the beginning of the book that he really did like Lennie. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when all of the men are heading out to go and shoot Lennie for what he did to Curley’s wife. However, George goes too, in thought to stop Curley from killing Lennie. By George going with the other men, it gives us more evidence to think that George is sad that Lennie left, and wants to save his life from what Curley will do. This can be found on page 98 when George decides to go with the other guys to find Lennie. However, later in the book on page 106-107 George’s desires take over when he decides to kill Lennie, which I would’ve never thought he would’ve done because of how he treated Lennie. This impacts my understanding of George because of how he is willing to kill someone he has been with most of his life, and how he even showed affection towards Lennie, and offered to care for him when he really just killed him in the end.
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AnonymousMarch 30, 2020 at 1:49 PM
The ending of mice and men is suprising. I feel this way because I would have never expected this to happen. This can be found on page 52, “The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.” This impacts my understanding of the story because it shows that not even George was ready for this to happen.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beggining to end of the book is George because he goes from someone that wants to help Lennie and then turns his back on him. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because he decides its best for him to not have Lennie around.This can be found on page 52, “But Carlson was standing over George. “How’d you do it?” he asked. “I just done it,” George said tiredly.” This impacts my understanding of the character becuase he did what was best for him insead of doing wht was best for him.
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AnonymousMarch 30, 2020 at 2:11 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men did not completely surprise me because we knew that Lennie is mentally challenged and keeps messing up so I had thought that he was going to mess something up again. However, I was surprised that Geroge didn't try and help Lennie out of the situation he was in. I thought that George would find Lennie and help him to get out of town and find another job. It was a bad situation but I am glad that George found Lennie and not any of the other workers. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George found Lennie in the brush by the river and before he shoots him he tells him to think of the rabbits and the house they were going to have. This can be found on page 51 - 52 when George says, “Look acrost the river, Lennie, an’ I’ll tell you so you can almost see it.” George tried to make Lennie comfortable in his last few moments and wanted to make him feel like everything would be okay.
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because in the beginning of the book Geroge was trying to help Lennie stay out of trouble and stuck by his side no matter what he did. He understood that Lennie was different but still stuck with him. This makes me think that no matter what, George would do anything for Lennie. At the end of the story Geroge realizes that this time Lennie really messed up and he can't do anything to help him. He also realizes that he can no longer keep helping Lennie if he wants to have a normal life. George cares about Lennie no matter what he does or how he messes up, however George in the back of his mind knows that to do what is best for himself he needs to be rid of Lennie. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is on page 52 when it says, “ And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied.” George feels that Lennie is standing in his way of happiness and it is finally time to let go of Lennie. He knows he has to do it but he doesn't want to.
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AnonymousMarch 30, 2020 at 3:29 PM
The ending of mice and men is shocking. I feel this way because it's an ending nobody really thought about, but makes perfect sense in context. A part of the story that made me feel this way is on page 52 when it says, “George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.” This impacts my understanding of the story because, Looking back now and seeing that all these offhand remarks were made out of genuine anger and spite, and not sarcastically is genuinely shocking.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of this book is George (obviously) because, although it makes sense, it never occurred to me that George might kill Lennie. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is on page 52 of the PDF when George found Lennie by the river and took the gun and aimed it right at Lennie. and Lennie was still talking about the place where he could tend the rabbits but George did it anyway. This impacts my understanding because I always believed that the idea of the farm pleased George just as much as it did Lennie. I always believed that the idea of the farm was always a good thing for George, but George went and killed Lennie in the middle of a moment that i believed was gonna be wholesome and that shocked me.
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AnonymousMarch 30, 2020 at 4:49 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men has a sad and unexpected ending. I feel this way because in the story you would think that George cares too much about Lennie to do that type of thing because he took Lennie in and cared for him. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George shot Lennie and George was so sad. This can be found on page 52 when George is talking to Lennie preparing to shoot and the story states that “And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering.” This impacts my understanding of the story because George even though he cared for Lennie he still made the hard decision to kill Lennie because he is so dangerous.
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because in the beginning he is always getting frustrated with Lennie but in the end he says to Lennie “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.” This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because it shows that he made the hard decision and killed Lennie so he does not kill anyone else by accident. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George and Lennie were talking and George said that he was never mad. This can be found on page 52 when George says “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.” This impacts my understanding of the character because it shows that he really cares for him but he knows what he has to do.
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Ron ShepardMarch 31, 2020 at 11:48 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is dark
I feel this way because in the end a friend kills a friend and thats pretty dark if you ask me and as the audience we thought it was two friend trying to make a living
A part of the story that makes me feel this way is the end when George kills Lennie This can be found on page 106 when George kills Lennie in the darkest way possible This impacts my understanding of the story because I thought that they would just simply run away and get a new job and make money and do there dream but nope george just ended it like that and killed him
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is curley's wife because when we first met her she was playing a part and just being someones wife
This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because when she was in the barn she wanted to just be a movie star and play a part in movies but she got the role of being on a ranch
A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when she was in the barn with lennie This can be found on page 88 when curley's wife talks about when she had the chance to be in a movie
This impacts my understanding of the character because she wanted to do more then be on a ranch she wanted to be in a movie and play a part
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AnonymousMarch 31, 2020 at 12:00 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is very surprising because George seemed to care about Lennie too much to shoot him. I feel this way because George was always looking out for Lennie and making sure he didn’t get into trouble and get hurt. Many times in the story George got mad at Lennie but not mad enough for him to kill Lennie. This can be found on page 52 when George says, “Gonna do it soon.” “Me an’ you.” “You . . . . an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em.” This impacts my understanding because George is still being caring for Lennie by telling him that they are going to continue their dream by owning the ranch.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because from the beginning of the book George would look out for Lennie and make sure he didn’t get them in trouble, he also wanted to share a ranch with Lennie with a nice place to live and a bunch of animals. This can be found on page 52 when George is trying to find and kill Lennie after he killed Curly’s wife. Lennie said, “I thought you was mad at me, George.” “No,” said George. “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.” The voices came close now. George raised the gun and listened to the voices. Lennie begged, “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.” “Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.” And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. This impacted my understanding because George and Lennie were still talking about the ranch but the George decided to shoot Lennie.
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AnonymousMarch 31, 2020 at 12:34 PM
The ending of Mice and men is sad. I feel this way because for George, he just killed a man he’s spent his whole life with. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when he kills Lennie. Like when I thought Lennie took the lugar when it was really George who took it, it impacted me to see that George was really gonna kill Lennie himself which is sad in a way. This can be found on pages 105 to 106. This impacts my understanding of the story because the story at the end shows us how George was sick and tired of Lennie screwing up things. We can see this because he killed Lennie. Lennie screwed over the job and so George decided to kill him, even though it was hard for George to kill him, I'm pretty sure he was really sick and tired of Lennie.
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AnonymousMarch 31, 2020 at 2:01 PM
The ending of Mice and Men is sad because I was not expecting George to kill Lennie because they’re basically best friends. This can be found on page 52 when “lose to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again.” This impacts my understanding of the story because they were really close.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because he was the one that looked out for Lennie and they wanted to buy a house together and take care of a bunch of animals. This can be found on page 51 when ““Go on,” said Lennie. “An’ when the enda the month come—”“An’ when the end of the month came I could take my fifty bucks an’ go to a . . . . cat house—” He stopped again. Lennie looked eagerly at him. “Go on, George. Ain’t you gonna give me no more hell?” “No,” said George. “Well, I can go away,” said Lennie. “I’ll go right off in the hills an’ find a cave if you don’ want me.” This impacts my understanding of the character because I thought George would not hurt Lennie in anyway.
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AnonymousMarch 31, 2020 at 3:21 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is extremely shocking. I feel this way because throughout the entire story Goerge was always there for Lennie, they went through so much together and they would always see their lives together up until the very end. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George hears Lennie in the woods alone and they talk about leaving the ranch and having their own new life together. However, this took a big turn. George was planning on killing Lennie before the others could find him and do it themselves. This can be found on page 106 when George and Lennie were talking and Lennie says, “le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now. And George responds with, “Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.” but then George raises the gun and violently shakes and pulls the trigger. This impacts my understanding of the story because I never thought that George would actually end up pulling the trigger because George was always there for Lennie. I thought that maybe George would run off with Lennie, but then that would also cause problems for George at the end of the day. Then again I thought George cared enough for Lennie that he would stay with him through all this because he loved him but I guess that wasn't the case. But you could also look at it in the eyes that George did truly love Lennie and that's why he took those actions into his own hands so the other men wouldn’t make Lennie suffer.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George, because from the beginning of the book George cared for Lennie and was willing to do anything for him. They moved jobs because of Lennie but George still let him stick around because I think that George did love Lennie. Although George was rough on Lennie sometimes I think at the end of the day George only was hard on him because he did love him. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because George decides to kill Lennie after being the only person who truly cared for him. Even after describing the type of life they were gonna have. A part that makes me feel this way is when George finds Lennie in the woods and starts talking to him about their future. George describes their future to look very beautiful and Lennie gets very excited and eager about it. This can be found on page 106 even after George was talking about their future and still chooses to shoot him and kill him. This impacts my understanding of the character because I didn't think that George would fall through with his plan because in my mind I thought that he would want to prevent Lennie's death but he's the one that ended up pulling the trigger which made me wonder if George truly loved Lennie.
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AnonymousMarch 31, 2020 at 4:49 PM
The end really shocked me because I really thought that George and Lennie were going to meet their goal sooner or later. Lennie killing Curley's wife was an accident and wasn't meant to be mean.

