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  • Essay / A chapter analysis of Mice and Men - 992

    Of Mice and Men: Chapter 1: Lennie and George went to work on a farm to become ranchers. They started at Weed. While traveling, they decided to spend a night in the woods. Lennie went to get some wood so they could start a fire to cook their 3 cans of beans for supper. They were traveling so they didn't have much with him and they probably didn't have much money either because they had never been able to hold down a job. George told Lennie it was because of him. When Lennie returned, he came back not with firewood but a dead mouse. George wasn't very happy, so he took Lennie's mouse and threw it into the woods. It depicts the setting – sensory/imagery Chapter 2: The next day, Lennie and George head to the ranch bunkhouse, where they are. greeted by Candy, an aging “swamp” or handyman, who has lost his right hand. The dormitory is a no-frills building where the men sleep on “burlaps” and keep their few possessions in apple crates nailed to the walls. George is dismayed to find a box of lice powder in his bunk, but Candy assures him that he is not likely to be infested, since the man who slept there before George was remarkably clean. George asks about the boss, and Candy reports that although the boss was angry because George and Lennie didn't arrive the night before as he expected, he can be a "pretty nice guy". Candy talks about how the boss gave the men a gallon of whiskey for Christmas, which immediately impresses George. Chapter 3: At the end of the workday, Slim and George return to the dormitory. Slim has agreed to give one of the puppies to Lennie, and George thanks him for his kindness, insisting that Lennie is "dumb as hell", but is neither crazy nor evil. Damn a...... middle of paper ......zed that white people/Blacks and whites are civilized.Bernice cuts hair: 11/22/13A lot of women would go to this club and dance. Once people saw them dancing, they had the opportunity to buy them. Bernice and Marjorie's relationship was that Marjorie found her so pretty. She decided to try to help Bernice follow the same path. She was jealous of everything Marjorie had. Marjorie was the one all the boys wanted. Marjorie didn't really think about other people's feelings. She only knew one thing: popularity. She wasn't used to being social with people who "weren't like her." Honestly, I don't think one person should be like another. To be yourself is to be unique in your own way. It’s what defines you to make you. For the most part, though, I think they were kind to each other and understanding...