Jason Fisch

Jason Fisch
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
Realistic Fiction
Just Right
Just Finished

1. I just finished the book Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. At the end of the book the two main characters, Lennie and George, are hiding in the bushes from the men who are chasing them. They are being chased because Lennie, do to his enormous size, has accidentally killed Curley's Wife. While George is trying to calm Lennie, George assures him that they will have land to call their own. After Lennie is calm, George knows that Lennie is captured but the other men he will be severely tortured. George takes it upon himself to shoot Lennie in the back of the head to spare him the misery that will come if he is caught. The men eventually reach the bushes and praise him for killing Lennie.
2. John Steinbeck is a new author to me. I enjoyed reading this book because after reading it I saw that there was a lot of foreshadowing in it. For example, when Carlson wants to get rid of Candy's dog because it's old, they shoot the dog in the back of the head. This is exactly how George killed Lennie. The author pulls me towards the book by having Lennie and George involved in a lot of drama. I thought it was a big deal when Crooks let Lennie into his room because usually they do not play together because of their race. They ended up just hanging out and talking, realizing that nothing was wrong with that. 
3. One of the themes in the book is quest for power. If these is shown between many of the characters in the book. One example of this would Lennie and George. As they go along their travels they are always looking for new ways to gain money, therefor gaining them power. Whenever they were going to different farms, they were always looking for money which would have given them the power that they were searching for. Another example would be Crooks.  Crooks was always on a search for power because he was African American. Because of this he never got the same respect that the white men. But he was always trying to get some power When he was in his room and he keeps on kicking people out, that give him a sense of power that no one else could come into his room.
4.  My favorite character would be Lenny because he is very nice and always trying to do better. When he has the mouse that he killed he is very sad that he killed it because he likes it as a pet. He also try to remember not to speak while they were meeting the boss of the ranch. He is happy that he remembered which makes him proud of himself. He is also very caring. When he does something bad he knows is bad and tries to fix it. Even though he kills Curley's wife he knows that he is done something bad and he did not mean to in the first place.
5.  My least favorite character would be Curley's wife because she is flirting with Lennie and he does not understand what she is doing and makes bad decisions because of her. The big bad decision that happens because of her is Lenny touching her hair.  this leads to Lenny accidentally killing her by snapping her neck. If Curley's wife hadn't flirted with Lenny, he would have still been alive at the end of the book because George would not have to kill him.
6. The ending was not what I expected at all. I expected Lenny and George to get money and land and live together and happiness. But instead George had to kill Lennie. Then George went off with slim in search of the American Dream.