Blog Response #3 - Of Mice and Men Chpts 5 & 6

February 19, 2019

Review your JOTS for chapters 5 & 6. Then, complete the following:

How did we get here?

Although on the surface the story’s ending may seem shocking, a deeper
analysis reveals that the final scenes are actually aligned with everything
we have learned about the characters throughout the entire work.

Part 1: How do you interpret the ending?

What are your general reactions and why do you feel that way?

Part 2: What character has most changed your perspective?

Compare the character from the beginning to the end of the book.
What have you learned about that character?
How has that influenced your understanding of how the book ends?

Don’t forget to include textual evidence somewhere in your comment!

Possible Sentence Frames for Blog #3

Part 1:

The ending of Of Mice and Men is…

I feel this way because…

(If you would like to include evidence here)...
A part of the story that makes me feel this way is…
This can be found on page ____ when…
This impacts my understanding of the story by/because...

Part 2:

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end

of the book is… because….

This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because…

(If you would like to include evidence here)...
A part of the story that makes me feel this way is…
This can be found on page ____ when…
This impacts my understanding of the story/character by/because...

REPLIES - DAY 2: Read through the posted blog comments. Reply to TWO: one you agree with and one that you disagree with and/or can followup with a clarifying question. Clearly explain why you agree or disagree with the author of the blog comment AND/OR explain your question in detail.

Comments

AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 8:11 AM
The ending of mice and men is very shocking to me because I thought that Lennie and George were going to meet up at that spot and disappear to another job like they have done before but It did not even come close to that. I felt that George even though he puts up with Lennie a ton I think he should have just sent him away to another job to go and live by himself not to just kill him.

The character that most changed my perspective from start to finish was Curley's wife because in the beginning it seem like she is just a terrible person and everyone thinks she is hitting on everyone. But towards the end on page 90 when she says “but you're a kinda nice fella jus’ like a big baby but a person can see kinda what you mean when i'm doin my hair sometimes.” That changed my feeling on her because she was not only talking to him about his look she was getting to know him and understand his feelings so I think that she was just misinterpreted at the start of the book. This changed how I viewed the end of the book because it made all of the characters show their true colors.

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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 8:21 AM
I wasn't completely surprised about the ending, from what has happened throughout the story and with our background knowledge I had the feeling like something bad was bound to happen sooner or later. I'm more shocked at the fact that George is the one who killed Lennie and not someone else. You can tell that George is upset about killing Lennie because on page 104 Georges voice shakes when he talks to Lennie. You can also tell when on page 106 when it says “The hand shook violently” showing that George is nervous or feeling guilty or maybe even unsure about what he's about to do. Also on page 107 it talks about how George is almost talking in a whisper, and usually that is a sign that someone is upset about something, in this case it's George about killing Lennie.
George in the beginning of the story protects Lennie and makes sure Lennie stays out of trouble and sticks around no matter what happens, making us believe that George will do anything for Lennie. Towards the end of the story George realizes that he can't help Lennie anymore and that he can't keep Lennie around if he wants a normal, good life. We know that George cares about Lennie no matter how much Lennie got into trouble, but at the end of the story we learn that despite how much George cares about Lennie, George decides he has to do what's best to keep himself out of trouble and get the land and life that he wants so badly. It makes me think of George like he just wants a life and he feels trapped or stuck with Lennie in the way, so he makes himself think that killing Lennie is the best thing to do.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 8:22 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is very eerie. I feel this way because throughout the book, the tone was mostly the same. The part of the book that makes me feel this way is from page 85 to the end, where Lennie kills a dog, Curley’s wife, then later is shot by George. This impacts my understanding of the story because I always thought of Lennie as a nice guy who never meant to do any harm. Once he started to kill things, I knew that even though he may not try to hurt people of things, he is still dangerous to himself and the people around him.
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning of the story is George because in the beginning, I thought he was kind of mean to Lennie (even though he was protecting him). After we started to learn more about Lennie, it made sense why he George was so grouchy. This character influences my understanding of the book because George showed us that even though he cared for Lennie for a long time, and liked having him with him, he still did what was right to protect everyone around them.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 8:47 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is very sad
I feel this way because Lennie trusted George and George turned his back on him.
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because you would of never expected George to kill Lennie.
This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because Lennie and George were so close and George always hipped Lennie up about their own farm and the rabbits. I mean yes it was terrible for Lennie to kill Curley's wife, but in his defence he didn’t even mean to, he just didn’t wanna get in trouble.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 8:49 AM
The ending of Men and Mice was, shocking but predictable. I felt little emotion at Lennie’s death. He didn’t deserve the fate he got, being killed by his closest friend, his brother in a way.
I feel this way because he didn’t mean to kill Curley's wife, but if he had been more calm and dealt with Curley's wife's anger, neither he nor she would be 6-feet under.
A part of this story that makes me feel this way is on page 106:
And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought it to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.
This impacts my understanding of the story because it adds a lot of emotion to a death scene, that could have been avoided if Lennie had ran off into the day, never to be seen again.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 8:54 AM
Chapter 5/6
In the ending of Of mice and men is shocking because George ending up killing Lennie because he killed Curley's wife and a puppy.
I feel shocked that George was the one that killed Lennie I would have thought that Curley would kill Lennie for killing Curley's wife but I guess not.
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end
of the book is George because in the beginning he was like im never going to leave you then at the end of the book he just kills Lennie.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 8:57 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is an terrifying and horrible ending.
I feel this way because it was shocking and surprised to get dark.A part of the story that makes me feel this way is because Lennie killed Curley’s wife by mistake and George killed Lennie because Curley made a killed mob and trying to find the killer.
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end
of the book is Lennie because in the beginning he was a innocent guy who acts like a child and when we getting deeper in the book he killed a puppy and Curley wife by accident and now he was feeling sorry for what he did but instead George killed Lennie and he felt so ashamed for what he did and feel like that for the rest of his life.

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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 9:02 AM
The ending of Of Mice And Men is depressing but not shocking. I feel this way because Lennie is so innocent. He is a big guy but he really doesn’t know any better. He’s like a dude child. A part of this story that made me feel this way can be found on page 85 where it says, “..Now he won’t let me.’ He rocked himself back and forth in his sorrow.” This impacts my understanding of the story because Lennie is a dude child who kills. It’s bad enough to have a regular child who kills (not that I have any kids but like in movies ya know?) imagine having a huge wreck it ralph looking guy child who kills. This is why I don’t want kids or new friends. If I had a kid who killed anything I’d disown them. #NottodaySatan #Nonewfriends
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is Curley’s wife because I used to think she was a whore and now she ends up dying before we even got to see things from her perspective and we never heard her inner thinking. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because the author let’s us know in the beginning that a girl was an issue before so we kind of inferred that Curley’s wife would be a problem in the future. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when she was telling Lennie that she doesn’t like Curley and that she could’ve had a better life if she hadn’t married him. This impacts my understanding of the character because it kinda tells us why she acts the way she does. Now I feel bad for her because she’s stuck with some dude she doesn’t even like. #Boysarestupid.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 9:03 AM
The ending Of Mice And Men was very shocking in my opinion but if you really look at the clues early in the story you can tell that Lennie is going to get in serious trouble because he doesn't act well under pressure and with all of these guys picking fights with Lennie and Curley's wife going around trying to flirt with Lennie and him finding himself looking for help in every situation he gets himself into like killing the puppy and then talking to Curley's wife an example is on page 83 “Lennie said softly to the puppy “ why do you got to get killed?’ you ain't so little as mice i didn't bounce you hard”. I feel like Lennie changed the story for me the most because in the beginning you can already tell he cant take care of himself and needs other peoples help but going towards the end of the book he is starting to be more independent, he tries to raise a puppy on his own and tend the rabbits on his future dream farm. Through the whole story we learn that Lennie can't help himself under pressure and looks for help every time. This influenced my feeling at the ending of the story because he is just trying to help people but instead hurts people and doesn't even realize it until it's too late, an example of this can be found on page “ she screamed then , and Lennie's other hand closed over her mouth and nose “ please don’t he begged” “George gonna say i done a bad thing”. This is Lennie acting in a panic and worrying about the rabbits and what George will think of him.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 9:05 AM
This ending, oh my goodness this ending.
The ending to Of Mice and Men was sad and surprising to me. I wasn't expecting George to shoot Lennie, but it turns out he did. A character that really changed my perspective was George. Because in the beginning of the book, even though George absolutely loathe Lennie for his acts and his mentality, but George wanted to keep him safe. Up until the end of the book at page 105 when George finds Lennie by the pond, and is about to shoot Lennie. He starts to talk to Lennie about the farm that was never meant to be for them. “George raised the gun and his hand shook, and he dropped his hand to the ground again.
‘Go on.’ Said Lennie. ‘How’s it gonna be? We gonna get a little place.’
‘We’ll have a cow,’ said George. ‘An’ we’ll have maybe a pig an’ chickens… an’ down the flat we’ll have a… little piece alfalfa-’
‘For the rabbit’s.’ Lennie shouted.
‘For the rabbit’s.’ George repeated.’ And after that, we all know what happens next…

