Chapter 2, the plot thickens….along with Lennie’s head.
“Lennie means no harm but does it anyway because he isn’t all the way there in his mind. He is like a teddy bear that doesn’t realize the harm he can do.”
- Mattea’s quote. I find this insightful because it contains a metaphor that I rather like. And I’m a sucker for metaphors. This quote is also very true! Lennie reminds me of John Coffee from “The Green Mile”. He is the biggest guy you have ever seen and not very bright, but he tries to be so gentle even to the smallest life forms (a mouse is also in that movie).
“I take this as a hint that something might actually happen again because Lennie seems like he can’t control some of his actions. It’s good that they have a place to meet in case something does happen because if they didn’t I think Lennie would get caught up in some really big trouble.”
- Mattea. I agree with her analysis of the foreshadowing. Why would the author make such a big deal of how ‘daft’ Lennie is if there isn’t anything drastic happening later in the book.
“Well, look. Lennie – if you jus’ happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush”.
An intriguing question to this statement of George is if they both have a secret or are they criminals? –Sebastians statement is a very good one. Good guess and very intriguing. This is originally what I started thinking. Do they have some big secret? I mean, why are they so good at running away and hiding out? Aha.
