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.