George really changed my perspective on him, at first I thought he was this normal guy who had a mutual respect for Lennie. Because he really hated Lennie, but at the same time George wanted to Protect Lennie. But once George realized that Lennie was a hazard not only to George and the other people on the ranch, but Lennie was a hazard to himself too. So George joined the lynch mob and killed Lennie. So again, George changed my perspective because I thought he was this normal guy protecting Lennie, but then he changed to this guy who finally realized that his friend was really a monster, and George had to get rid of that monster. And that monster was Lennie all along.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 9:11 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is weird. I feel this way because towards the ending because Lennie starts talking to his aunt Clara and then a gigantic rabbit. This can be found on page 101-102 when the author says “And when she spoke, it was in Lennie’s voice. “I tol’ you an’ tol’ you,” she said. “I tol’ you, ‘Min’ George because he’s such a nice fella an’ good to you.’ But you don’t never take no care. You do bad things.” And Lennie answered her, “I tried, Aunt Clara, ma’am. I tried and tried. I couldn’t help it.” “You never give a thought to George,” she went on in Lennie’s voice. “He been doin’ nice things for you alla time. When he got a piece of pie you always got half or more’n half. An’ if they was any ketchup, why he’d give it all to you.” “I know,” said Lennie miserably. “I tried, Aunt Clara, ma’am. I tried and tried.” This impacts my understanding of the story because throughout the whole story it never has Lennie hallucinate or talk to someone or something that’s not really there.
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because in the beginning it shows that George clearly cares about Lennie and everything that happens to him, George shows it more and more throughout the story. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George and Lennie talk by the river for the last time. This can be found on page 104 when the author says “Lennie looked eagerly at him. “Go on, George. Ain’t you gonna give me no more hell?” “No,” said George. “Well, I can go away,” said Lennie. “I’ll go right off in the hills an’ find a cave if you don’ want me.” George shook himself again. “No,” he said. “I want you to stay with me here.” This impacts my understanding of the character because even though we knew that George cared about Lennie it shows more because even after everything that Lennie has put George through he still wants to be by Lennie’s side for as long as he can.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 9:12 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is very sad and shocking to me. I feel this way because George has always been pretty patient with Lennie, understood his mistakes, and defended him from people who were upset with him about what he did, and you could tell he obviously didn’t want to shoot Lennie but he did it anyway. A part of the story that shows George is upset about what he has to do to Lennie is shown in chapter 6 on the bottom of page 106, “And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steaded.” This impacts my understanding of the story because I thought that George would defend Lennie through anything, but this time he agreed that Lennie was a danger and was actually the one to kill him.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning of the book to the end is George because in the beginning, you could tell he was kind of irritated that he couldn’t do whatever he wanted because he had to hang around with Lennie. But in the middle of the book, he seems sort of whatever about it and eventually he defends Lennie whenever someone is mean to him, he doesn’t pick on him anymore, and says good things about him to everyone whenever they have doubts. George influences my understanding of how the book ends because I feel that he shot Lennie to protect him. I feel like he knew that this wouldn’t be the last time that something bad happened and he thought it would be better if Lennie didn’t have to constantly deal with running away from everyone.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 9:12 AM
It’s been a long journey in this book of mice and men, George and Lennie's journey has finally gotten to an end. Everything makes sense on how they got there, Georges too strict rules caused Lenny to panic and do what he did, Lennie isn’t gentle at all. Lenny is too strong and caused problems for George. You could tell he would do something bad to Curley's wife because of how he looked at her so much and his previous experience with a girl. We learned that George really does care about Lennie even if he doesn’t show it too much, so it was very hard for George to do what he did to Lenny.

The ending for me was very strange and not very fulfilling to me, it just left some things unknown to me. Once George killed Lennie the rest of the guys come in and don't really help. The dream just sorta dies and is left alone. Other characters aren't shown to well and their reactions aren’t shown, I liked the story but the ending for me just wasn’t enough. On the last page they just tell him to drink it off like it was nothing. “Come on, George. Me an’ you’ll go in an’ get a drink.” Just shows they kinda shrug it off. I liked the build up and how Lennie’s guilt was shown through a hallucination. I felt just mixed about the ending since things weren’t completely finished but I still liked the story.

The character who changed the most for me was George, we was a more crabby and swift man. But he later turned into a bit more of a compassionate man and his true feelings were shown. George was never truly mean, nor was he really mad with Lennie. But he had to so he could sorta discipline Lennie. George in a way was like a father for Lennie, had to be tough with him but really cared about him. In the end George found out just how much he needed and cared about Lennie when the moment to kill him came. When he truly lost Lennie is when he learned how special he was, even when Lennie made his life much harder than it should have been.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 9:15 AM
The ending of Of Mice And Men is very surprising because after Lennie killed Curley’s wife and the guys were talking about shooting Lennie I was very shocked that George was the one to do it.I feel this way because on page 106 the author says “The hand shook violently but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.” “George shivered and looked at the gun.” This would show that george was really scared about killing Lennie. That's the part that really surprised me because I was not expecting George to be the one to kill him.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is Curley’s wife because in the beginning of the book I just thought that she had just wanted to flirt with all of the guys but really all she wanted was someone to talk to. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because after talking to Lennie I realized that she never wanted to be with Curley because he was very controlling and never let her talk to anyone else all she ever wanted to do was be a movie star but that never happened.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 9:15 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is maddening. I feel this way because why did George have shot Lennie he should of made 1 of the other guy shot him.

A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George shot Lennie. This can be found on page 48 of the pdf when the author writes “he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger”. This impacts my understanding of the story by I thought that they were friends.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because he is the caretaker at the beginning but at the end he kills Lennie. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because I thought that George would protect Lennie.

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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 9:57 AM
The ending of Mice and Men is in a way shocking to me but also not. I feel this way because at the beginning of the book George says that it’s always gonna be him and Lennie and promises that they are gonna always have each other. This can be found on page 14 when Lennie says “Because… because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” Through the whole book we get the impression that George is always going to look after Lennie and it will always be the two of them. But, at the end of the book it shocks me that George shoots and kills Lennie because I thought George would always look out for Lennie. Although this surprises me at the same time it doesn't. George knew that if Curley found Lennie first he was going to make him suffer and going to make the pain last as long as it could. So, George went and found Lennie and killed him before Curley could so that Lennie would not have to suffer and he got killed with as little pain as possible.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of this book is Curley’s wife because at the beginning I just thought of her as a women who only wanted to use her looks to get the other guys attention. Through the book we start to see more of who she is as a person and why she is always around the other guys. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Crooks, Lennie, candy, and Curley’s wife are in Crook’s room. She says that she only wants to be the guys for company, she says Curley is never around so she has nobody to talk to. She wants company. Although I still do not completely like Curley’s wife my perspective on her has changed from the beginning to end of the book.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 10:00 AM
The ending of Mice and Men is very frustrating, I feel this way because after all they went through George just gave up on Lennie. This can be found on page 52 of the pdf when it says “The hand shook violently but his face set and his hands steadied. He pulled the trigger.” This changes my perspective on George because I thought he was a good person who always put others first.
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end is George because at first it seemed like he was only taking care of Lennie along because he was too big to do anything about it even if he wanted to but overtime it started to seem like he really cared about him but in the end none of that was true and Lennie was nothing but a burden.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 10:04 AM
The end of 'Of Mice and Men' is mind boggling to say the least. Steinbeck had me thinking one way about everything, then throwing me for loop with the ending. But I think it is the most positive thing that could have happened to Lennie. Lennie was going to die no matter what happened. But if Curley had got to Lennie first he would have made Lennie's death last as long as possible and as painful as possible. Curley was mad already before his wife died. I mean he was publicly destroyed by Lennie. Add the death of his wife to that he goes from mad to absolutely livid. I think George was protecting Lennie by killing him this way, I think he truly cared for Lennie. When he says on page 106 of the book "'No' George said. 'No, Lennie I ain't mad. I never been mad that's the thing I want ya to know" I think he really meant this. He loved Lennie. He was protecting Lennie from Curley.