The possible ending to Of Mice And Men that I thought was going to happen was that George and Lennie were going to get the ranch that they dreamt of with the rabbits that Lennie so dearly wants. I feel this way because George and Lennie were able to finally get a job and keep it. They had a vision of what they wanted to do in the future. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is in chapter three. This can be found on page 29 when George says “An’ we could have a few pigs. I could build a smoke house like the one gran’pa had, an’ when we kill a pig we can smoke the bacon and the hams, and make sausage an’ all like that. An’ when the salmon run up river we could catch a hundred of ‘em an’ salt ‘em down or smoke ‘em. We could have them for breakfast. They ain’t nothing so nice as smoked salmon. When the fruit come in we could can it—and tomatoes, they’re easy to can. Ever’ Sunday we’d kill a chicken or a rabbit. Maybe we’d have a cow or a goat, and the cream is so God damn thick you got to cut it with a knife and take it out with a spoon.” This impacts my understanding of the story because, at first I thought they were going to live in the bunk house, because they were always getting into trouble and they are always moving.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is, Lennie because he was the one who is trying to help out with the end goal of living off of their dream ranch. This character influenced my understanding of how I thought the book would end, because with his one track mind and simple minded behavior; he was the one who hammered the idea into my head of how their future ranch was going to be because of the repetition. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is in Chapter 4. This can be found on page 34 when Lennie obsessively talks about one of the animals that they were going to have on the ranch, which was the rabbits. It is talked about a couple times on page 34 and said a couple more times on pages 36 and 37. This impacts my understanding of the character because he constantly obsesses about the ranch and the rabbits. Which gets me to believe that he is going to really try to do what he can for George so they can meet their end goal.

-Scott Totsky
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AnonymousApril 1, 2020 at 9:39 AM
The ending of the story is very sad and unexpected. I feel this way because Lennie was always so nice to people. I feel this way because it may have been hard for George to take care of Lennie but there was no need to kill him. This can be found on page 52, when George was getting ready to kill Lennie. “The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.” this impacts my understanding of the story because George didn't want to do this but he did it because he loved Lennie.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because in the beginning of the book George helped Lennie and took care of Lennie. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because George ended up killing Lennie since he killed Curley's wife. This can be found on page 52 when Lennie is talking about all the plans they had planned. “Lennie begged, “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.” “Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.” And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering.” this impacts my understanding of the story because Lennie is just talking about how he wants to do the plans but then George just kills him.

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AnonymousApril 1, 2020 at 12:20 PM
I took the ending of the story as a surprise like most of you did. I believe the ending is not predictable and if you were reading the book with no prior knowledge and no one spoiled it you probably would not see that coming. But yes the ending was sad and surprising. The character that most changed my perspective in the book for me would be george. This is because George for me was lennies caretaker, sort of a big brother and best friend at the same time. Yes someone could make the argument that he was snappy with him, quick to yell, but if any of us were faced with a lennie of sorts most of us would leave that lennie behind. George didn't leave lennie george stayed with lennie throughout the whole book even to lennie's death even if it was george killing him. George could have left Lennie at any moment to go make a life for himself but he didn't. He stayed with Lennie, helped him, and promised a good life where they settled down after they got enough money. The reason why George changed for me the most was because the whole book George did basically anything to fix whatever Lennie did to get in trouble or they just left and left what he did behind. But at the end of the book george doesn't really try that hard to fix what happened. Throughout the whole story George either moved whole towns or talked his way out of Lennie's problems when he got in trouble, but when Lennie did this George didn't try all that hard. I say this because George could have either tried running away with Lennie again or could have tried talking them down more. But George didn't go to Lennie to run away or escape. Instead he thought man, there isn't really any easy way out of this for him. So then George kills Lennie because he doesn't want him locked up and suffering. I think George used the excuse of killing Lennie because he doesn't want him locked up and suffering to finally get rid of him without feeling too guilty and mean. I think George used the excuse of helping Lennie by killing him because that'll get him out of what trouble he got in and not have him suffer to make his own life for himself and finally be carefree. I don't believe george did this because he's a bad person I think he was also helping lennie because lennie would have suffered if he got caught by the others but I think george did this to not feel guilty about leaving lennie and doing something for himself for once.
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AnonymousApril 1, 2020 at 1:32 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is sad. I feel this way because Lennie has always been kind and never wanted to hurt any living thing, but he couldn’t stop himself. On page 50 when Lennie is in his own mind it states “And when she spoke, it was in Lennie’s voice. ‘I tol’ you an’ tol’ you,’ she said. ‘I tol’ you, ‘Min’ George because he’s such a nice fella an’ good to you.’ But you don’t never take no care. You do bad things.” This prooves how he’s arguing with himself and how he’s trapped in his own mind. It impacts the readers point of view because it shows Lennie admitting he is doing wrong and there's no one else to blame, or help him.

The character that changed the mostmy perspective from the beginning to end of the book is Curley’s wife because she was there to comfort Lennie and actually talk to him, and listen to him. Also because she finally expressed how she was very lonely. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because she was trying to be nice when Lennie told her to be quiet and didn't think of his strength when trying to pull his hand out of her hair. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Lennie was getting mad that she was screaming in terror as his hand was in her hair. This can be found on page 45 when “He shook her then, and he was angry with her. ‘Don’t you go yellin’,’he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.” This impacts my understanding of the character because she was just in pain and let him feel her hair when he gets upset and starts shaking her by the head so he doesn’t get in trouble.

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AnonymousApril 1, 2020 at 2:02 PM
- I interpret the ending ‘Of Mice and Men’ in a considerably more light hearted manner. In that, I see George stealing Carlson's gun, and shooting Lennie in the back of the head with it; as a ‘necessary evil’ of sorts. Because if George hadn’t, no doubt Lennie would have suffered a unnecessarily painful death, instead of the swift and painless one he got thanks to George.

- Over the course of the text, I’ve noticed that George has changed a fair amount. From the start it seemed like he hated having to take care of Lennie, but by the end of the text; you really end up getting a feel for how much George really cared about him. This first part is because of George’s constant bickering about how he can’t do anything he wants to, and instead has to trail around with a guy who doesn’t much even understand the concept of death. However how the book ends (as stated above), really shows how much he cares about him.

Drake Dragoo
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AnonymousApril 1, 2020 at 2:15 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is quite dark and sad because George had to kill Lennie, his life-long friend, for his actions that Lennie didn’t mean to do. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George finds Lennie at the river where he was drinking from and had a talk about their future and shoots Lennie straight in the back of his head. This can be found on page 52 of the PDF file when the author writes The voices came close now. George raised the gun and listened to the voices. Lennie begged, “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.” “Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.” And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering”.

