In Class we watched two movies based on a book we read called Of Mice and Men. Both of the movies were very similar to the book. In I was able to hear exact lines from the book in the two movies.In the book and in the second movie Curley’s wife was not given a name. She was not given a name to symbolize that she was nothing more than a possession of Curley. Curley’s wife was given a name in the first movie. Her name was May. I think that the first movie we watched best depicted her because of the way she dressed.Lennie was not much different between the book and the two movies. However I think that Lennie’s disability was best depicted in the second movie. I think this because in the second movie they used a mentally challenged actor for Lennie’s character. I think Lennie’s size was best depicted in the first movie. I liked Curley best in the first movie. In that movie the actor who played him really looked the part. He looked like the sniveling little weasel that he really is. The clothes fit the part and the mustache added a little bit of villainy to the character. The second movie also did a very good job of depicting him. I do not think the book did a good job on describing Curley.I think the second movie did the best rendering of Crooks. In the second movie it was very obvious that he had a crooked back. The book and the two movies all did a good job of showing Crooks’s loneliness. The incident in Weed was portrayed differently in the book and the two movies. In the book the incident in weed was only talked about. The first movie started out with Lennie and George running away from the group who were trying to catch them. The second movie started out with the girl in the red dress running away from Lennie. The incident I Crook’s room was pretty much the same with the book and the first movie. It started out with Lennie going in because he saw a light. Then Candy went in a...