One character that changed my perspective from beginning to end was George because at the beginning of the book he seemed very bitter about keeping Lennie around, but when he mentioned leaving George told him not to. At the time I thought this might be because he thought he owed debt to Aunt Clara who watched after them when they were younger, and he felt he owed it to her to take care of him. But as the story goes on my thoughts changed and George shows true compassion for Lennie. At the end of the story and George is preparing to shoot him, he is very clearly having trouble pulling himself to pull the trigger. It's said that hes shaking. But he shoots him because he cares about Lennie and he knows this is best and he is protecting him from Curley.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 10:06 AM
The ending of 'Of Mice And Men' is a bit unpredictable to me because I thought George was just gonna let Lennie run away for good and tell everyone else the truth. On page 102, Lennie's hallucination of a giant rabbit told him “Well he's sick of you, He's gonna beat the hell outta you an’ then go away an’ leave you”. Lennie was thinking that George was gonna leave him behind but instead George said on page 103 when Lennie asked if he was gonna leave him, George said No. This gave lots of hope for Lennie thinking that George would never leave him by having George tell him the dream farm they would have and how he could tend rabbits. On page 106, George told Lennie “You…an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t nobody gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em.” but in reality George had to shoot him for his own good because Lennie would have died either way. If he ran off without George, he would most likely die of starvation or get caught doing something he shouldn't have done. And if Lennie stayed in the brush, he would have died when the rest of the people on the ranch would have came down there and found him.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 10:06 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is sad but honestly doesn’t make me very empathetic. I sound like a horrible person for saying that but it was going to happen to Lennie one way or another. You have three possible outcomes because of the circumstances placed. The first outcome is George gets back and decides to leave with Lennie and go to another ranch to work on and completely forget about what happened, but the problem with this is that they would have to move again because eventually Lennie would do something again. The second outcome could be George lets the other guys take care of it and Curley would kill Lennie in the most horrifying way possible. He says “I’ll kill that big son-of-a-bitch myself. I’ll shoot him in the guts” and this is no easy death. Lennie would slowly bleed out while Curley does whatever else he wanted to do. So George killing Lennie actually saved Lennie from a lot of pain and suffering. The third outcome is the one that actually happened. George found Lennie first and after a tear-jerking story shot him in the back of the head. Even though this is extremely sad this is the best circumstance that could’ve happened, and therefore I do not feel empathy, Lennie had almost gotten them killed when they had a lynch mob on them in the beginning so this also makes it better off for George as well.

A character that changed my perspective was Candy. At the beginning when we first meet him he’s a really nice guy and he stays that way throughout most of the book, but at the end he’s still thinking about the rabbits and the farm he stumbles upon Curley's wife's dead body. After a few questions with no reply from the corpse he finds out that she is dead. He tells George and they already know that Lennie did it. After that he basically says forget Lennie and starts asking George “You an’ me can get that little place George, can’t we, George?” Because he knows Lennie’s not going to make it through and the kind and caring Candy seems to not care about Lennie anymore, doesn’t try and defend him, doesn’t try and help him, he just forgets about Lennie and starts imagining life on the ranch without him.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 10:09 AM
The end of Mice and Men was very shocking to me when Lennie was hoping to go to another job but it didn’t come close to him living on his own. I feel like Lennie had no idea that he was going to kill Curley’s wife. I feel like George did the right thing by killing Lennie because you would never know when something else could happen again.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because in the beginning when Lennie was petting the dead rat George was treating Lennie like he was his child and that he was going to have his back forever but I guess that was a lie and was never going to happen. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because if someone were to kill someone that they should be punished as well and or killed for it so that they know what it feels like.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 10:10 AM

The ending Of Mice and Men was a huge shock for everyone it seems. But, if we look closely at some of the previous scenes from early on in the book it seems we get little hints that something like this would happen. Like how on pages 44 and 45 when Carlson is trying to convince Candy to kill his dog because of how useless he is. Candy repeatedly says he don’t wanna kill him because he’s had him too long and talks about how he was the best sheep herder he’s ever had, but ends up letting Carlson shoot him in the end because he knows it’s what’s best for him. This is similar to how George is with Lennie. Despite the fact he gives him a lot of problems he keeps him around. George praises Lennie for his strength and how hard he works to everyone on the ranch. Although he clearly cares a great deal for Lennie and doesn’t want him hurt, he shoots him in the end because that’s what’s best for him.

My reaction to the ending was, obviously, shock. When they formed the group to hunt down Lennie I never expected George to be the one to kill him. My prediction was that Curley would find him and try to kill him but George would intervene and Lennie would get away. So when George showed up and shot him I didn’t want to believe it.

A character that has changed my perspective was Curley’s wife. When she was explaining to Lennie on pages 88 and 89 about how she could’ve been a star and rich it changed how I saw her a bit, not in a good way. My first opinion on her was that she was a spoiled girl that didn’t care about anyone but her. In the end, my opinion didn’t change a whole lot, it made sense why she never seemed to be happy, she didn’t have the life she wanted. She settled for Curely, but admitted to not loving him. This made me angry that she would do that to Curley and made me think she was a selfish girl that didn’t care if she hurt anyone. This changed how I saw the ending. When Lennie killed her I felt a little remorse for thinking bad about her, but when Lennie was killed her it the remorse went away. I think that Curley’s wife paid the price for all the things she done when she was killed, but Lennie was killed because of an accident, which I think was unfair. He didn’t mean to hurt anyone but she knew what she was doing and did it anyway knowing that something bad could happen.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 10:10 AM
In the concluding chapters in Of Mice and Men it is heartbreaking to me when George shoots Lennie in the head after Lennie accidentally snaps Curley’s wife’s neck. I feel this way because Lennie is like a little child, he’s so innocent and unaware of what he is doing and if it’s wrong or not. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is on page 91 when Lennie says, “Oh! Please don’t do none of that,” he begged. “George gonna say I done a bad thing. He ain’t gonna let me tend no rabbits.” This impacts my understanding of the story because Lennie just wants to tend to the rabbits, he doesn’t mean any harm. But when all the men find out, Curley is furious and wants to kill Lennie. But George gets to him first. I believe George was saving Lennie from a slow, painful death. Like i said in the beginning; George does care for Lennie, sort of like a brother bond.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book was Curley’s wife because she always wanted to get the other men's attention but when she did, it ended up killing her. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because she was never a good person and nobody really liked her because she always caused trouble and it really showed when she went to go talk to Lennie and she caused trouble for herself and got killed. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is on page 88 when Lennie says,
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 10:12 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is very unsettling and wrong to me.
I feel this way because when I followed George and Lennie throughout the book I imagined it was me and my little brother. Trucking along and getting jobs done together. Me protecting him and helping him with life, even if he is smaller younger innocent and not as experienced. But to watch George take a bullet to the brain of someone he grew up with and protected that I saw as a family member really was not right. George could have saved Lennie and ran away with Candy. Some might say he had to or Curley would find him but, I doubt it. Back than it was near impossible to track someone down. Lennie and George just moved over a town or two and escaped a angry city full of people. Also Curley didn't even care about his wife. From what the couple was saying, she was just another girl to him. In my eyes the search for Lennie would go on for a week and they would forget. George knew the exact spot Lennie would be and they could have left. If there were any people who could have miraculously found them, he could shoot them with the stolen Luger.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is Curley's wife because, When you see her talk to Lennie after a while, you can tell that she really is just bored and wants someone to talk to. She's not just trying to flirt with guys, she needs a friend presumably because Curley is boring and only wants to fight and wine. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because she shows how reckless Lennie can really be. Lennie finally found a girl who can not only tolerate him but, interact with him and he still screws things up.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 10:12 AM
The ending of Mice and Men is sad but it wasn’t very shocking. I feel this way because I could tell that Lennie was going to get into some serious trouble because of the things he does early on in the story, but I was shocked that George was the one to kill him, but i’m sure if he wasn’t the one to do it, it would’ve been a lot worse. You can tell that he didn’t want to do it on page 106 when it says “the hand shook violently”. I think George did it that way Lennie wouldn’t have to suffer.
The character that changed my perspective is George because in the way beginning of the story he said that he would be better on his own. I thought he didn’t really like Lennie and wanted him gone, but he still gave him a chance anyways and didn’t give up on him.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 10:13 AM
The ending Of Mice And Men was surprising to me because i did not think the George would shoot Lennie. I thought that maybe they would meet up at there spot and try to escape and then would get caught or that one of the other men would shoot Lennie but i didn't think George would be the one to shoot Lennie. I feel like this because on page 106 when it says “The hand shook violently,but his face was set and his hand was steadied.He pulled the trigger” this shows that George was scared to shoot Lennie but knew he had to make his death short and quick instead of long,painful and drawn out.