The character that changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is Curley’s Wife because at first I thought she was like this extremely hardcore girl seeking attention but at the ends she was just misunderstood. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because she seemed like she didn’t want to live on the ranch anymore and move away. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Curley’s Wife is talking to Lennie in the barn about how she ended up with Curley. This can be found on page 44 of the PDF file when Curley’s Wife says “Well, I ain’t told this to nobody before. Maybe I oughten to. I don’ like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella.” And because she had confided in him, she moved closer to Lennie and sat beside him. “Coulda been in the movies, an’ had nice clothes—all them nice clothes like they wear. An’ I coulda sat in them big hotels, an’ had pitchers took of me. When they had them previews I coulda went to them, an’ spoke in the radio, an’ it wouldn’ta cost me a cent because I was in the pitcher”.
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AnonymousApril 1, 2020 at 2:44 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men was a bit of a surprise to me. I feel this way because I never thought George would even hurt Lennie, then he kills him.
Even right before, I thought they would run away. On page 52 Lennie says, “Lennie begged, “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.”, and George says, “Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.” But then, “... George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head….He pulled the trigger....Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering. George shivered and looked at the gun, and then he threw it from him, back up on the bank, near the pile of old ashes.” I was surprised he did it.

My perspective changed the most from the beginning to end of the book, is Lennie. In the beginning he seems like a simple man, that doesn’t always know his own strength. I felt that when I read page 4 and he said, “Uh-uh. Jus’ a dead mouse, George. I didn’t kill it. Honest! I found it. I found it dead.” Lennie really wanted George to believe that’s what happened. But by page 42, I can tell that Lennie understands when he has done something wrong when I read what happened in the barn. “And Lennie said softly to the puppy, “Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice. I didn’t bounce you hard.”
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 12:08 AM
The end of Of mice and men is not surprising to me at all in fact i predicted this would happen towards the beginning of the story. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is in the very beginning on page 4 when Lennie and George have a mini argument that states “Lennie held his closed hand away from George’s direction. “It’s on’y a mouse, George.” “A mouse? A live mouse?” “Uh-uh. Jus’ a dead mouse, George. I didn’t kill it. Honest! I found it. I found it dead.” This impacts my understanding of the story because it shows how Lennie doesn't quite understand death like the rest of us do. When he doesn't understand death like we do what's to say he isn't going to accidentally kill someone without knowing how bad it truly is.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because in the beginning George seemed like a simple folk stuck with this big fella and he by the looks of it didn't seem to like it. It seemed like as the book progressed George and Lennies relationship showed how much George truly cared and wanted the best for Lennie. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because if it wasn't for that bond at the end of the book many things might have happened differently if it would have happened at all. If George truly didn't care for him he would have let him live in the caves but instead carried on with him. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is at the end of the story when George has to make the biggest decision of his life. This can be found on page 52 during this paragraph “And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering.” this impacts my understanding of George because it shows how much he cares for him that he would single handedly kill him so Lennie could go out in piece
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 12:41 AM
The ending is predictable because Lennie always was messing up and making them flee the towns. But what was most shocking was when George kills Lennie on page 52. This impacts my understanding of the story because i thought that george liked lennie and that they were best friends but George didn't like lennie all along.
The character that changed my perspective from the beginning of the book to the end is Lennie because he seemed nice and sympathetic towards everyone. In the beginning of the book it didn't seem as though he didn't know his own strength. For example on page 4 when Lennie said “Uh-uh. Jus’ a dead mouse, George. I didn’t kill it. Honest! I found it. I found it dead.'' Lennie tries to make George understand that he didn't mean to kill the mouse but on page 42 he says “ “And Lennie said softly to the puppy, “Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice. I didn’t bounce you hard.” so he knows his own strength.
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 3:23 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is very shocking and sad in a way because George was like a brother and leader to Lennie throughout the whole story and for George just to turn on Lennie like that is crazy. It's a dark twist that caps off the story perfectly.

The charcter that has mostly changed my perspective is George because at the beggining of the story Lennie looks up to him like a leader and father and George treats him like a son proof for this is on the 1st page of the book when George is leading them to the ranch but, at the end of the story my perspective of George is different because now I think of him as cruel because he basically killed his son (Lennie)This is shown on the last page “Right in the back of the head,” he said softly. My perpective in the beggining was George was pretty nice to Lennie and now in the end it was basically all an act.
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Gavin WegeApril 2, 2020 at 9:43 AM
The End of Mice of Men was very expected because I have seen it going this way about halfway through the story. It was said how George told him what to do and was always there to help him and look after him. George seems like a mean person at the start of the story and seems like he hates Lennie when he never wanted this to happen to him. This also shows how much he really cared about Lennie Through the whole story.
The character that changed my perspective was George because he seemed like all he cared about was trying to get the job and keep it that way but ended up really caring about Lennie in the end.

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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 10:46 AM
The ending of Mice and Men is surprising. I feel this way because of some of the things that happened in the story I did not expect to happen or even have the story end the way it did. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George shot Lennie in the head. This can be found on page 106. This impacts my understanding of the story because it just shows how tried George is getting from just being around Lennie. After all the things Lennie has screwed over for George.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book was George. This is because in the beginning of the book he looked up to Lennie and treated him like a son, this can be found on page 1 where George was taking Lennie to the ranch. But towards the ending of the book you can see how George changed towards Lennie, George was cruel and rude to Lennie, he had the guts to shoot Lennie in the head, this can be found on the last page where George said, “Right in the back of the head.” This impacts my understanding of the story because it shows how cruel people can be to one another.
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 10:57 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is predictable in a way because throughout the entire story Lennie is messing up and forcing him and George to flee towns. But I didn’t think that George was going to kill Lennie. You can find this on page 52 when George shoots Lennie in the back of the head and is still in shock even after he does it. It impacts the understanding of the story because no one really understood Lennie’s disability and if they would have known how it can impact his thinking he wouldn’t have been killed or killed Curley’s wife. And they probably wouldn't have even had to leave Weed.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because he was mentally taking the blame for all of the things that Lennie was doing and when he got into trouble he felt as if it was all his fault. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when everybody finds Curley’s wifes’ body and when Curley says that he wanted his revenge by killing Lennie George tipped his hat down so that his eyes were barely visible . He did like he was embarrassed and that it was his fault that Lennie was going to be killed. This could be found on page 47.
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 11:59 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is depressing.I feel this way because George has to kill his friend that he spent a very long time with and also because Lennie is like a little kid. But I understand that it had to be done because when Curley said he’d shoot Lennie after he discovers that his wife is dead, he would’ve killed him cold and probably heartless while George just shoots him in a more heartfelt way.
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning from the beginning to the end is Slim, because at first I thought he would turn into a jerk in the end but he was actually someone that just wanted to keep the farm in a somewhat balance. He even comforts George after he had to kill Lennie.
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 12:30 PM
The closing of Mice and Men takes a really sorrowful turn. It's not really what anyone expected. I feel like this was really depressing due to Lennie never really having the potential to keep doing bad things or hurting anyone. It really took a turn when he killed Curly's wife, he killed her because she was being loud. Her being loud could have caused them to both be in trouble. Due to Curly's wife not being able to talk or be with any of the men. Then after that George finds him and realizes that the "mod" was going to come kill him of angry men. The men who wanted to kill Lennie were only going to be mad if Curly was mad. Hence he is the "top dog" sort of speak. This can be found on page 106 when George is holding up the gun behind Lennie’s head, getting ready to shoot him. George decides to shoot him instead of letting a bunch of so called strangers to kill someone he calls family. Overall I was shocked that George Killed him due to how good their relationship was. But it showed how strong their connection was. He didn't want anyone taking his friends life.
I character that most changed my perspective was George. George had the option from the start to ditch Lennie and not talk to him. But he chose to keep bringing him along. No matter how many opportunities George lost out on due to Lennie. They didn't get to stay places long. But then when he shot him it wasn't out of hate or to harm him. He changed because he grew stronger connections with Lennie. Then he says "Lennis never done it in meanness." In the moment he really stands up for him instead of saying nothing and letting him get pushed around and talked about like in the previous chapters.
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 12:53 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is very unexpected. George is like a brother to Lennie because he is always watching over him even after all the dumb stuff Lennie has put them through. On page 50 when Lennie is in his own mind it states “And when she spoke, it was in Lennie’s voice. ‘I tol’ you an’ tol’ you,’ she said. ‘I tol’ you, ‘Min’ George because he’s such a nice fella an’ good to you.’ But you don’t never take no care. You do bad things.” This shows that Lennie knows what he does is wrong.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George. George always stuck with Lennie no matter how stupid he was around him or how much trouble he got them in. But at the end George killed Lennie. This really changed my perspective on George. Even though it was the best thing for George to do, he still shouldn't have done it.
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 12:55 PM
The Ending of Of mice and men is ironic. I feel this way because Georg and Lennie were inseparable at the beginning and the middle of the book and Georg ends up killing Lennie at the end of the book. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is on page 52. Georg talks about their ranch that they want to get. While Lennie is fantasizing about it, Georg kills him so he doesn’t have to go through the pain of being in a mental hospital or the fear of getting hunted by the ranch hands and curley. The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is Georg because at the beginning he wanted to help Lennie and protect him, but he ended up killing him. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Georg kills Lennie. This can be found on page 52 Georg is talking to Lennie about the ranch that they will own in the future. He calms Lennie down by saying “Go on,” said Lennie. “How’s it gonna be. We gonna get a little place.”
“And I get to tend the rabbits.”
“An’ you get to tend the rabbits.”
Lennie giggled with happiness. “An’ live on the fatta the lan’.”
“Yes.”
Lennie turned his head.
“No, Lennie. Look down there acrost the river, like you can almost see the Place.” This impacts my understanding of the character because Georg didn’t want Lennie to be killed by the people on the ranch or put in a mental hospital. He didn’t want Lennie to suffer, so he killed him in mercy.

