nship with Lennie. He says that Lennie isnt smart, but is friendly.Carlson enters and continues to pressure Candy to allow him to kill his dog. Candy gives in when Slim joins in the argument. Later, he overhears George and Lennie talking about their dream and asks to be part of it, offering to advance half of the money they need. Curley joins and begins to hit Lennie. Lennie then doesnt want to fight back until George tells him to. Lennie grabs Curley's hand and then breaks it by accident.Later that night, George and most of the other ranch hands are visiting a whorehouse. Lennie enters the room of the outcast, Crooks. At first, Crooks doesnt like this invasion of privacy, but eventually, Lennie befriends him. Crooks described the difficulties of discrimination at the ranch, while Lennie tells him about the dream he, George, and Candy share. When Candy enters and speaks of his offer to make the dream a reality, Crooks wants to join them. Curley's wife, looking for company, enters the room. Crooks and Candy argue with her, but she gets up to Lennie. She leaves when George enters the room. George does not like the fact that Crooks is a part of their dream now.The next afternoon, all of the trouble George predicted begins to come true. Lennie had just broken his puppys neck by petting it too much. Soon, Curleys wife enters his room, and after learning that Lennie likes touching soft things, she tells him to touch her hair. Curleys wife thinks that Lennie is going to mess up her hair, so she tells him to let go. She yells, but Lennie does not let go. Lennie panics, accidentally breaking her neck, just like the puppy. After Lennie goes away, Candy finds the Curleys wifes body. He tells George that their dream will still be possible without Lennie. He asks Candy to give him a few minutes head start before telling the others. In that time, George steals Carlson's gun - the same one used to kill Candy's dog. George enters the barn with ...
