Blog #5: Lennie's hallucination

Lennie's hallucination was one of the most significant events in Of Mice and Men. When Lennie first came to take a drink at the Salinas River, he suddenly started having a hallucination of her Aunt Clara. Aunt Clara was the first woman he ever saw, and was a very important person to Lennie. She describes how George has always taken care of Lennie such as giving "half or more'n half" (101) of a pie to him. Aunt Clara also says about George, "if they was any ketchup, why he'd give it all to you (101). Aunt Clara's message to Lennie in his hallucination shows that George does so much to take care of Lennie, but all he does is do bad things. Lennie's last hallucination was a gigantic rabbit. This gigantic rabbit represents Lennie's main dream of tending the rabbits. This rabbit told Lennie how George would never let Lennie tend the rabbits, and how George would beat Lennie and leave him. This hallucination represents how Lennie's dream of tending the rabbits cannot come true because of all the bad things he did. This event was very significant for showing how Lennie has faced many conflicts with himself and others, and yet cannot make his dream come true.

OMAM ending Explanation

           Hey guys. I'm happy to have finished Of Mice and Men and I really enjoyed reading the book. Today I am here to talk about the ending of the story. After Lennie commits grievous actions throughout his life and on the ranch, his actions catch up to him. After killing Curley's wife and running away, he has a hallucination. In it, there is a huge rabbit scolding him for all he has done. The rabbit persecutes, "Tend rabbits. You crazy bastard. You ain't fit to lick the boots of no rabbit. You'd forget 'em and let 'em go hungry. That's what you'd do. And then what would George think." I think this rabbit symbolizes all Lennie's mistakes and regrets and is trying to make Lennie feel more bad about it. Lennie still believes that George will forgive him for what he has done, but this is the last straw. After the hallucination George confronts Lennie. I believe George loves Lennie but has to let him go after killing Curley's wife. George soothingly states, "We'll have a cow. An' we'll have maybe a pig an' chickens...an' down the flat we'll have a... little piece alfalfa-." I believe the reason why George says this is because he wants to be at peace of mind after taking Lennie's life. It is obviously difficult for George to kill Lennie, but Even with Lennie gone, their dream will still be alive. Thank you for your time on my final blog for Of Mice and Men.

OMAM Part 5/6 Blog

Hello, today I'm going to be talking about how George had to kill Lennie because of Lennie killing Curley's wife and killing the pup. He killed the pup by smacking it too hard. Lennie kills Curley's wife when he was stroking her hair. Curley's wife shouted saying let go of her hair and Lennie panicked and had a very tight grip on her hair. He then puts a hand on her mouth. She tries to break free and yell for help, which causes Lennie to get angry. You can tell from this dialogue, "I don't want you to yell. You gonna get me in trouble jus' like George says  you will."  He starts getting more aggressive and  puts her in a choke hold which then snaps her neck. And in Part 6, George has to find Lennie and kill him for what he did. 

Blog 5 - last one [sad violin music] the American Dream

I think that the American Dream was an extremely prevalent theme in the book Of Mice and Men because many of the scenes have the American Dream in it. A big scene was when Candy, Lenny, and George talk about how they are going to own their own property and grow their own food and have rabbits. Lenny said that "[He] gonna take[his] pups." What they were dreaming about was the American Dream. It is the 2,660 square foot house, the 2.1 cats and the neatly mowed lawn that with enough work and effort, everyone could achieve. The American Dream was a big part of the story from when George and Lennie talked about it with Candy, and when they talked about it with Crooks. The American Dream is the idea that hard work can bring happiness in life. Basically the idea of Capitalism, the idea that property is privately owned and people can start businesses to achieve their American Dream. George, Candy, and Lenny were trying to work for money to buy their private plot of land and achieve their American Dream especially in hard times such as the Great Depression. During this time, people lost hope and didn't dream to do anything. This is portrayed in the story as George, a realistic person who had little hope for the future. Lennie is the character who is always looking towards the future as is seen when he always would think about rabbits. Today, the American Dream still exists, prompting immigrants to work hard to achieve their goals like the many immigrants who left their home countries to go to college in America. People such as Hillary Clinton back in 2008 proposed an American Dream plan for the country when she was running for primaries and Barack Obama further helped people achieve their american dream by creating the Affordable Care Act which provides poor people with healthcare (Obamacare). Also, our current president, Donald Trump is another symbol of how the American Dream is still prevalent today; anything can happen if you work hard enough and are determined enough. Donald Trump worked incredibly hard to build up his real-estate empire he now owns today and he had worked hard enough to even become president (not supporting sides or anything). The author of the book portrayed the American Dream extremely well because many people were working towards a goal of prosperity through hard work such as George and Lennie, despite their odds, kept working towards their goal until, unfortunately, George had to kill Lennie.

Lennie's Death

At the end of the book, two significant deaths happened. One was Curley's wife. The other was Lennie. At first when read, one might think that George killed Lennie to get him over with. Lennie died because of "the trap". Had Curley's wife not been so snooty and nosey, both of them would still be alive, living somewhat happy lives. But, she was selfish, and she cost herself and Lennie their lives. Once Curley found out about his wife, he was furious. He was going to go kill Lennie, painfully. On the other hand, George wanted to save Lennie. He could have done so many other things, but this was the safest for both of them. He had to kill Lennie. Lennie had done nothing wrong, this whole thing was all Curley's wife's fault.

Overall I think that his hallucination is all of his built up guilt and inner turmoil. His Aunt Clara says, "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". Lennie then replies by saying, "I tried, Aunt Clara, ma'am. I tried and tried. I couldn help it". This is showing how Lennie is full of guilt. Because is own self conscious is scolding himself about his actions this proves how he feels guilty. He feels the need to scold himself on things that he did. The turmoil is represented in the way the he says he tried. There are two sides to his own argument.

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For my last blog I'll be talking about how Curley's wife chose Lennie to confess her life secret to. The major reason she chose Lennie is because he doesn't pay attention. With Lennie you are judgement free because the only thing he really cares about is the rabbits and how he's going to pet them until content. As Curleys wife literally spills herself to Lennie he interrupts her saying "We gonna have a little place-an' rabbits" (88). This shows how wound up in a dream he is and how innocent he can be. All he cares about is petting nice things.