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of mice and men

e one day when Lennie cant draw his attention away from Curleys wife. George tells Lennie to stay away from her because shes looking to start something with one of them, and Curley is looking for any reason to start anything with Lennie; and even looking at his wife would set him off. (32)As time passes George and Lennie befriend Candy, a little old man who isnt of much use around the ranch, and decide to go into business with him. George tells Candy of his and Lennies dreams, to live on the fatta the lan.. (58) The simple fact that someone else has dreams and aspirations to improve their life excites Candy out of a light slumber because he feels lost and useless around the ranch, especially since they killed his dog. Being that none of them have any family left except for each other, they plan to save up their money and buy out the ranch so theyll have something they can call their own and be proud of. In the middle of their conversation Curley comes in with Carlson and picks a fight with Lennie for laughing at him. Lennie, not knowing any better, is simply laughing because the others are laughing at Curley and proceeds to let Curley beat on him until George steps in. Under Georges orders Lennie defends himself and ends up breaking Curleys hand. Everyone in the room swears to only say that Curley got his hand stuck in one of the machines, for Curleys embarrassment and Lennies safety. (64) However, everyone on the ranch knows about Lennies unusual strength and people become suspicious and I believe they will look for anything to get rid of Lennie for their own safety purposes. During these times, people were very ignorant and did not seem to understand that Lennie did not know what he was doing. In all reality he was a five-year-old trapped in a grown mans body. He wanted to take care of things, play and work without harming a fly, but didnt know how to go about doing it without getting into trouble. From that day forward Cu...

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