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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 1:12 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men caught me by surprise. I was not expecting George, who cared a lot about Lennie, to turn and end up shooting him. I understand why he might have felt like he needed to do this because he came to the ranch with him and for Lennie to do something bad like that it left me with no choice. He wanted to show the other guys that he wasn't going to let Lennie get away with it. However, I also still think George took Lennie’s side of the situation. He knows Lennie so well and he knew that Lennie didn’t mean no harm; he just didn't know what to do. This is shown on page 48 of the PDF when Geroge says, “But listen, Curley. The poor bastard’s nuts. Don’t shoot ‘im. He di’n’t know what he was doin’.” This impacts my understanding of the book because it shows how George is going to stick up for Lennie and try to tell the other people why he did what he did.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning of the book to the end of the book is George because in the beginning I thought he was very mean toward Lennie and wanted nothing to do with him. He thought his life would be easier without having to deal with Lennie all the time. He says on 3 of the book, “When I think of the swell time without you, I go nuts.'' This shows how Lennie is such a pain to George and George wishes that we would just leave so he could be alone. As the story went on we understand that George cares a lot for Lennie. We learn that in the past he was not very nice to Lennie and he made him do pretty bad things. As he starts to confess to Slim what he had done to Lennie, we start to realize that George feels guilty for his actions in the past. This is shown on 21 of the PDF when George says, “I used to have a hell of a lot of fun with ‘im. Used to play jokes on ‘im ‘cause he was too dumb to take care of ‘imself…I ain't done nothing like that no more.'' This shows that once George realized that he was not treating Lennie right and stopped. At the end of the book I think his character really showed, when he shot Lennie in the back of head. He knew that Lennie didnt mean to do it and he even tried to stop Curley from wanting to shoot him by saying “But listen, Curley. The poor bastard’s nuts. Don’t shoot ‘im. He di’n’t know what he was doin’.” However, when he realized that Curley was going to kill him no matter what he knew that he should be the one to do it because he came to the ranch with him. On page 53 of the PDF, Slim says to George, “You hadda, george. I swear you hadda.” This makes me think that George had a very hard time doing it; he feels horrible for actually doing it. This influenced my understanding of how the book ends because I think George cared so much about Lennie he didn't want anyone else to have to shoot him.
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 1:36 PM
The ending of mice and men was very surprising. I feel this way because George and Lenny were very very close. George helped him through everything. And at the end George just kills him out of no where and plays it all off. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is the end of the story. This can be found on page 105 when George does this, “George raised the gun and his hand shook, and he dropped his hand to the ground again.” this impacts my understanding of the story because i wasn't expecting this to happen and it came out of no where. They were such good friends and i didnt think it would all come to this.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because at the start he was very good friends with Lenny. No matter what stupid things Lenny did George always forgave him. Towards the end that all starts to change. Now that he is around other people he sorta drifts from Lenny in a way. He doesn't really connect to him as much. This character influenced my understanding on how the book ends because they used to have a very close connection. And than out of no where he gets behind him and shoots him in the head. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when they were by the river at the end of the story. This can be found on page 106 when George is talking about all of the stuff him and Lenny are going to “do” in the future. He is just trying to distract him from whats going on so he can shoot him. This impacts my understanding of the character because i didn't think he would do that. He really doesn't seem like that type of person.
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 1:41 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is a suprising ending. I felt this way because I never thought that George would kill lennie. A part of the story that made me feel ths way is at the beginning when they were still together after what happened in weed. This can be found on page 4 and 5 when geroge says,“Run us out, hell,” said George disgustedly. “We run. They was lookin’ for us, but they didn’t catch us.” This impacts my understanding of the story because I thought that no matter what happens they were going to stick together. But in the end George ended up killing Lennie.

The caracter that most changed my perspective from the beggining to the end of the book is Georg because at first it seemed like him and Lennie were unseperable but then he ended up killing Lennie. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because He is one of the main characters and when his perspective changes the entire story's perspective also changes. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when he actually kills Lennie. This can be found on page 52 when the author says,” The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering.” This impacts my understanding of the charcter because they were such good friends but George still had to kill him.
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 3:54 PM
The ending of Mice and Men was shocking because I never thought George would kill Lennie becausethey seemed super close even though Lennie forgot about alot of things and was more childish for his age. This makes me feel this way because even though Lennie gave George a hard time because he was on the slower side, it gave George no reason to do that to Lennie speaking of the fact that George knows how Lennie is because of his disability. This can be found On page 52 when Lennie and George were having a conversation about a place, “George raised the gun and his hand shook, and he dropped his hand to the ground again. “Go on,” said Lennie. “How’s it gonna be. We gonna get a little place.” “We’ll have a cow,” said George. “An’ we’ll have maybe a pig an’ chickens ... an’ down the flat we’ll have a .... little piece alfalfa—” “For the rabbits,” This evidence shows that George was actually caring for Lennie and not being mean to him.

The character that most changed my perspective in the story was George by far. Because, in the beggining of the story George was always yelling at Lennie and always making him feel bad because of him not remembering things and how he wanted fuzzy animals for him to play with, then at the end Gorge straight up just shot Lennie to supposedly “protect him” from maybe other peoples judgment or thoughts about Lennie and hate. Towards the end when Slim asked George how he did it, George just answered with a whisper. This shows that George felt bad about doing it to him.
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 5:00 PM

The end Of Mice and Men is very suspenseful. I feel this way because we’ve read how close George and Lennie were and now we get to read about George shooting his long-time best friend in the back of his head. The part of the story that makes me feel this way is when read about George pulling the trigger on pg.52 “No,” said George. “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.” The voices came close now. George raised the gun and listened to the voices. Lennie begged, “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.” “Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.” And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering.” This impacts my understanding of the story because we read about how George made his very difficult decision, but we also see how he tried to make it as painless and calm as possible for Lennie. George treated it like putting down an old dog that he loved.

The character that most chaged my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is Lennie because we see how kind and innocent Lennie is, but we also see how he can carry out horrible deeds without even knowing what he’s doing. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because we know why George had to put an end to Lennie. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when we hear George talking about Lennie and how he feels about him. This can be found on pg.48 “Slim nodded. “We might,” he said. “If we could keep Curley in, we might. But Curley’s gonna want to shoot ‘im. Curley’s still mad about his hand. An’ s’pose they lock him up an’ strap him down and put him in a cage. That ain’t no good, George.” “I know,” said George, “I know.” This impacts my understanding of the story because we can read about why George had to kill Lennie. If George didn’t do it, Curley would give Lennie a painful death with a shotgun blast to the gut and if that didn’t happen, he could get lynched by the town or they’ll “lock him up an’ strap him down and put him in a cage” like Slim said.

