Chapter 5 Notes

Summarize:
     In chapter 5, a lot of things occured. The chapter starts with the setting where Lennie is cautiously sitting in the barn, upset because he had killed his new pup. Then it comes to a point where Curley's wife enters the same room as Lennie. With the understanding that George didn't want Lennie to talk or get close to her, Lennie kindly warns her that George doesn't want him doing anything with her. But with the ignorance that Curley's wife has, she doesnt pay attention to the fact that Lennie is not mentally stable, and that he is dangerous. Later on in the conversation, Lennie and Curley's wife start getting closer to eachother, and they start talking about soft things. When Curley's wife gets to a really comfortable stage around Lennie, she invites him to stroke her hair, to show how soft it was. When Lennie strokes it, it's as if he went into sudden shock and he strokes her harder and harder until he unfortunatley kills her by snapping her neck. When all the men of the farm find out they set out a hunt to kill Lennie, which is of course led by curley, but Lennie remembered to what George had said and he set out for the bush.


Reflect:
       What impacted me the most in this chapter was the fact that Lennie was so concience about Georges rules, and how he understood that if George found out he would probably let hell on him. "Oh! Please don't do that. George'll be mad," (91). Even though Lennie might not be so concience about what he is supposed to do, adn what he is expected to do, he clearly understands George and how to respect his wishes. Lennie had great fear of what George might do to him, if he found out what he had done. But he was mostly scared that George wouldn't let him tend to the rabbits in his new barn, that they were gonna own in the future.


Question:
       Through reading this chapter I only had one thing in my head, and that was "Why would George ever leave Lennie alone, knowing he was dangerous?" I honestly believe that some of the bad occurences that happened in this chapter were caused because George had left Lennie; with the faith that Lennie wouldn't do anything wrong. In the story it specifically explains that George knew that Lennie was'nt to be trusted. I don't understand that fact that George would loose sight of his own "family" knowing the condition he's in, and just leave him there on his own with this old man. I believe that George should've had more caution with Lennie knowing that he was not to be left alone.