The character that most changed my perspective from beginning to the ending of the book was Curley's wife because at the beginning of the book she was a “tart” and not i see that she just wanted someone to talk to not to be all flirt with but she doesn't have and girl friends living close/around her so she just talks to all the guys and i think that's why we maybe look at it that way but all she wants is someone to talk to. This character affects my understanding and perspective because i see that Curley's wife just wanted someone to talk to and that she's not a terrible person.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 11:47 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is heart wrenching, disappointing, but truthful. I feel this way because the ending was very depressing with Lennie’s death. Furthermore, the readers are shown George’s grief and guilt afterwards. This deepens the sorrow the reader feels after Lennie's death scene. It was disappointing because just as the characters had a specific plan (and were halfway there) everything turned around. Their dream had flown away and that was so sad to experience. Despite this, I think it serves as a good narrative of how not everything will end the way you want, in life and in stories.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is Curley’s wife because right before she was killed, she told Lennie about her past and her marriage with Curley. Once you know her story, her behavior makes a lot more sense and you almost feel bad for her. Almost. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because she basically caused Lennie’s death as well as her own, and that makes me dislike her as a person because Lennie was one of my favorite characters. Curley’s wife is, too, still, but I would never want to talk to someone like her in real life. If she had been able to become an actress like she wanted, I definitely believe she would have turned out different. She wouldn’t have met Curley so she wouldn’t have entered an emotionally abusive relationship. Page 87, Curley’s wife tells Lennie, “You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad.” This kind of possessiveness Curley has over his wife isn’t one born from love, but ownership and selfish pride. She is treated by Curley as a sexual object, which can be represented by Curley’s “glove fulla Vaseline”. On page 77 while in Crooks’ room, she says, “If I catch any one man, and he’s alone, I get along fine with him. But just let two guys get together an’ you won’t talk… You’re all scared of each other, that’s what.” This shows how the men are also influenced by Curley. They all avoid Curley's wife because being associated with her could bring them a lot of trouble, and nobody wants to risk that. Her loneliness is one that ties into everyone else's, one of the themes of Of Mice and Men, and helped me feel more deeply for George as he no longer has Lennie.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 11:48 AM
I wasn’t very shocked by the end of the story, because as the story goes on, Lennie keeps making bigger and bigger mistakes until he finally ended up getting someone killed. As soon as that happened I knew Lennie was done for. The story was also too short for them to have made it to the farm house. I knew that something bad was going to happen

A character that changed my perspective was Curley’s wife. At the beginning she seems to be a huge flirt, but later on in the story she just seems to want someone to talk to besides Curley. On page 87 she says “i get lonely” “you can talk to people but i can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like to not talk to anybody?” she confirmed my thoughts about Curley keeping her from talking to anybody. She may have flirted a little, but she just wanted to talk to someone besides Curley
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 11:54 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is…
Bit surprising,
I feel this way because…
I know what would probably happen if he didn't do it

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end
of the book is…curleys wife because…
At first i thought she was a trouble maker,but at the end all she wanted was to meet someone and talk to them, hang out.
.

This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because…Every one thought she was flirting with everyone/cheating and a troublemaker, but she was just looking for some friends.

A part of the story that makes me feel this way is
This can be found on page 87 when she tells lennie that she is lonley
This impacts my understanding of the story/character by/because…
She just wanted to meet some one new.

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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 11:54 AM
My first reaction to the ending was that I was not surprised that Lennie killed the puppy or that when Lennie went to touch Curley's wife's hair that he would not let go and then ended up killing her I also was not surprised that George killed Lennie. I feel this way because I knew that Lennie would most likely to kill the puppy and only because puppy's are not strong and can not withstand the strength of Lennie, when Lennie would get angry. When Lennie was with Curley’s wife and scared her when he was touching her hair, he got scared also because he knew George would be upset with him and tried to get her to calm down but was not successful and ended up killing her. I knew that George would end up taking Curley’s side because I did not think that George would willingly get chased out of another town because of Lennie.
I do not think that Lennie has changed from the beginning because he still has that mindset of a child but also he still has boundary issues. George however I do think has changed since the beginning because he knew what was the right thing to do and if he did go with Lennie to another town again and the same thing would happen, George knew it would get around to other ranches about this.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 12:00 PM
I was very surprised at the ending, I was not expecting that because George and Lennie have been friends with each other for a long time and they had dreams of owning their own place one day. Even though it was tough for George to kill Lennie it was probably for the best since the other men would have killed him especially Curley would have made him die a slow death. But George tried to make sure Lennie died a quick death but also end on a happy note because he wanted Lennie to see it across the bank towards the mountains, trying to make sure Lennie doesn’t know that he had to go one way another and he pulled the trigger.

The character that changed my perspective is Slim because in the beginning of the book he seemed like he didn’t care about anything but seemed to be smart and know a lot when George and Lennie first came to the ranch. But at the end of the book when George killed Lennie Slim kind of comforted George reassuring him that he had to do it and it was the right thing to do. Knowing George and Lennie we’re best friends Slim knew George must feel horrible having to carry the burden of killing Lennie for the rest of his life.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 12:01 PM

The ending of Of Mice and Men is very surprising; A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George shoots Lennie. This can be found on page 106 when it says “The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.” This surprised me because George acted as if he was not mad and that everything would be fine for him and Lennie. This impacts my understanding of the story because George always talked about how much easier things would be if he didn't have to take care of Lennie but George was still there for him all the time. I don't think George killed Lennie because he wanted it to be easier for him, but because he thought that was the right thing to do.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 12:05 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is sorrowful. I feel this way because George had to kill his best friend.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is Lennie because all throughout the book it gives him this sense of innocence and a childlike manner, I never would’ve guessed that he’d end up killing someone.

This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because of how he acts after killing Curley’s wife, he describes what he did as “a bad thing”, but he doesn’t realize how bad it really is, all he’s worried about is how George will feel when he finds out. This can be found on page 92 when Lennie says, “I done a real bad thing… I shouldnt of did that. George’ll be mad. An’ … he said… an’ hide in the brush till he come. He’s gonna be mad.” He doesn’t once say anything about Curley’s wife, he’s only worried about upsetting George.

This impacts my understanding of the character because, it shows just how much his disability affects him, just how much he doesn’t understand.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 12:08 PM
In the end of the book Of Mice and Men I was shocked but I also understood why George killed him. George seemed to get upset at Lennie a lot because he is stupid and he gets into trouble a lot but I would have never thought he would kill Lennie. A part in the book that makes me feel this way is when Slim and George are talking about Lennie that could be found on page 35, “He ain’t bright. Hell of a good worker, though. Hell of a nice fella, but he ain’t bright. I’ve knew him for a long time.” Although he gets upset right there is an example of him sticking up for Lennie.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George. In the beginning of the book George shows you that he is not very interested in Lennie and gets easily mad and doesn't really care about him. Near the end of the book he shows that he truly cares about him with candy and George are talking about there dream. This can be found of page 94, Now Candy spoke his greatest fear. “You an’ me can get that little place, can’t we, George? You an’ me can go there an’ live nice, can’t we, George? Can’t we?’ Before George answered, Candy dropped his head and looked down at the hay. He knew.” As you can see the dream was more for Lennie than George, he did not want to live on a little farm and have that life without Lennie.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 12:08 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is not how i thought it would end up i thought it would end up like that.
I feel this way because i am mad at that because George shot lennie in the back of the head i wished that George did not do that.
A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George shot lennie.
This can be found on the last page when”George raised the gun and steadied i and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of lennie’s head.The hand shook violently but his fact and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger
This impacts my understanding of the story by/because…
The ending of Of Mice and Men is not how i thought it would end up i thought it would end up like that.

I feel this way because i am mad at that because George shot lennie in the back of the head i wished that George did not do that.
A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George shot lennie.
This can be found on the last page when”George raised the gun and steadied i and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of lennie’s head.The hand shook violently but his fact and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.

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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 12:11 PM

The ending of Of Mice and Men is surprising because i thought George would go to the spot with Lennie that they planned and try to escape. I feel this way because George has always been there for Lennie. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George kills Lennie. This can be found on page 106 when George puts the gun to Lennie's head and they are talking about their perfect world. This impacts my understanding of the story because i thought George wouldn’t kill Lennie like they wanted him to they would meet and get away.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end
of the book is Lennie because i thought he would be smart enough not to make the same mistake that got him and George forced to leave the other place. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because Lennie had to be killed by George for killing Curley's wife. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Lennie makes another mistake.
This can be found on page 91 when Lennie kills Curley's wife
This impacts my understanding of the story/character by/because he made the exact same mistake he did at the beginning of the book.

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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 12:52 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is
sad/shocking I feel this way because
I never thought that George would shot Lennie I always thought that the ending of the book would end with them at the barn with the rabbits or some other animal that they would care for.
A part of the story that makes me feel this way can be found on page 106 when George shot Lennie
This impacts my understanding of the story because I didn’t think that George would shot him because George has been there for Lennie since the start of the book I just never seen the end being like that,

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end
of the book is George because I would never see him shooting his best friend.
This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because he shot Lennie to protect him from any other bad thing that he could have done.