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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 5:13 PM
The ending of mice of men was kinda a heartbreaker because it builds up how these two characters, Lennie and george are gonna make it. But they are having problems and then they make it to the ranch and you believe they will be fine but that changed quickly with curley creating problems with lennie, lennie obsessed with animals, and curley's wife being alone and talking to lennie. These events changed Lennie and made more problems. It sucks how Lennie, a seemingly unharmful person killed curley's wife and a puppy forcing george to put him out of his world because the mistakes he didn't know he made.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is Lennie, because in the beginning he was this soft guy but big and scary but that was not who he was, he was a sweet and soft guy. But then in the middle he starts to become the person he was pictured as by injuring curley. Then in the end he became someone different from the beginning he killed curley's wife and an animal because of anger and because he didn't know what he was doing and even with this it like it didn't matter he just asked george about their dream while george was forced to put him down. So he could live a normal life and to relive everyone else from his problems.

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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 8:56 PM
The ending Of Mice and Men was startling at first but I reasoned with it more it got me thinking why George would lie to Carlson about what really happened, saying how it was all Lennie and that he took the gun away after Lennie let go of it ““Did he have my gun?” “Yeah. He had your gun.” “An’ you got it away from him and you took it an’ you killed him?” “Yeah. Tha’s how.” George’s voice was almost a whisper. He looked steadily at his right hand that had held the gun.”. This made me interpret the ending as if he only wanted to end his cycle with Lennie so that he can feel more peaceful with himself, I interpreted it this way by how it is said and that I didn’t really think that George would be as cold hearted.
Part of the story also made me feel how Curley’s wife was more crazy than it really looked since she she married Curley out of anger and didn’t desire what she was living at the time. This can be found on page 44 when she is confessing a little towards Lennie of what she feels ““I never got that letter,” she said. “I always thought my ol’ lady stole it. Well, I wasn’t gonna stay no place where I couldn’t get nowhere or make something of myself, an’ where they stole your letters, I ast her if she stole it, too, an’ she says no. So I married Curley. Met him out to the Riverside Dance Palace that same night.””. This impacted the way I saw her as a character since she was more reserved towards what her real thoughts were and was flirtful towards the men but she got serious when she started to talk to Lennie about what she has lived through.
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 10:50 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men was a little disappointing, because throughout the story it talks about these two guys just trying to get through life little by little by going through ups and downs and it just comes to a heartbreaking end. For example a big part of the story it talks about George and Lennie having this plan to buy their own land so they can live happily on their own without having to worry about any problems. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George is basically saying goodbye to Lennie for good and he’s talking to Lennie about the land they will have and how happy they’re going to be. This can be found on page 51-52 on the PDF when “George shook himself again. “No,” he said. “I want you to stay with me here.” Lennie said craftily—“Tell me like you done before.” “Tell you what?” “’Bout the other guys an’ about us.” George said, “Guys like us got no fambly. They make a little stake an’ then they blow it in. They ain’t got nobody in the worl’ that gives a hoot in hell about ‘em—” “But not us,” Lennie cried happily. “Tell about us now.” George was quiet for a moment. “But not us,” he said. “Because—” “Because I got you an’—” “An’ I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us,” Lennie cried in triumph”. This impacts my understanding of the story because It shows that George is struggling with the fact that he has to fix Lennie’s worst mistake by never be able to see him again because of the mistakes he made.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because in the beginning we got mixed signals about George one minute he would be harsh and insensitive to Lennie then the next minute when Lennie would offer to leave so George would have a better life George would list reasons on why Lennie needed to stay with him. Then sort of in the middle of the book George realizes he hasn't always been the nicest to Lennie this is shown on page 21 on the PDF when George and Slim are talking about Lennie and what George had done to Lennie, we start to realize that George feels guilty about his actions in the past. George says, “I used to have a hell of a lot of fun with ‘im. Used to play jokes on ‘im ‘cause he was too dumb to take care of ‘imself…I ain't done nothing like that no more.'' This is important to know because once George stopped acting this way toward Lennie he started to treat him right. At the end of the story we saw George sad and guilty and it really showed his true character, because George made it clear that he was not mad at Lennie and that it wasn't his fault He knew that Lennie didnt mean to hurt anyone and he even tried to stop Curley from wanting to kill him by saying “But listen, Curley. The poor bastard’s nuts. Don’t shoot ‘im. He di’n’t know what he was doin’. But George knew if he let Curley (a practical stranger) do it he would feel guilty about it his whole life just like how candy felt about his dog being shot by Carlson so deep down he knew he had to do it. On page 53 of the PDF, Slim says to George, “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda.” . This shows that George ultimately felt bad about his decision but he also knew it would be best for Lennie to go the way he did. This influenced my understanding of how the book ends because I think George always cared about Lennie and his main goal for Lennie was to protect him from people because George knew what Lennie was capable of so he knew that he had to shoot him.
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AnonymousApril 2, 2020 at 11:47 PM
The ending of mice and men is sad, yet understandable. I fully understand George's actions throughout the ending of the book, and that he had to kill him otherwise Lennie would have had to deal with Curley and the mob, which wouldn’t have given Lennie the softer ending that George gave him. Though it is still sad to see what happened considering that George is losing his brother in a sense, someone whos always been at his side, and given the circumstances I think that George knew that Lennie was a threat to everyone around him, but like he said “Lennie never done it in meanness,” he said. “All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of ‘em mean.” said on page 47 of the PDF. I think out of everything that could have happened though i'm really satisfied with this ending.

A character that my perspective has changed on is Lennie. The more you get to know about him the more the ending of the book is justified and makes more sense to me. Lennie is not a bad guy by any means, but it’s shown throughout the book that he is a danger to everyone around him, even if he doesn’t mean to be and it’s obvious he’s frustrated at himself for hurting the things he likes, shown on page 42 when it says “Suddenly his anger arose. “God damn you,” he cried. “Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice.” He picked up the pup and hurled it from him. He turned his back on it.”, he noticeably gets angry at the puppy but also personally I think himself. It’s also overall shown how harmful he can be with the multiple incidents that appear throughout the book, such as the Weed incident, where to sum up Lennie just grabbed a girls dress and wouldn’t let go out of fear of her getting all panicked, and ended up with rape charges, which put them into a similar situation to the end of the book with a whole party and such to lynch him, but unlike in the end of the book Lennie does get away from the mob in Weed. Which segways us into the Curleys Wife incident where he straight up snaps her neck in a similar situation where he panicked because of her struggling, it just ended up a bit more fatal this time. Along with the other smaller incidents of Lennie killing animals on accident. Overall this has help me see that the ending was the most fitting for everything that Lennie had done. Though I agree with George that none of Lennies were done out of cruelness, they still happened. Lennie was a danger to everyone and everything around him, and while I disagree with Curley and people that shared a similar mindset to thinking he deserved a very ugly death, I think that the fact that George was the person to take him out was the best option. George gave him a softer ending where he didn’t suffer, which I think was appropriate because Lennie is by no means a cruel horrible person he just didn’t know his own strength and had a lot of mental roadblocks that made it very hard for him to comprehend everything.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 1:34 AM
The ending of Mice and Men is very sed the gun steadied it, and he brought the muzzel of it close to the back of Lennie’s head.” This impacts my understanding of the story because I thought they were going to get a farm together and raise rabbits but really, he killed him for the better guprising.
I feel this way because George killed Lennie when i thought they were going to get a farm together.
A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George puts the muzzel up the Lennie head. This can be found on page 106 when the narrartor says, “And George raisood.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 1:34 AM
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because I thought that he didnt really care for Lennie but really he loved Lennie.
This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because George didnt want anything bad to happen to Lennie.
A part of the story that makes me feel this way is at the end. This can be found on page 106 when the narrartor says, “The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. This impacts my understanding of the character because George is usually hard on Lennie and wants him to fit in but really he is just looking out for Lennie.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 2:42 AM
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 4:15 AM
The ending of the story Of Mice and Men was very sad because all thought the book the author is building a relationship between the two main characters and making us love them and showing us how much they both needed each other. And then George went and shot Lennie in the back of the head. A part of the story that really made me feel this wat was on page 52 when the author wrote Lennie said, “I thought you was mad at me, George.” “No,” said George. “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.” The voices came close now. George raised the gun and listened to the voices. Lennie begged, “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.” “Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.” And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering. This impact my understanding of the story because it makes me see George differently, even after all the trouble Lennie caused and all the bad things he’s done George still wanted to give Lennie that last comfort of knowing he wasn't alone, even if Lennie had no clue what George was planning, George made Lennie believe there was still hope and a future for them before gave Lennie that last thing he could which was a quick painless death at his hands instead of a slow painfull one af Curley’s.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning of the book to the end is Lennie because of how innocent and almost childlike he was. Lennie influenced my understanding of how the book ends because in the beginning of the story Lennie was a character people saw as a big baby who tended to get into trouble only because he didn't have the mental capacity to understand what it was he was doing but towards the ending we see that Lennie does have a slight concept of what he’s doing but even after repeatedly being told by George Lennie does the bad thing anyways. And we realize why George did what he did, because George realized that Lennie would end up possibly hurting more people and that Curley and them wouldn't stop looking for him and when they found him they’d give him a slow painful death and George knows that what Lennie did was wrong but he also knows that Lennie didnt mean it. This can be found on page 47 when the author wrote Candy said, “He’s such a nice fella. I didn’ think he’d do nothing like this.” George still stared at Curley’s wife. “Lennie never done it in meanness,” he said. “All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of ‘em mean.” How this impacts my understanding of the story because I learned that Lennie didn't mean for this to happen, all he wanted was to tend rabbits with George.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 9:33 AM
I feel the ending was very predictable, because George was talking about Lennie killing stuff the whole story but it only happened once. This is shown in the beginning of the story when George yells at Lennie for killing a mouse.

