Picking up this novel and reading the first two sections I did not think I was going to enjoy reading this book. After getting pass Lennie and George leaving and arriving at their new job the book started to come into its own. I could not stop reading it. Curley’s wife’s characteristics bothered me throughout the whole story. Marriage is supposed to be dedication and if Curley’s wife was dedicated then why was she so flirtatious toward the other men at the farm? I couldn’t believe that Lennie killed the puppy that Slim had given him to willingly after George confessed the true story about both of them. Then Curley’s wife comes into the barn to talk to Lennie. I guess I was glad that she finally confessed to someone that she did not really love Curley and she wishes that she had followed her dream of becoming a movie star. I never really understood why Lennie tells her that he loves petting soft things, because it would eventually just lead to trouble. Or why she offers to let him feel her hair. I was just about to jump into the book when I read that he grabbed her hair to tightly and accidentally broke her neck, because I finally thought things were changing with the characters.
Going back to the beginning where George told Lennie to meet him at the brush where they slept that first night before coming into the new job. Lennie goes to the river that George had chosen as a meeting place if either of them should get into trouble. As the men back at the ranch are discovering what has happened they form a search party. Knowing right away, Georges goes and meets Lennie. Confusing Lennie, Georges acts as if he is not mad at him for doing “a bad thing.” As George begins to tell Lennie the story of the farm they will have together, he describes the rabbits that Lennie will be able to pet. As both Lennie and George here the other men approaching they get quiet. Surprisingly out of know where George pulls out a gun and shoots Lennie! As the other men arrive George...