A part of the story that makes me feel this way is
This can be found on page 106 when George makes Lennie look at something else so that George wouldn’t have to look at him when he shot him. I feel like George didn’t want to shot Lennie but he did to protect him from all the other things that could have got him in trouble.
This impacts my understanding of the character by standing up for Lennie because hr really cared for him that he didn’t want anything bad to happen to Lennie.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 12:53 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men make’s me feel kind of sad for George. I feel this way for George because I think that at least a part of him didn't want to kill Lennie, George has always cared for Lennie no matter what happened. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George on page 13 says “I want you to stay with me, Lennie. Jesus Christ, somebody’d shoot you for a coyote if you was by yourself, No, you stay with me. Your Aunt Clara wouldn’t like you running off by yourself, even if she is dead”. I think this show’s that George cares about Lennie I think it also shows this on page 106 when it says “The hand shook violently” I think this shows that george didn't want to either because normally your hand is shaking when you are nervous. This impacts me because it show’s George was fed up with Lennie making these mistakes or maybe thought he didn't have a chance to run with Lennie and get away safely so he felt forced to kill Lennie.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end
of the book is George because in the beginning of the book George was very protective of Lennie, an example of this is on page 13 when George says “I want you to stay with me, Lennie. Jesus Christ, somebody’d shoot you for a coyote if you was by yourself, No, you stay with me. Your Aunt Clara wouldn’t like you running off by yourself, even if she is dead”. This shows that even though Lennie had offered to leave and go in the hills alone and live solo George says no indicating George wants Lennie with him even if he does screw up… a lot. Now even though this is how he is now by the end of the book George may have reached his breaking point and shot Lennie, this is found on page 107 when it says “The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.”. This impacts how I saw the ending because it shows how someone can go from not wanting to leave him even if he offers to leave to literally shooting him in the back of the head.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 1:03 PM

The ending of Of Mice and Men is very surprising. I feel this way because of all the action that happened, I mean lennie killing a dog is sad but not as sad as him killing curley's wife and especially george killing lennie. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when george kills lennie. This can be found on page 106 when george shoots lennie. This impacts my understanding of the story because george never wanted lennie to leave but he shoots him. I think george shot him because he was tired of having to run all the time. George and lennie had everything planned out, and then lennie gets in trouble.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is curley's wife because everyone thought that she was just a flirt. But really is just bored and not happy with her relationship. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when she tries to talk to lennie in the barn.This can be found on page 86 when curley's wife says “ I get lonely”.
This impacts my understanding of the character because I thought she had it all. But really she didn't.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 1:04 PM
My general reaction is why would george do that they could just move again. Then I thought about it for a little while then it occurred to me that either he liked working there or that it would be best for Lennie and everyone else if he was dead. But still its not clear why he did kill him to me but now I think it was better for closure but to me George didn't want to do it. Also he might of thought that not as many people would get hurt if he did it then if he let the others do it. I think this because on page 104 Lennie says “ tell me like you use to” and George does to keep Lennie calm and so he wouldn’t freak out when George grabs the gun and turns the safety off so he can free Lennie and himself. But at first he can’t do it because he truly cares for Lennie and how he feels but after mustering up a bunch of courage he then can shoot Lennie.

The character that changed my perspective more than any other character is Curley that’s because he seemed to be scared of slim and carlson. But at the beginning of the book I thought that Curley might not be scared of any body but his dad. I learned that Curley isn’t as mean and tough as he seemed to be at the beginning of the book. This influenced me thoughts about the end by how people can change and that sometimes that you need to do things to help you that you might not do without being in that situation. My textual evidence for this is on page 64 “ Slim smiled wryly, he knelt down beside curley. “ you got your senses in hand enough to listen”. Curley nodded “ well then you got your hand caught in a machine” if you don't tell anyone we ain’t going to tell anybody.” This shows that Slim and everyone else will let Curley keep his title and ego if he is willing to compromise with them.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 1:05 PM
The ending of Of mice and men was very shocking and very confusing because the fact that George did that. It makes me feel as if George did not want to do that because the way its explained that his hand is shaking I feel as if when the mob was coming that he was forced to do it he did not want to but he felt the pressure to do it and end it right there. It think that eventually he would leave because of the trouble that he was causing him and the jobs he was losing but i did not think he would shoot him because it seemed as if he were attached to him bit because every time Lennie would get in trouble they left together. When he starts to explain and telling Lennie to imagine the farm and the rabbits it started to seem more clearly about what he was gonna do but it shocked me that he went through with it.

The character that changed my perspective was George. At first it seemed as if George was only using Lennie to get him where he wanted to go and use him to accomplish a vision but around chapter 2-3 it kinda changed because it seemed as if he were starting to get attached to Lennie and start to care for him because they were starting working together on a dream and George would say things like “you can tend the rabbits” on the farm they imagined that they would have if they raised the money they needed. But the ending it changed it all came to an end because of George that also changed my perspective because he made me feel before the ending as if he were starting to care for him and look out for him but then the ending just changed my perspective. Something that i learned was that people can change under certain pressure or if it comes down to you or them.

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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 1:24 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is a stupid ending. Because George has always cared for and helped Lennie so you would never think that it would have been George to shoot Lennie. I feel this way because nobody new were Lennie was but George did because that's where George said to meet. George could have said he doesn't know where Lennie went and then could have gone and told Lennie to run. On page 106 George says to Lennie “Look down there acrost the river,” and of course he looks and that's how George takes advantage of Lennie. Nobody knew why Lennie killed Curley's wife but she said he could touch her hair but she doesn't know that when he gets scared he grabs something.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because in the beginning of the book George took care of Lennie and would always defend for him. To the end of the book where George just kills Lennie instead of helping him. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because If the other guys found Lennie they would have made it a more painful and slow death but since George killed him he made it quick and non painful.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 1:36 PM
The ending Of Mice and Men is unfortunate. I feel this way because in earlier chapters we notice how George is almost losing interest in Lennie. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Lennie knows he has done something wrong and goes to bush. This can be found on page 49 (PDF) when Lennie says “I di’n’t forget, you bet, God damn. Hide in the brush an’ wait for George. George gonna give me hell.” This impacts my understanding of the story because it shows us that Lennie actually knows and remembers what and where he has to/go when he gets in trouble. I think at this point George is just sick of Lennie’s actions because he doesn’t know how to control them which gets the two of them in trouble.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because in the beginning of the book he seemed all sweet and whatever and actually seemed like he cared about Lennie. He always looked after him and kept track of his belongings and made a plan for him to follow in case he gets into trouble. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because George ends up killing Lennie after Lennie gets himself into trouble. After going through all this trouble George just decides it's time to kill him, they have been through so much together and George decided it was enough for him.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 2:49 PM
"woe begets woe"
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 2:49 PM
and yes i am talking about curleys wife.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 4:33 PM

The ending of Mice and Men was despairing, but in a way it was almost expected. I feel this way because we knew at some point during their journey Lennie would get himself into trouble and something bad would happen to him. At the beginning of the book we can clearly see Lennie is like a child and acts very innocent. We continue to see his innocence even at the end of the book. We see this on page 85 when he says “Now I won’t get to tend the rabbits. Now he won’t let me’. He rocked himself back and forth from his sorrow.” He knew he had done something wrong and it upset him deeply. Lennie never had a complete understanding on what he was capable of doing. This impacts my understanding of the storyline because we can now see how the earlier events had lead up to the ending and what would happen in the final scene. Previously Lennie didn’t know what he was capable of doing in chapter three when he broke Curley’s wrist. The author wanted to again show how even though Lennie is innocent, it would lead up to an ending that would cause an uneasy feeling.

The character that most changed my perspective from beginning to end was Curley’s wife. When she was first revealed in the story she appeared to be flirtatious even though she was married. In her final chapter we find out why she acted the way she did. On page 44 of the PDF she states “...I don’t like Curley he ain’t a nice fella…”. At the beginning of the book I thought she was flirting because that was just the kind of person she was, but after reading her final chapter we see it was because she doesn’t love Curley. Although it doesn’t make what she did right, I now have a better understanding of her and her feelings. This character helps me understand the ending of the book because she played a key part on how the story plays out. If she didn’t act the way she did, she wouldn’t of visited Lennie in the barn which would eventually lead to her death. Even though we have little intel about how she feels the audience might have a sympathy towards her instead of celebrating her death.

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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 5:19 PM
The ending didn’t surprise me at all, I knew something was going to happen to Lennie or George. I didn’t feel sad that George killed Lennie at all, but I was really hoping they would leave to find another job like they had done those other times. I feel like George did what he thought was right and killed Lennie. Throughout the story we could tell that George was annoyed with Lennie and how George said all those things he could do if it weren’t for Lennie. But at the end, it showed how he felt for Lennie, killing him instead of Curley or any of those guys that could’ve done something worse to Lennie. In the book on page 107 it said, “But George sat stiffly on the bank and looked at his right hand that had thrown the gun away.” George seems to be wondering what he had just done, like he feels disgusted with himself. It shows how he truly felt for Lennie and how much he cared for him.

A character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is Slim because he felt honest in the beginning and it seemed like he had empathy for George, he even let Lennie have one of his puppies. But at the end, Slim seemed more of a follower than how he acted in the beginning. But in the end, he agrees with going along with Curley to kill Lennie. Slim says on page 107, “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come with me.” Slim influences my understanding of how the book ends because he tells George that he had to kill Lennie meaning that it is every man for himself.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 6:35 PM
The ending of Of Mice And Men is very shocking and a little heartbreaking. I feel this way because George had always been there for Lennie and in the end George was the one who took Lennie’s life. George cared for Lennie the whole time Lennie was with him. In my opinion George killed Lennie because he didn’t want him to suffer getting locked up and didn’t want anyone else to kill him. A piece of the text that shows this is on pg. 51 of the PDF text and it says “George shook himself again. “No,” he said.”I want you to stay with me here.” This shows that even after everything George has through with Lennie and all the trouble he cares about him and always will.

