Chapter 4 Notes

Summary: In chapter 4 Lennie goes to visit Crooks.  He was looking at his pup, but not petting him.  When he saw the light in Crooks house he went to the door way and stood there.   "'You got no right to in my room.  This here's my room.  Nobody got any right in here but me.'"(pg).  He starts talking to Lennie about what he would if George didn't come back.  Lennie didn't like it so he started talking about the bunnies he was gonna have soon. Candy also joins that conversation.  Later into their conversation Curley's wife comes in looking for Curley.  They tell her that they don't know where he is.  When she doesn't leave Candy starts to giver her an attitude.  She then back fires because she has something big against Candy that he doesn't want to get.

Questions: In the chapter Crooks doesn't like the fact that Lennie and Candy came into his room.  He is upset because of racism.  Is he scared that people are only pretending to be nice to him so that way they can turn their backs on him later? Does he have trust issues? Did something happen in his past that cause such trauma to not trusting anyone? Did he do something to someone and is scared that someone will find out?

Prediction: I predict that George will get hurt when coming back to the bunkhouse.  Lennie wouldn't know what happened and get scared. Then he would blame what happened to George on Crook.  I believe this because Crook was asking Lennie what he would if he got hurt or never came back.  I think Steinbeck was trying to foreshadow the future of the story.