Curley’s wife, feeling sympathy, knows how much Lennie likes petting soft things. Yet Steinbeck rests a great deal of blame for the murder on the victim herself. It don't make no difference, George said, and he fell silent again" (Steinbeck 103). Chapter 6 1.) George knows that if he doesn’t kill Lennie himself, Curley will torture and murder Lennie in a more inhumane way, making Lennie suffer for killing his wife. Themes He accidentally kills Curley’s wife by breaking her neck when he was stroking her hair. For example, when Lennie kills Curly's wife." Chapter 6 George finds Lennie in the brush and as he tells him about their dream ranch, he shoots him in the back of the head. But, Lennie does not know that they were having this plan, he continued talking to George as usual. Shortly after, Curley’s wife enters and invites Lennie to touch her hair. I don't want ta hurt you, but George will be mad if you yell." This quality recurs when Lennie accidentally murders Curley's Wife. Curley’s wife enters and tries to talk to Lennie. Lennie accidentally killed Curley's wife and puppy. Why does she end up screaming? Everybody except Lennie knew this. 2.) Once again he cannot control his physical force and, when he kills Curley's Wife, cannot feel a sense of genuine remorse. "Lennie said, George. But in a panic, he breaks her neck, too. Jonathan Nolan's short story Memento Mori was inspired by an idea he had about a man with AMD obsessed with revenge. This also means that he didn't mean to hurt her. A dream is something that you indulge in, that you can use to escape from the normality of life; this is what John Steinbeck and Thomas Hardy seem to have based Of Mice and Men and The Mayor of Casterbridge respectively on. Lennie is a mentally handicapped huge man. Expect a range of arguments on Candy, from those who see him portrayed as a decaying man meant to inspire the pity of those around him to those who feel that his negative attitude to Curley’s wife loses him some sympathy. Her offer to let Lennie touch her hair may be construed as a sexual advance. The readers and the men knew they were going to shoot Lennie. That way, George would know where to find him. In conclusion, poor helpless Lennie keeps hurting/killing things even though he really does not mean to. How is this like what happened to Lennie before? [The same idea (not the short story) inspired Christopher Nolan's script for this film.] He runs to get George and the two discuss what has happened and predict that Curley will want to kill Lennie. He didn't even kill the puppy and Curley's wife knowingly. Curley and the men form a posse to hunt Lennie down. How is George’s mood when he finds Lennie? Mandy 9C George and the other men went to find Lennie and then kill him. Lennie just doesn't know his own strength. I done another bad thing. George steals Carlson’s gun and goes after Lennie. he worries that the death of Curley’s wife will destroy his chances of buying land with George and Lennie. After he's shot, he does not know George was the one who had killed him. There was a climax in the end of the novel. Because Lennie likes soft things so much, he became too carried away with his new puppy, and he accidentally killed it. Yeah? Curley wants Lennie dead. February 13, 2013 at 1:12 PM Lennie runs away, back to the river, where George told him to go if he ever gets in trouble. After being frustrated and throwing the dead dog across the room, he goes to Curley’s wife and tells her about how bad he feels. In Steinbeck’s case it is the dream of two fellow workers, George Milton and Lennie Small. He doesn't know what he's doing. This was a mix of the two characters after Lennie killed Curley's wife and George has to kill him. 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