One character that changed my perspective on them the most was definitely George because in the beginning he seemed kind of cold hearted but as the story went on the more we see that George cares about Lennie with all of his heart and just wants to protect Lennie. George showed throughout the book that he is hard-working and cares about Lennie.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 7:23 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men did not really surprise me because of George and Lennie’s relationship. George would rather have killed Lennie with him peacefully thinking about the ranch than Curley killing him of violent revenge for his wife. Even though his body was shaking and telling him not to shoot, he knew that the right thing was to let Lennie go himself and save him from a horrible death at the hands of Curley. After the shot, Slim leads George away from the horrific scene and consoles and tells him that he had to do it.
The character that developed the most to me was Lennie. In the beginning of the story, he relies on George to tell him where they are going, where his ticket is, and where to go if he gets in trouble, he forgets the important things over and over again. But towards the end of the book, he remembers the stories about the ranch, and where to hide. Lennie influences the end of the book by showing his innocence does not belong in the cruel world. He just wanted to gently care for bunnies, but was born strong. This is shown when we first meet him on page 6 of the PDF, Lennie says apologetically, “They was so little, I’d pet ‘em, and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead—because they was so little.” Other instances of this are on pages 42 of the PDFwhere he accidentally kills his pup, “Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice. I didn’t bounce you hard.” And on page 45 of the PDF, Curley’s wife. “Don’t you go yellin’,” he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.” This helps form my understanding of this story by showing that Lennie does not realize how strong he is, until it is too late.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 8:28 PM
To me, the ending of Of Mice and Men is a catastrophe. I feel this way because there were multiple deaths and betrayal. An example of this is found on page 106 when George is about to shoot Lennie. The author writes, “...George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. He pulled the trigger.” The author then goes on to describe how Lennie dies and slowly falls, landing on the sand. This impacted my thoughts on the ending of the story because it was an unexpected twist especially since Lennie was one of the main characters yet he died and it was the other main character that killed him which made things even more shocking. Another thought I had because of Lennie’s murder was that it was unnecessary because I feel like there were other ways to solve and deal with his mistake.
The character that changed my perspective the most from the beginning to the end of the book was George. I think this because at the beginning, George seemed to be feeling tired and stressed from taking care of Lennie. However, towards the middle of the story, he shows that he cares about Lennie by being overprotective of him as an attempt to get him out of trouble and by often mentioning all of Lennie’s good qualities. But by the end of the story, we get to witness how George betrays his friend Lennie and kills him. After reading through the whole book I realized that maybe all of the things George seemed to do for Lennie’s own good was actually for his benefit. This can be found on page 48 of the PDF when the other men discover Curley’s wife’s body and Curley’s furious. George goes on to tell the men where Lennie may be. He says, “He—would of went south.” He then continues, “We come from north so he would of went south.” This impacts my understanding of the story because even though George at first stuttered, in the end he still decided to tell them where he could be and I think that the reason of why he may have done that could have been to keep his image clean so that he would still be able to keep working there and make money which again, would be for his benefit.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 10:08 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men was shocking, but it also made sense. Lennie was no doubt, a burden for George, and when Lennie’s accidents of killing things escalated from mice, to Curley’s wife, George knew he couldn’t take him under his wing anymore. It’s understandable him getting rid of Lennie, especially after the trouble he caused, but it was shocking that after so much time and dedication he got rid of him. Especially in the way he did. It wouldn’t have been as shocking if George kind of helped Lennie start a new life somewhere and then drift away, but he killed him.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is Curley’s wife, because in the beginning she seemed like a major flirt that wasn’t satisfied with her husband and the attention she got, but in the end she really was just feeling lonely, neglected, and regretful. On page 43 on the PDF Curley’s wife says, “ I don’ like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella.” and ““Coulda been in the movies, an’ had nice clothes—all them nice clothes like they wear. An’ I coulda sat in them big hotels, an’ had pitchers took of me.” She really just wishes she had taken other opportunities in her life, things that she really had wanted to do, rather than feel stuck in a marriage with a not so nice guy who doesn’t give her attention.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 10:44 PM
PART 1:
I think that the ending of Of Mice and Men was really deep and powerful. I like the idea that Georges care for Lennie carries out through the ending. For example on page 52 of the PDF George says to Lennie, “An’ you get to tend the rabbits”, then the author continues with Lennies reaction on page 52 of the PDF where it says, “ Lennie giggled with happiness.” These small details show that George cares for Lennie because George wanted Lennie's last moments to be happy moments. If those details weren’t in the ending I think it would change my entire reaction in a negative way and I would probably not like george in the end.

PART 2:
The character that most changed my perspective the most from the beginning to the end of the book is George because in the beginning he was very uptight and aggressive with Lennie, but as the story progressed it became more clear how much he really cared for Lennie. It revealed more of Georges inner feelings for Lennie and that even though in the beginning he was angry it ended up showing how much he really wanted Lennie in his life despite his annoyingly low level of intelligence and mistakes.
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AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 11:51 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is very reasonable. I feel this way because throughout the whole story George is always looking out for Lennie and doing what's best for him he's always trying to keep him safe and the only way to protect him in the end is to not let anyone else hurt him which makes George seem like a better person.The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is Curley's wife because in the beginning it makes her seem like she's just a girl that talks to whatever guy she can get. Even though at the end of the story we find out that she's just really lonely and she wants someone to talk to. This can be found on page 43 on the PDF when Lennie and Curley's wife are talking and she says, ”Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.” This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because she didn't die flirting with anyone or making herself stand out to other guys she dies doing something nice for Lennie to comfort him. So she's not as bad as most people thought.

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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 5:45 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is very upsetting to me but I also think it was the right choice. I feel this way because Lennie was a good person and he really never meant harm to anyone or anything on purpose. All he wanted was to make George happy and tend the rabbits they were going to have but he also lived in a time where people didn’t understand him and his thinking. It was best if George shot him and Lennie passed away thinking about the fuzzy rabbits. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George tries explaining to Curley that Lennie didn’t mean any harm. This can be found on page 98 when George tells Curley “ I’ll come. But listen, Curley. The poor bastard’s nuts. Don’t shoot ‘im. He di’n’t know what he was doin’.” This impacts my understanding of the story because George knows that Lennie didn’t do anything on purpose but Curley didn’t care because what Lennie did was bad even though he didn’t know what he was doing. Curley and the rest of the men didn’t understand that Lennie was different and his thinking was not very good.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is Crooks because at first I thought that he just liked being alone but really the other guys don’t let him hang out with them because he’s colored. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because if the guys didn’t let Crooks hangout with them because of his color, then they weren’t going to let Lennie be alive even though he didn’t mean to kill Curley’s wife. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when Crooks is talking to Lennie about why he’s lonely. This can be found on page 36 of the PDF when Crooks tells Lennie “ S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunk house and play rummy ‘cause you was black. How’d you like that?” This impacts my understanding of the story because all Crooks wants to do is hang out with the rest of the guys in the bunkhouse but they won’t allow him because he’s colored. If the guys on the ranch won’t let someone hangout with them then they were never going to let Lennie off the hook. They don’t give chances no matter who the person is, what’s done is done.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 7:45 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is pretty shocking because by the things George had said before chapter 6 made it pretty shocking that George would actually end up killing Lenny, after all he said. But even though he killed Lennie, he still feels terrible, since he had killed his only friend.
I feel this way because I thought the story was gonna end a different way, and I for sure didn't expect this ending. I was thinking that yeah, maybe they would have problems in the farm and probably they would have to run away at some point but like I said, this ending was really surprising for me.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 7:53 AM
The ending of mice and men is shocking to me, I know it lead us on to George killing Lennie but it still shocked me really good and it must have been really hard to pull that trigger. When I was reading the book I could feel the vibes that it was so so hard for George to do it. Lennie dying kinda made me feel sad inside, he was a funny guy. I feel this way because Lennie seemed like he was a little kid and when people die it is a very sad time and when George pulled that trigger it was my mind exploding because I was reading “The hand shaking violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.(pg106)” this line shocked me and it hit me hard. This impacts my understanding of the story because I thought George and Lennie were going to live on their dream farm and live happily but then Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife and it goes south for Lennie real fast.

The character that most changed my perspective is George because in the beginning George and Lennie were talking about they were going to own the dream farm and Lennie was so happy he was going to tend rabbits, George actually seemed happy when they were talking about the dream farm,but then at the end of the story he killed Lennie because he was too much of a troublemaker in his own way. This Character influences my understanding of how the books end because I thought the book was going to end with Lennie and George living on the dream farm but when George kills Lennie that is not possible for Lennie and George to own that farm. A part that makes me feel this way is when George had to shoot Lennie, you can find this on page 106. This influences my understanding of the story by showing me that you can’t screw up if you want that dream to come true, you have to work hard for that dream, you can’t fool around, you have to work hard.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 7:59 AM
The ending of mice and men was very shocking in my opinion. I felt this way because I was not excpecting George to shoot Lennie in the back of the head. I thought that George would have told Lennie to run away in hopes they would meet again soon, because they where gonna kill lennie if they found him.