I feel Curley has changed the most because in the beginning he was being a jerk to George and Lennie, but at the end he knew what it was like to lose someone and he let George join in because he knew he would lose Lennie. This is found in page 48 when Curley turns to George “You George! You stick with us so we don’t think you had nothin’ to do with this.” Even though it seems as if Curley is scolding him, Curley is trying to care for George but also deal with his own pains.
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UnknownApril 3, 2020 at 9:50 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is shocking but kinda expected. I feel this way because I didn't know that out of all the men George would have killed him but also it was leading to the fact that Lennie was going to be killed because of what he's done and curley was going to. This can be found on page 52 when George brought out Carlson's Luger and shot Lennie in the back of the head. This changes the way I think of this story because if people knew about Lennie's disability it could have changed the entire outcome.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because in the beginning of the book George seemed rude but still seemed to care about Lennie and would take the blame if Lennie did something wrong. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because in the end George is the one who kills Lennie on page 52. This impacts my understanding of the character because he seemed to care for Lennie and liked him being around but he shoots him.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 10:32 AM
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 10:34 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is sad but I expected something to happen to Lennie
I feel this way because Lennie made lots of things go wrong. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Lennie tells Curley’s wife he can’t talk to her.
This can be found on page 43 of the PDF when Lennie says “George says I ain’t to have nothing to do with you— talk to you or nothing.”
This impacts my understanding of the story because it makes it seem like George is trying to make Lennie get into less trouble and help him out.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because he seemed to always be helping Lennie stay out of trouble and make him a better person. George influenced my understanding of how the book ends because Lennie killed Curley’s wife so then George killed Lennie. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is on page 48 of the PDF when George stepped close. “Couldn’ we maybe bring him in an’ they’ll lock him up? He’s nuts, Slim. He never done this to be mean.” This impacts my understanding of George and Lennie's relationship because George was quiet and didn’t know what to do at his point to make up for Lennie’s mistakes yet felt bad.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 10:43 AM
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 11:01 AM

The ending of “Of Mice and Men” is very surprising and unexpected. I feel this way because George had to shoot Lennie. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is on page 52 of the PDF when it says “The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger” This is unexpecting because George and Lennie were best friends and George was almost like a parent to him so it was very unexpected that he would shoot him. This impacts my understanding of the story because now I will not look at the story as 2 friends looking for a dream life, but now I can't because George shot Lennie in the end.

The character that changed most from beginning to end was George. At the beginning it seemed like George was helping Lennie to make good decisions and stay out of trouble, and at the end he had to kill Lennie because he had to, so Curly wouldn't, this helps me learn that George was a good friend and cared about Lennie. This influenced my understanding of how the book ends because Gorge cared about Lennie and he didn't just kill him to mean he did it so Curly wouldn't be able to.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 11:29 AM
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 11:31 AM
The ending of Mice of Men was very predictable, I feel this way because throughout the story Lennie would not listen to George as well as Lennie has messed up so many times. This shows because he was the reason they got kicked out of weed as well as he would kill animals even when George would tell him not too. And George could not take it anymore. This can be found on page 52 when it says “The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again.” This shows George wanted to make Lennie's death more peaceful because he did not want to see Curley kill lennie.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning of the book is Lennie, because at the beginning of the story it was obvious that Lennie looked up to George because he did everything George did and listened to him,but throughout the story he would keep not listening to George. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is all the times Lennie would not listen to George and was messed up. For example this can be found on page 42 when it says”little dead puppy that lay in front of him. Lennie looked at it for a long time, and then he put out his huge hand and stroked it, stroked it clear from one end to the other,” This shows that even though George told Lennie to not kill the puppy,he still did.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 11:56 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is really sad and shocking. the reason I feel this way is because the whole time George has protected Lennie, helped him, traveled with him, and pretty much raised him. However in the end the two friends have to part and George is the one that had to do it. It kinda reminded me of the part where Candy’s dog had to get shot and Candy wished he did it himself. On page 48 when slim said, “If we could keep Curley in, we might. But Curley’s gonna want to shoot ‘im. Curley’s still mad about his hand. An’ s’pose they lock him up an’ strap him down and put him in a cage. That ain’t no good, George.” “I know,” said George, “I know.” This shows that George already knew that he had to stop Lennie himself. Near the end when George met Lennie, the sad farewell was at least positive, but it was still very sad that George couldn’t help his friend and the only thing he could do was be the one that shoots Lennie. Lennie may has caused many problems only because he had an obsession with feeling soft things and he didn’t understand his strength and was stubborn. Who would’ve known that George would be able to shoot someone he probably saved multiple times.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because at first he was bossy and telling Lennie everything before getting to the ranch and in the end he shot Lennie just to protect him. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because he didn’t want to kill Lennie because they had been with each other a long time but he had to shoot him just to protect him from the hate around Lennie. On page 53 when Slim asked question to George how he did it and this caught my attention, ““An’ you got it away from him and you took it an’ you killed him?” “Yeah. Tha’s how.” George’s voice was almost a whisper. He looked steadily at his right hand that had held the gun.”” This impacts my understanding of George that George didn’t want to kill him and he sound sad about what happened to Lennie.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 12:06 PM
The Conclusion Of Mice and Men had an amazing turn and was surprising. I feel this way due to the fact that all through the story I felt like George thought about Lennie a lot for this to occur. There were two or multiple times in the story that George got angry at him, yet not frantic enough for him to do this. Actually, Lennie didn't intend to hurt anybody. We saw this multiple occasions all through the story when Lennie couldn't control his quality. This can be found on page 52 when George says, "Going to do it soon." "Me a' you." "You . . . . a' me. Ever'body going to be pleasant to you. Ain't going to be no more difficult. No one going to hurt no one nor take from them." This affects my understanding of the story because even Lennie's last minutes George thinks about him. George is in any event, disclosing to him that they will finish their fantasy soon. George is giving the point of view that life will go on and Lennie will go along with him on a farm. George is additionally saying that he can't with him, however he must be here and there for him to execute Lennie.
The character that most changed my point of view from the earliest starting point to end of the book is Curley's significant other because she needed to tune in to and comprehend Lennie. It started when she was first presented, it appeared as though she needed to discover whatever she could about everybody. At last she uncovers how she gets exhausted and simply needs to chat with somebody. This character impacted my understanding because of how the book closes in light of the fact that Curley's significant other was attempting to be pleasant and allow Lennie to be supported by letting him feel her hair, yet Lennie couldn't control himself. There could have been a different ending iif Curley's wife didn't attempt to comfort Lennie. A piece of the story that causes me to feel this about Curley's spouse is the point at which she initially uncovers how she is miserable and needs somebody to interact with. This can be found on page 43 when Curley's spouse says, "Ain't I got an option to converse with no one? Whatta they think I am, in any case? You're a decent person. I don't have the foggiest idea why I can't converse with you. I ain't doin' no damage to you." This affects my point of view of the story/character by uncovering how Curley's spouse has changed and how everybody misconceives her. I don't imagine that she was truly attempting to get consideration like everybody told George and Lennie when they originally showed up on the farm.

