Character Analysis: Of Mice And Men

Slim continues his thought, “I understand he done unacceptable things. But goin’ after Lennie without a plan is like tryna milk a cow with no hands.” Curley stood there blank face, as though everything Slim was saying was going right over his head. None of his words were registering because his only thought was the vengeance he had to have. His tone became more aggressive as he said “We ain't gonna need a plan. One shot to the gut and he gone.” Curley insists one last time, “Curley, we know this aint gonna go as planned. Please just take a minute and think this through.” Without even a glance of acknowledgment, Curley grabs a handful of shells, shoves them in his pocket and storms out the room with the shotgun remaining firmly gripped in his only good hand. …show more content…
Lennie remains laying there in despair, without any memory of why he ended up in the middle of nowhere, without any motive to leave. Over the loud whistling of the wind a faint noise comes from the distance. The sound of something or someone scurrying through the grass. For some odd reason, this grabs Lennie's attention. He slowly tilts his head to the right to see the grass moving, knowing this was not due to the winds. His face remained inquisitive as he lifts his body off the ground to search for the noise. The grass stops, no more wind nor movement. It became uncomfortably quiet all of a sudden as Lennie approaches the one spot in the grass. He bends over and moves apart the grass to reveal a small creature. Lennie stares in awe at its long ears, large hind legs, but all he’s really focused on is the fur covering its entire body; the short fluffy tail. “Rabbit… Why this here's a rabbit!” Lennie shouted in