The character that most changed my perspective from beginning to end of the book is curleys wife because when the book first started she seemed like a mean careless person who only cares about her self. And at the end of the book she was kind of a nice person towards Lennie. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because if she wasnt there Lennie would not have gotten shot in the back of the head. Its not her fault she died but if she wasnt there she wouldnt have died and Lennie would still be alive.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 8:00 AM
The ending of mice and men was very shocking to me because all Lennie wanted to do is help George and let him down but in Georges eyes he wasn't helping and was only a nuisance. I feel this way because George reasured Lennie he’d always be there for him “Lennie got up on his knees. “You aint gonna leave me, are ya George? I know you aint.” George came stiffly near and sat down beside him. “No.” (John Steinbeck, pg 103), this impacts the story because George wasn't leaving Lennie, Lennie would soon be leaving George.
The Character that changed the most from the beginning till the end was George in the beginning he wanted to protect Lennie then he was controlling Lennie which lead to both of them losing control. This character influences the way this book ends because George realised Lennie doesn't know right from wrong and since that whole Curley’s hand incident Lennie was more physical so on the other hand George created a monster and the only way to get rid of it is to kill it. “Lennie obeyed him. George looked down at the gun.” (John Steinbeck, pg 106) this part makes me think George doesnt wanna kill Lennie but it’s his only option because he’d rather do it then another guy this impacts the story because Lennie was only following Georges commands like always.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 8:10 AM
The ending of Of Mice And Men is kind of sad and depressing. I feel this way because I don't think lennie should have been shot in the back of the head for punishment. One part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George is going to kill Lennie. This can be found on page 106 when george said “No, Lennie. Look down there acrost the river, like you can almost see the place”. This impacts my understanding of the story because all along i thought Lennie was just one more responsibility for George but George did not want the responsibility.
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because He shot and killed Lennie. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because he switched up on Lennie and killed him. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George kills Lennie. This can be found on page 106 when the text says “He pulled the trigger”. This impacts my understanding of George because all along i thought he wanted to be there for Lennie.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 8:35 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is surprising, but also isn’t surprising. I feel this way because I was expecting Lennie to get into some sort of trouble whether it would be with the other guys or with Curley’s wife. What I wasn’t expecting was when he accidently killed Curley’s wife, I wasn’t expecting this because Lennie is such a sweet innocent character who wants comfort in soft things and the fact that he killed a person seems so far off from the Lennie we learn about. When George shot Lennie after finding him surprised me because I thought he would have sent him off alone, to tell him to go live in the cave Lennie talks about on pages 12-14, not shoot him. Although the way George handled the situation I liked because of how he told Lennie about their dream one last time, making sure that when Lennie left he would be happy even when he himself wasn’t.

The character that changed my perspective of the book the most from beginning to end, would be Candy because he starts as someone who doesn’t want anything to do with George and Lennie, but ends up wanting to help George and Lennie get their dream with paying for part of their land and house, even goes as far as helping George to not get blamed for Lennie’s accident in the end of the book, when George says on page 47 in the PDF, “The guys might think I was in on it… I’ll come along and make like I never seen her. Will you do that? So the guys won’t think I was in on it?” Candy replies saying, “Sure, George. Sure I’ll do that.” This character influences my perspective of the ending of the book ends because I don’t think George wouldn’t have been able to do what he did to protect Lennie without having Candy to help him from being blamed. It also shows that George had someone to rely on when he couldn’t with anyone else, as he was always taking care of Lennie.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 8:55 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is surprising. I feel this way because I never thought George would be the one to kill Lennie because George is the one who has been taking care of him. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is George is about to shoot Lennie. This can be found on page 106 when it says, “No, Lennie, I ain’t mad. I never been mad and I ain’t now.” This impacts my understanding of the story because George is the only one who can get close enough to Lennie to shoot him without him knowing.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is George because although he took care of Lennie he was mean to him up until he had to shoot him. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because it had to be George or Curley to shoot Lennie. Curley hates him enough but George is the only one who can get close enough. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George shot Lennie. This can be found on page 106 when it says, The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.” This impacts my understanding of the character because now George was mean to Lennie and then when he had to kill him he was nice about it.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 9:03 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is shocking to me. I feel this way because I would have never thought that George would shoot Lennie. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George and Lennie are by the fire at the beach by the river and George is going to shot Lennie. This can be found on page 105 when George is just about ready to shoot Lennie. This impacts my understanding of the story because even though George and Lennie had there moments George never would have shoot Lennie even when Lennie said to. The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is Lennie because at first I thought he was just dumb and he didn't know anything but it turns out he's actually an ok person and he's a hard working person.

This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because he gets actually knew that it was the right thing to do. And it surprised me. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George is about ready to shoot him. This can be found on page 106 when Lennie is about ready to die. This impacts my understanding of the story because Lennie and George have always been together and now George shot him.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 9:15 AM
The ending to me of mice and men was filled with melancholy and was very morbid but I felt as if Lennie didnt mean to kill Curley's wife evidence from the text can be found on pg 91 when the character Lennie states “Oh! Please don't do none of that; he begged. George gonna say I done a bad thing. He ain't gonna let me tend no rabbits”. This shows how scared Lennie was and was trying to quiet Curley's wife up so he didn't get in trouble and during that panic had no control in what he was doing. On Georges part I was astonished due to how much George cared for him. But in my opinion he made his life easier without Lennie, and made Lennie's life easier by killing him the reason why I say this is because Lennie most likely would have had a slow painful death because torture was a common thing in that timezone so in the long run George made it easy and less painful I could tell it was hard for George to kill Lennie but in the long run this made George's life easier without all that worry and responsibility put on his shoulders due to Lennie.

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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 9:17 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is heartbreaking. I feel this way because George was be so nice and caring than shoots Lennie. This can be found on page 106 when George shot Lennie. This impacts my understanding of the story because I thought George was caring but in the end he only their for himself.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end
of the book is George because I thought George was caring and kind but in the end he only their for himself. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because he Lennie under the bus with the gun. This can be found on page 107. “But Carlson was standing over George. “How’d you do it?” he asked. “I just done it,” George said tiredly. “Did he have my gun?” “Yeah. He had your gun.” “An’ you got it away from him and you took it an’ you killed him?” “Yeah. Tha’s how.” George’s voice was almost a whisper. He looked steadily at his right hand that had held the gun.” This impacts my understanding of the character because George had the gun not Lennie.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 9:22 AM
The ending of Of Mice Of Men is kind of sad and i feel this way because on page 106 and 105 when George killed Lennie, A part of the story that made me feel is on page 106 when George said ‘“ You… an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain't gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em”. This impacts my understanding of the story because George is going to kill Lennie.

The character that changed the most in my perspective is George because in the beginning of the story we saw how he took care of lennie and would leave him, even when Lennie said i will go into the mountains and George said no lennie. And at the end he ended up killing lennie. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because he made me kind of upset, even though if he didn't someone else would Part that made me feel this way is on page on page 106 when it says ‘George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.’ This impact my understanding of the book because George didn't want to kill Lennie but he had to.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 9:32 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is a disappointment. I feel this way because if I was in George’s shoes I wouldn’t shoot Lennie. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is on page can be found on page 106 when George says, “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been ma, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.” This impacts my understanding of the story because George is the only one who could shoot Lennie. Lennie is a big guy so anyone else who comes to shoot him he’d probably beat up.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book is Lennie because in the beginning of the book we all thought Lennie looks up to George but Lennie seems scared of him instead. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because it gives us a clue about who killed him.A part of the story that makes me feel this way can be found on page 85 when Lennie is talking to himself after he kills the puppy, “But he’ll know George always knows. He’ll say, ‘you done it. Don’t try to put nothing on over me.’ An’ he’ll say, ‘now jus’ for that you don’t get to tend no rabbits.” This impacts my understanding of the character because it was gonna be George all along to kill Lennie and Lennie had a right to be somewhat scared of George.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 9:39 AM
The ending of Of Mice And Men is a bit unpredictable to me because I would have thought George was just gonna let Lennie run away for good and tell everyone else he couldnt catch Lennie. On page 102, Lennie's hallucination of a giant rabbit told him “Well he's sick of you, He's gonna beat the hell outta you an’ then go away an’ leave you”. Lennie was thinking that George was gonna leave him behind but instead George said on page 103 when Lennie asked if he was gonna leave him, George said No. This gave lots of hope for Lennie thinking that George would never leave him by having George tell him the dream farm they would have and how he could tend rabbits. On page 106, George told Lennie “You…an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t nobody gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em.” but in reality George had to shoot him for his own good because Lennie would have died either way. If he ran off without George, he would most likely die of starvation or get caught doing something he shouldn't have done. And if Lennie stayed in the brush, he would have died when the rest of the people on the ranch would have came down there and found him.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 9:52 AM
The ending of Of mice and men is very empathetic. I feel this way because I can understand why he had to do it and he had no other choice otherwise he was going to suffer Because on page 52 of the PDF George “ And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering.” This is the part of the story that makes me feel this way because he really didn't want to do it but he had to or Lennie will become a slave to curly. This impacts the story because now without Lennie in George's life if the story would continue he would most likely feel empty and lonely.

