Summary: I the final chapter in Of Mice and Men Lennie goes to the bush where he is supposed to go if he ever got in trouble. When he was there he had visions of his Aunt Clara and a giant bunny. They told him that he was a bad boy and that George does so much for him and he does nothing in return. Then he saw George come to him. He told George to tell him about how they are poor and have no family but each other and how will get the farm. Lennie keeps telling him to go on about the farm. As this is happening George gets the gun out of Lennie's pocket because he told him to look across the lake and Lennie listens to him. The last words Lennie heard were,"Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta." (pg 106).
Questions: In the last few pages George goes over to Lennie in the bush and shoots him. Why did George do that? He loved him didn't he? Did he shoot him because the guys told him to? Why did he not cry or have emotion when he was prepping for this? Why? George and Lennie were best friends. I can't believed he did that!
Reflection: "And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger." (pg 106.) When they said these words I was in shock. I couldn't get over the fact that George was going to kill Lennie. I believe Steinbeck wrote this book to show different aspects from the 1930's. For example, racism, how poor the people were, and how hard it was to have a family and provided for them. Racism is a big theme that is shown through the story. Crooks was left out because he was black and Lennie was left out because he was mentally ill. Overall I thought the story was excellent. It was a nice story about two men who were trying to find a job and keep it, but with a twisted ending. It was a great book. There isn't much to change about the story to make it better. I would just add something in the end to say what happened with George and everybody else.
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