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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 12:31 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is unexpected. I feel this way because throughout the entire story, although George very often and too quickly grew frustrated with Lennie, he always seemed to have his back at the end of the day. A more recent part of the story that makes me feel this way is when even after Lennie killed Curley's wife, George still wants to protect him and wants no harm his way. This can be found on page 47 when George says this, “Now listen. We gotta tell the guys. They got to bring him in, I guess. They ain’t no way out. Maybe they won’t hurt ‘im.” He said sharply, “I ain’t gonna let ‘em hurt Lennie.” This impacts my understanding of the story because throughout the text, George always had Lennie's back when it came down to it, even at the end when he had just done something horrible. So that being said, I never expected George to be the death of Lennie.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is Lennie because he always seemed like just a giant child. He never meant no harm yet somehow, that's all he gave. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because although Lennie constantly killed small defenseless animals without thinking, I never thought it'd lead to him killing a human being who's screaming for their life. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Lennie kills Curley's wife. This can be found on page 45 when the author says “She struggled violently under his hands. Her feet battered on the hay and she writhed to be free; and from under Lennie’s hand came a muffled screaming. Lennie began to cry with fright”….. “Don’t you go yellin’,” he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.” This impacts the understanding of the story because at this point, Curley's wife was begging for her life yet Lennie refused to let go because all he was thinking about was getting in trouble with George for the screaming, and him not being able to tend the rabbits. He didn't give one care in the world about the screaming person he had in his arms because he was too preoccupied worrying about himself. He just wanted her to stop screaming, which ended up coming at a much higher price.

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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 12:37 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is surprising. I feel this way because George ends up killing Lennie. Although I'm shocked I could kinda see it coming. When the men on the ranch went to grab their guns and Carlson mentions his is gone, I knew George took it even though they thought Lennie did. But I knew Lennie wasn’t that smart and before when Candy and George were talking in the barn. George made a plan where he was going to go into the bunks and then come out like nothing happened. So he must have grabbed the gun when he was in there. Which makes me wonder did George want to kill Lennie that whole time even though he mentions to the Slim maybe they could just lock him up.

The character that most changed in my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George . George always would be snappy in a way to Lennie but that’s just because Lennie was always annoying and needy but George would put up with it until he snaps. But as the book went on George was always the big brother and taking care of Lennie. When they got to the ranch Lennie and George didn’t really see each other as much as they used to. Lennie was busy playing with puppies in the barn and George was trying to make friends with the guys on the ranch. But when George killed Lennie that;s when it changed you wonder to yourself how long do you think George wanted to kill Lennie. Or did he just kill him because he didn’t want to seem a part of the killing of Curley’s wife.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 1:06 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men was shocking. As we see throughout the whole book George and Lennie were planninthere future together. MY prediction for this book was that George was going to leave lennie. And George and Candy would live together. I never expected George to turn on Lennie. On page 45 when Lennie was choking Curley’s Wife it made me think that Curley was going to kill Lennie.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George. At the beginning of the book we saw George as a role model for Lennie. Throughout the book we saw Lennie sometimes misbehaving that's when George would step in and help Lennie. Toward the end of the book we see that George isn't as close with Lennie compared to the beginning. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is on page 53 when George shoots Lennie.” He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering.”

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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 1:09 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is somewhat expected. The reason I say that is that throughout the entire story it’s been shown that Lennie can’t function in society. For example on pages 21-22 George talks to Slim about Lennie grabbing a girl’s dress and not letting go. Another example is on page 45 when Lennie kills Curley’s wife. The thing I did not expect was George killing Lennie until page 48 when Carlson says his gun is stolen, once I read that though I quickly realized where the story was heading. This has changed my understanding of the story because it ended with George killing Lennie when I expected someone else like Slim to do it.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is Lennie because he used to be so innocent at the beginning of the story when he just wanted some rabbits and soft things to pet. But then near the end of the boo on page 45 of the PDF Lennie kills Curley’s wife and what really shows that he’s lost his innocence is that instead of telling someone he covers up the body with hay and then runs all because he wants rabbits.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 1:10 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is cruel and shocking. I feel this way because throughout the story, George has always been nice to Lennie and helped him out. The author made it seem like George has always really cared about Lennie and would never let anything happen to him. George was always looking out for Lennie and never blamed Lennie for anything. Lennie always made mistakes but was never mad at Lennie for those mistakes, he knew he couldn't control it with his disability and didn't know better. It made it seem like they were always best friends. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George makes Lennie feel comforted in his final moments, and makes him think that they have eachothers backs and will go live out their dream of tending rabbits on a ranch that they own. This can be found on page 52 when George says, “Gonna do it soon.” “Me an’ you.” “You . . . . an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em.” This impacts my understanding of the story because it reassures the reader that the two friends are there for eachother, and are going out to live their dream. George is telling Lennie that they are going to live out their dream and they are not mad at eachother, although George must have a switch decision and turns out to kill Lennie which utterly shocks me.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George. George changed my perspective the most throughout the book because he always seemed to care about Lennie through every up and down in their journey he was there for him. George was always like a father figure for Lennie and has helped him out with his life. Lennie always made awful decisions due to his disability and George was always stuck with the outcome because of Lennie's decision. In the beginning I thought that George was really nice for helping with Lennie, but George changed my perspective. Everytime he gets mad at Lennie, it makes me realize how much of a burden Lennie really is. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because it makes me realize how George could do something so awful. Lennie just seemed like a burden and a setback to George, so George had to do something that's best for the both of them. If George didn't kill Lennie, then someone else would've, or he would have starved to death. George helped me understand the ending of the book by implicitly showing why he did it throughout the book, slowly clueing at it. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is at the end of the book, when George is put to make a life changing decision. This can be found on page 52 of the PDF when the Author writes, “And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.¨ This impacts my understanding of George because it makes me realize that all along, he's had a deep sense of anger or burden because of Lennie.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 1:11 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is unexpected. I feel this way because throughout the entire story, although George very often and too quickly grew frustrated with Lennie, he always seemed to have his back from day to night. A more recent part of the story that makes me feel this way is when even after Lennie killed Curley's wife, George still wants to protect him and wants no harm his way. This can be found on page 47 when George says this, “Now listen. We gotta tell the guys. They got to bring him in, I guess. They ain’t no way out. Maybe they won’t hurt ‘im.” He said sharply, “I ain’t gonna let ‘em hurt Lennie.” This impacts my understanding of the story because throughout the text, George always had Lennie's back when it came down to it, even at the end when he had just done something horrible. I didn't really see George killing Lennie at the end.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is Lennie because he always seemed like just a giant child. He never meant no harm yet somehow. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because although Lennie constantly killed small animals without thinking, I never thought it'd lead to him killing a human being who's screaming for their life. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Lennie kills Curley's wife. This can be found on page 45 when the author says “She struggled violently under his hands. Her feet battered on the hay and she writhed to be free; and from under Lennie’s hand came a muffled screaming. Lennie began to cry with fright”….. “Don’t you go yellin’,” he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.” This impacts the understanding of the story because at this point, Curley's wife was begging for her life yet Lennie refused to let go because all he was thinking about was getting in trouble with George for the screaming, and him not being able to tend the rabbits. He didn't give one care in the world about the screaming person he had in his arms because he was too preoccupied worrying about himself. He just wanted her to stop screaming, which ended up coming at a much higher price.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 1:25 PM
The ending of Of Mice And Men is sad, I feel this way because at the end of the story on page 107 George kills Lennie, a person who he was with for a very long time. This impacts my understanding of the story because George had known lennie for a very long time and was nice to him but then he killed him in the end.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 1:25 PM
The character who mostly changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because he goes from liking George and doing his best to protect him and help him to killing him in the end. This can be found on page 107 when George kills Lennie, this impacted my understanding of the story because George always wanted to protect lennie and keep him safe but at the end of the end of the story George decides to kill Lennie
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 1:40 PM
The ending Of Mice And Men is really unexpected. I would not have thought EVER that George would’ve done that. I feel this way because Lennie was his best friend. If anything I would have thought somebody would do it for him. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Candy’s dog has to be shot because it’s going to die anyways. This can be found on page 23 when his dog is about to get shot. This impacts my understanding of the story because Candy regrets not being the one who shot him. So George might’ve thought the same way about Lennie and if he let someone else do it he wouldn’t be able to live with that.