The Character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the story would be George. George in the beginning was very passionate to try to put up with Lennie but in the end he was forced to shot him feeling very afraid . This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because without Lennie George don't really know what to do with himself with out line. A part of the story that make me feel this ways is when George was talking to Lennie before he shot him. This can be found on page 51 of the PDF when “George raised the gun and his hand shook, and he dropped his hand to the ground again. “ . This impacts my understanding of the story because George was so afraid and startled he didn’t want to shot him and this shows he cares about him but he cares to the point even if it his life or being torched he'd rather save him .
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 9:56 AM
The ending Of Mice and Men is very sad and brutal, it wasn’t the happiest of endings which is kinda of sad. I feel this way because Lennie kills is puppy first then he kills Curly’s wife and then George kills Lennie. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is page 85 and till the end because that is when everything just kind of happened and got crazy. This impacts my understanding of the book because I didn’t know Lennie was capable of doing all of that and George being able to kill Lennie.
The character that changed my perspective from the beginning till the end of the book is Curly’s wife because she always seemed very tart and not evening caring about anyone else but at the end she really opened up to Lennie. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because after Lennie killed her he had to run away and get away for the ranch as soon as possible. This kind of set up the ending of the book because Lennie knew he did a bad thing and there is always a consequence.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 10:19 AM

The ending of Of Mice and Men is very Shocking because I was expecting both George and Lennie to meet at the brush pile where they first established they would hide out if anything went wrong.
I feel this way because I wasn’t expecting George to kill Lennie even with all the trouble Lennie has caused. I was expecting George to be very mad with Lennie but I never was expecting George to kill Lennie. This can be found on page 52 of the PDF.
This impacts my learning because not only did he kill Lennie but if you think about it he killed his family in a way, George had nobody except for Lennie and now he has no family.

The Character that changed my perspective the most was George because he always had so much patience with Lennie, yeah he did yell at him a lot but he never went to the extent as he did in chapter 6. Which can be shown on page 52 of the PDF.
This Changed my feelings towards George because I thought of George as Lennie’s caretaker so I always looked at George through a positive lens but now that he killed Lennie I don’t know how to feel because I never thought George would have not only thought about killing Lennie but also following through with it.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 11:18 AM
The ending of Of Mice and Men is very shocking to me. I was kind of mad but relieved at the same time.I feel this way because I never thought George would ever kill Lennie, because they are like each others only family or close to family that they have. This can be found on pages 38 and 39 because George is explaining the guys in the bunk with him that him and Lennie are the only people they got they have each other. And even at the end of the book George told Lennie "we got each other" and that they didn't need anyone else. George changed my perspective on him for killing Lennie but I can also see the reason he did it.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 11:22 AM

Part 2:
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George, because I thought he would always take care of Lennie know matter what. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because now that George killed Lennie, he can live his life the way he always talked about.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 11:39 AM
I found the ending of Of Mice and Men very shocking because I didn’t expect Lennie to go from killing small animals to killing a human. Then George killing Lennie instead of someone else. George killed him because he wasn’t mad at Lennie, he understood Lennie more than anyone else, so he wanted to kill him in a way he would die right away and not suffer. He was just going to get killed anyways, out of anger from the people trying to kill Lennie, and George knew that. It can be found on page 106 that George wasn’t mad at Lennie and cared about him so much that even after he killed someone, George protected him. “No,” said George. “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I ain’t never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s the thing I want ya to know.” This impacts my understanding of the story because, he wanted Lennie to he wasn’t mad, he said that to him before killing him. He was a true friend to him throughout the whole story even though it was very hard, he went from running away and finding another job, to killing someone so important to him.
George has changed my perspective from the beginning to end of the book the most because, at first when he got mad at Lennie and yelled at him, I didn’t know how loyal he was to him. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because he went from yelling at him for having a dead mouse to not even yelling at him when he killed Curley’s wife. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is when George distracted Lennie from what was about to happen by talking about what Lennie loved, his dream of having a farm.
This can be found on page 106 when Lennie begged, “Le's do it now. Le’s get that place now.” Then Lennie said, “Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.” This impacts my understanding of the character because of how committed he was to taking care of Lennie, it shows that he is a good person.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 11:46 AM
The ending of mice and men is shocking to me because I thought that Lennie and George were going to meet up at that spot and go find another job like they did in the beginning of the story.

The character that most changed my perspective from start to finish was Curley's wife because in the beginning when we found out about her she is a awful person and she is hitting on everyone in the bunk.On page 90 when curley's wife says “but you're a kinda nice fella jus’ like a big baby but a person can see kinda what you mean when i'm doin my hair sometimes.” That changed my thinking about her because she was not only talking to him about his look she was getting to know him and understand his feelings.This changed how I viewed the end of the book because it made all of the characters show their true feelings
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 12:21 PM
The ending of Of Mice and Men threw me entirely off guard. The pacing was fast, one thing after another. It started with Lennie accidentally killing a pup, which proceeded to Lennie accidentally killing Curley’s wife. After finding the body, everyone sets out to look for Lennie. Evidently leading to Lennie getting shot by George. WIth everything going by fast it led me to have mixed feelings.
The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book was George because we see him sacrifice so much for Lennie. This character influences my understanding of how the book ends because we see how far he goes for Lennie. All throughout the text we read about how George has to watch over Lennie. From the mice, to the girl in the dress, George has been there to get Lennie out of trouble. He truly loves Lennie, which is why even after scolding him, he’d feel guilty. At first I thought George would be meaner, but even with Lennie out of sight he wouldn’t talk bad about him. At the end, he wanted Lennie to go peacefully, hence why he reassured Lennie and didn’t let Curley or the others getting to him.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 12:29 PM
I think that the ending to mice of men was surprising because I was not expecting George to sweet talk Lennie into his death.i feel this way because if George was going to attempt to kill lennie or do anything to him he should have done it sooner vs waiting and now he has to live with knowing he killed his so called “friend”.

The character that most changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book was George because I would have never thought that he was the type of person to do harmful things to someone and not to mention Lennie was 100% innocent the only thing wrong was that he was annoying at times.The character enhances my understanding on how the book ends because he could probably only take so much of lennie and especially when Lennie is the reason that they have lost almost every job I think from the beginning George was a little set off because of that
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 12:42 PM
The ending of Mice and Men is very surprising because I thought Lennie was going to run to George and then they were going to run away together and live there dream, but instead George shot Lennie because he killed an animal and a women. I felt like this because Lennie trusts George a lot and they were gonna start a future (AS FRIENDS) together. A part of the story that makes me feel this way is on page 106, because that's when George is talking to Lennie about how their going to live their dream, then Lennie says “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.” Then George replies “Sure, Right now. I gotta. We gotta.” And when George says that, I think that there going to run away and live there dream.

The character who changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is George because in the beginning I thought George didn't care about Lennie, and so I thought George was just a mean guy and never cared about anybody else. George influences my understanding of how the book ends because he never wanted to hurt Lennie, he just didn't want Lennie hurting others and if he just let Lennie go, Lennie could have gotten into the wrong hands and something even worse could have happened. A part of this story that makes me feel this way is on page 105 where is says “George raised his gun and his hand shook, and he dropped his hand to the ground again.” This shows that George didn't want to hurt Lennie, he just didn't want Lennie to hurt others and Lennie to hurt anymore than he already did.
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AnonymousFebruary 20, 2019 at 9:30 PM
The story Of Mice And Men was very intense for me because of some events that had taken place and especially the ending. I thought of George and Lennie as brothers because they look out for each other and George is always making sure Lennie stays out of trouble. After finishing the book I realized that I have a lot of mixed feelings about the ending. Sure, George could have killed Lennie to save him from an awful guy like Curley, but I also feel like he killed him, because he couldn't deal with him anymore. I say this because on page 51 of the PDF George says to Lennie “If I was alone I could live so easy.” His voice was monotonous, had no emphasis. I could get a job an’ not have no mess.” When he says this he makes it seem like Lennie is a burden and he just wants him gone, but before that on page 47 of the PDF Candy and George are talking about what they are going to do with Lennie. Because they found out that he's the one who killed Curley's wife, Candy says “Now listen. We gotta tell the guys. They got to bring him in, I guess. They ain’t no way out. Maybe they won’t hurt ‘im.” George responds with “I ain’t gonna let ‘em hurt Lennie.” To me, this shows that George killed Lennie for himself, but also did it for Lennie too. No matter where they go or what they do Lennie will always find a way to get them both in trouble. So I feel George did it so they would both stop having trouble most of the time.
The character that changed my perspective from the beginning to the end of the book is Curley’s wife because at the beginning of the book I thought of her as a tramp trying to get the men in trouble with Curley, but more towards the ending of the book I have more sympathy for her because she is just a lonely lady looking for someone to talk too. I say this because on page 86 in the book she says “why can't I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody, I get awful lonely.”

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