He explains that the puppy pretended it was going to bit him, so Lennie pretended he … “Lennie was in a panic. What does Slim do with the newborn puppies? She and Lennie commiserate when they are alone together and get to know one another. Before she leaves, she asks Lennie where he got the bruises on his face. She points out that no one will know because all of the other men are outside having a horseshoe tournament. His face was contorted” Lennie was scared and cannot let go, pg 89 “And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck”, Turning point for Lennie, everything changes, pg 90 “I ain’t gonna let’em hurt Lennie”, George wants to protect Lennie, pg 94 Again, Lennie is too stunned to react, so Curley continues to beat on him. Which of course can be super awk, but only if you let it. If you like the guy and want to have some kind of sexual experience with him, you will probably enjoy the experience. Lennie doesn't know how to respond, so Curley punches him in the face. Curley’s wife enters the barn. "Yeah, and she's sure hidin' it. Guiltily, Lennie says Curley got his hand caught in a machine. But then he uncovers the pup and strokes it again, realizing that George will know he killed it because George always knows and Lennie won't get to tend the rabbits. She tells Lennie she knew a guy once who said she could be a movie star. Then she notices the pile of hay and asks Lennie what happened to the puppy. If he bites or sucks too hard, you probably won't like it. After Slim denies Curley’s accusation that he was hanging around Curley’s wife, Curley looks to take his anger out on an easier target, and chooses Lennie. She sums up her situation, admitting that she feels pathetic to want company so desperately that she is willing to talk to the likes of Crooks, Candy, and Lennie. Curley’s wife laughed at him. Curley’s wife starts talking about her life and how she really does not like Curley and Lennie just keeps on talking about tending rabbits. Lennie at first is scared of her but then she explains that she just wants someone to talk to and tells Lennie that he can get a new puppy. At this revelation, Curley's wife laughs at the men and says it will never happen. Lennie is a bloody mess by the time George tells Lennie to fight back. As Lennie is still smiling at this dream possibly coming true, Curley comes in and asks Lennie what he is laughing at. Why are he and Lennie different from other migrant laborers, according to George? Summary. What would happen to Lennie without George (according to Crooks)? Bet she'd clear out for twenty bucks." Lennie still stared at the doorway where she had been. What is the significance of Georges explanation that he and Lennie are cousins? This assumes that he has some clue as to how to proceed. What does George tell Lennie to do when they get to where they are going? Curley got his work ahead of him. She asks what happened to her husband’s hand, and does not believe the men when they insist that he got it caught in a machine. Either way, the best thing to do is to just ask. Lennie is alone inside the barn, stroking a dead puppy. Lennie is “smiling with delight” as he dreams about the future farm, ignorant that his mental handicap has attracted Curley’s humiliated anger. Worried that George will find out and won't let him tend the rabbits, Lennie buries the dead pup in the hay and says that he will claim to have found it dead. 4) Why does Curley attack Lennie? When Lennie says, “You ask him right away, George, so he won’t kill no more of ’em,” Lennie’s possible puppy symbolizes the innocence and fragility of life, the childlike quality of Lennie’s personality, and a foreshadowing of the tragic events to come regarding Lennie and the puppy. "She's purty," said Lennie defensively. She notices the pile of hay and asks Lennie where he got bruises... 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