The character that changed my perspective the most from the beginning and end of the book is Candy. When I first met the character I thought he was going to be a minor character in the book that didn’t really do anything. This character influenced my understanding of the end of the book because George might’ve thought he can still have this ranch without Lennie and just Candy. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is on page 52 when George shoots Lennie. This impacts my feeling at the end of the story because George was definitely sad he wouldn’t be able to have the ranch with Lennie but he knew they could probably get it done without him. So he killed Lennie to make sure he never accidentally kills someone again.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 1:42 PM
The ending of Mice and Men is very sad and intense.I feel this way because George knows that he needs to kill Lennie before the rest of the men find him because he does not want Lennie to die in pain and unhappy. This makes the ending very intense because Lennie was like George’s best friend and he wanted him to die happily and peacefully so he knew that he would have to kill him himself. This can be found on page 52 after George has just killed Lennie when the author writes, “George shivered and looked at the gun, and then he threw it from him, back up on the bank, near the pile of old ashes.” This impacts my understanding of the story because it shows the emotions George was feeling and how shocked he was about what had just happened even though he knew it was best for Lennie.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because in the beginning of the book he seems more harsh on Lennie but in the end he shows that he only wants Lennie to be happy. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because it shows how much George cared about Lennie which only makes the ending when he needs to kill Lennie more intense. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is right before George kills Lennie.This can be found on page 52 when George is describing the land that he and Lennie were going to get and talking about all the animals and the rabbits. This impacts my understanding of the character because it shows how much George cares about Lennie because he is distracting him so he dies peacefully and is happy before he dies.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 2:07 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is sad. I feel this way because George kills Lennie for his own good and makes it peaceful for him when he dies. This can be found on page 52 when George shoots Lennie in the back of the head. This impacts my understanding of the story because it shows how much he cares for lennie

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because he always was telling Lennie what to do and what not to do and now he is doing what is best for him and to protect him. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because George is being held back by Lennie because he has to keep an eye on Lennie so he won't mess up. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is on page 52 “ Lennie turned his head. “No, Lennie. Look down there acrost the river, like you can almost see the place.” Lennie obeyed him. George looked down at the gun”
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 2:09 PM
The ending OF MICE AND MEN is unexpected because in the beginning and throughout the book George and Lennie are really close but at the ending George knows that he needs to kill lennie before the others do so that he doesn’t die in pain and unhappiness. This impacts my understanding of the book because it a very unexpected intense way of the book to end that 2 bestfriends, one of them has to kill the other so that he's not left in pain while dieing.The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because if the way that he is willing to kill his bestfriend for a good cause. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is at the ending. This can be found at the end of the story.

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Parker BraunApril 3, 2020 at 2:17 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is sad in my opinion. I feel this way because Lennie and George have been together for a very long time and for George to make the decision to shoot Lennie it must've been very hard. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George hesitates before killing Lennie. This can be found on page 52 of the PDF when George is about to do it but stops and puts the gun down before committing to it. This impacts my understanding of the story because it really concretes the idea that George truly did love Lennie.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because in the beginning George’s appreciation for Lennie seemed very forced and ungenuine but by the end we can see that he truly does love him. This character influenced my understanding of how the book ends because I can see that throughout the entire book, even in the beginning, George really did enjoy Lennie’s company. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is again on page 52 of the PDF when it says “George raised the gun and his hand shook, and he dropped his hand to the ground again.” This impacts my understanding of the story because you can tell that George is not ready to do it and that he is almost defeated and can't get himself to pull the trigger right away.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 2:20 PM

The ending Of Mice and Men takes a rough turn. It is not what many may have expected. I feel this way because George really took care of lennie. Lennie always looked up to him; they were like brothers.
A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George shoots Lennie in the back of the head. George is shocked he can't believe what he has done. This can be found on page 52

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because he always talked about how he wanted to let go of Lennie but when he thought about he felt bad.
Lennie has always had some sort of trouble because they always have to find a new home because he messes up somewhere and makes him leave the place from where they're staying. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when everybody finds Curley’s wife's’ body and when Curley says that he wanted his revenge by killing Lennie George tipped his hat down so that his eyes were barely visible. This can be found on page 47.
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Brandon BucklinApril 3, 2020 at 2:24 PM
The ending of mice and men is sad because i thought that george and lennie were close since they were cousins and they always were with each other and george always wanted to help lennie with getting a job, helping him by talking to people for him, ext. But i also know that lennie started acting up and killing a puppy and also Curley's wife which i could see why that would worry george and why he wouldn't want to be around someone who could do something so cruel.

A part of this story that makes me feel like this book was meant to be sad is when george told lennie to turn around and then shot him and killed him this impacts my understanding of the story because we know that lennie started killing stuff animals and even a person which probably worried george about what else he was capable of doing so he wanted to make sure that lennie didn't mess anything else up and make stuff worse then he already has done.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 2:47 PM
The end of Mice and Men is unexpected yet predictable. I feel this way because Lennie was always getting himself into trouble all the time, but what caught me off guard the most was when George pulled out Carlson’s luger and shot Lennie in the back of the head.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is Curley’s wife because in the being she was always called and flirt and tart but towards the end in chapter 5 she reveals how she wished she was treated differently, almost as if she was a guy, because Curley doesn’t let her talk to any guys unless he is there, even then she isn’t really allowed to speak up.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 2:48 PM
The ending Of Mice and Men is sad and predictable. I feel like this because of George. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when he kills his best friend Lennie. There were so many hints in the book like for example, On pages 105 and 106 George that took the lugar. This made me realise George was really gonna kill Lennie himself, which is very devastating, but some other things in the book indicate that George was going to have to make a tough decision like killing his best friend. This impacts my understanding of the story because in the end the author tells us how George was sick and tired of Lennie screwing things up. We know this because he killed Lennie. Lennie screwed over the job and so George decided to kill him, even though it was hard for George to kill him, I'm pretty sure he was really just sick and tired of Lennie.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George. George changed my perspective the most throughout the book because he always seemed to care about Lennie through every up and down in their journey; George was always there for him. George was also like a father to Lennie and helped him with anything he needed. Lennie didnt always make the greatest decisions; due to his disability, George was always stuck with the outcome. In the beginning I thought that George was really nice for helping with Lennie, but ever since going to the new ranch and working for Slim, George seemed different. Everytime he gets mad at Lennie, it makes me realize how much of a responsibility Lennie really is. George altered my understanding of how the book ends because it makes me realize how George could do something so horrible. Lennie didnt know he was doing anything wrong, but to George it was just common sense not to do some things. George had to do what was best for the both of them. If George didn't kill Lennie, then someone else would've, or he would have starved to death. George helped me understand the ending of the book by essentially showing small clues as to why he did it. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is at the end of the book, and can be found on page 52 when the Author writes, “And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.¨ This impacts my understanding of George because it makes me realize that all along, he's had a deep sense of fury towards Lennie.
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AnonymousApril 3, 2020 at 2:50 PM
The ending of "Of Mice and Men" was predictable but still very tense and sad. I feel this way because on George pulled out Carlson's luger and decided to shoot Lennie in the back of the head to I guess put him out of his misery before Curly got there with his shotgun. This can be shown on page 52 when he does so. This impacts my understanding of the story because George was always trying to protect Lennie from himself.
The character that has changed the most was most certainly Curlys wife. In the beginning of this book, she was seen as a flirt because of the way that she acted when she came into the bunk house. That's all shown when the guys talk about her behind closed doors, they all want to have her in bed but they cant because Curly is her husband and they would get beat. This character influenced my understanding of how this book ends because she would walk in the room and everyone would stare which could signify the fact that a girl could mess up a guys relationship with his friends which could possibly put her in danger. A part of this story makes me feel his way. This is shown in one of the earlier chapters and in chapter 5. In one of the earlier chapters she walked into the bunk house asking for Curly and the author described how all the guys turned and stared at her and after she left George warned Lennie not to interact with her at all. Then in chapter 5, she approached Lennie in the barn after he had just killed his pup and started talking to him. He tried to avoid her but she persisted on talking to him which lead to her neck being snapped by accident.
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