Chapter 5 Notes

Question: pg. 98
Candy and George had found the dead body of Curley's wife and told all of the other workers. Now they all are going to look for Lennie and most probably kill him.
Why wouldn't George not want to help Lennie and get him away even though he knows Curley is going to kill him?

Prediction: pg 98
I predict that Curley will find Lennie and shoot him before George can do anything about it or the police will find him and shoot him because he's pretty dangerous even though he never means any harm

Summary:
In Chapter 5 Lennie starts out in the barn grieving for the little puppy that he killed because he pet it too hard. The Curley's wife comes in and sits next to him. When she starts talking to him he immediately puts his gaurd up and tells her that he can't talk to her. She starts ranting about how she's so lonely and she can't talk to anybody and then about how she could've been a big movie star or worked in a famous show. Lennie doesn't listen to her at all and just keeps talking to her abot the rabbits and finally she asks what he's talking about. He says that he talks about rabbits because they are soft. She strokes her hair and tells him to pet it too. He starts to ruin her hair and she yells at him. He panicks and holds on and then puts his hands on her mouth and neck. While trying to shut her up he kills her.