Of Mice And Men Chapter Summary

From pages 178-188, the police questioning Gabo about Miguel’s ex-wife and Miguel’s struggle to find his ex-wife is for his kids’ own assurance, are the major actions that occur. Before these events, Regina goes on a tangent about chiles. Conversely, she goes on to say that Mama, Rafa, and she picked chiles by following the harvest from La Union to Las Cruces. However, when she got her widow’s papers in order and the army widow’s pension, field work is no longer necessary. Ironically, Regina declares that she dislikes chiles, emphasizing that this dislike is probably due to her hair already being the red color of chiles. Up until then, Gabo and Regina discover that their dog, whom they call la Tuerta Winnie, is dead. In doing so, they bury her next to the staghorn cactus that claimed her eye. Consequently, Regina narrates this death as a foreshadowing of the many horrible things to come. So, it is not surprising that the sheriff visits that night to ask Gabo about his involvement with the missing of Miguel’s ex-wife, Crucita. The sheriff then presses that the note given to Gabo says that they have information about his missing father. In response, Gabo replies that they could have just sent the message to lie to him; revealing that he knows nothing. Moreover, the sheriff reports …show more content…
Through the POV of Miguel, the officers seem to think that Crucita herself is now a suspect since she involved herself with a married dude during their marriage. Additionally, Miguel tries to find more clues to Crucita’s disappearance by reading dirty drug war reports. While reading, he discovers that many of these cases involve organ harvesters kidnapping women for their organs. Therefore, the theme shifts from body trafficking to femicide, or “the systematic violence and killing of women by individuals and larger institutions” (11/6