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What happens in chapters 1-3 in Of Mice and Men 

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Of Mice and Men Chapters 1-3 Notes

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Of mice and men by john steinbeck

Chapter 1-
Setting:
● Salinas, CA
● Agricultural community in the hills of NorCal
● Beautiful, serene
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Notes:
● George and Lennie are looking for work
George looks out for Lennie
Lennie wants a rabbit because they're harder to kill than mice (symbolism?)
George promises to get Lennie a dog
George + Lennie have what the new American dream is
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Live off the land, don't have to listen to anyone
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How does George protect Lennie? How does Lennie protect George?
George helps Lennie find work
➤ George teaches Lennie what to do if he gets himself into trouble
➤ Lennie hates the idea of someone hurting George and says no one will hurt him
Chapter 2-
Setting:
● The ranch
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Where the author grew up
Following the Great Depression
Published in 1957
A ranch, forest before arriving at ranch
Notes:
• People on the ranch fought a black man on Christmas for fun (RACISM)
George and Lennie worked in Weed before
● George continues looking after Lennie, speaks for how good of a worker he is
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O Boss says he's never seen someone bend over backward as much as George
has for Lennie
George + the old man gossip about Curley's wife
o They say she's a *whispers* whore.
Curley does not like George and Lennie
• Curley was married two weeks ago
Curley feels out Lennie
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Foreshadowing Lennie getting in trouble
O George tells Lennie to run to the brush if he runs into trouble at the ranch
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O George recognizes this as trouble, tells Lennie to stay away from him
Lennie is warned again where to go if he gets in trouble (foreshadowing continuation)
We meet Slim, who is very respected (he sounds hot I am in love with Slim)
Slim likes his dog <3
HIS DOG HAD PUPPIES!!!!!
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Candy is the old guy that gossiped with Lennie
Lennie wants one of Slim's pups ● George says he might have to fight Curley himself
Chapter 3-
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■ Being heavily made up
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Foul names
George is proud of Lennie
George used to pick on Lennie, but stopped when Lennie almost drowned
● George needs to vent about Lennie, but he's not trying to get Lennie in trouble
What happened in Weed: Lennie saw a dress that he wanted to touch so he touched it
and the girl started screaming and Lennie got scared and held on and George Lennie
to get him to stop. The girl told the police he raped her and they had to flee Weed to
avoid Lennie to be lynched
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What instances of injustice are seen in the text?
Beating up the black stable boy for fun
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Lennie being accused of rape
> Oversexualizing of Curley's wife
Her legs
Her look
O Slim offers a pup to Candy
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Candy wants sympathy, is not receiving it
Having your name in print (newspaper, magazine) is VERY exciting
O Old coworker's letter was put in a magazine
Carlson keeps wanting to put the dog down (FORESHADOWING!)
O Forces Candy to let him do it(?)
Candy agrees to let Carlson shoot the dog
O Slim doesn't intervene, tells Carlson to bring a shovel
--Uncomfortable silence--
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Slim leaves to tar a mule to get out of the silence
Doggy is dead :(( Candy super sad :(( </3
Boys are talking about how Curley's wife can't seem to keep away from men
O Does she just want company? Must be lonely in the house all the time
Whit is talking about going into town and visiting a whore house (ew)
Carlson takes care of his gun, it's going to work
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• Curley can't find his wife, assumes she's with Slim
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Candy hears George telling Lennie about the rabbits again, wants to join them
o They plan to leave in a month
● Slim was not with Curley's wife
Curley tries to fight Lennie
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Lennie brings the puppy into the dorm and tries to deny it again
"He's just like a kid, ain't he?" -Slim about Lennie
Candy doesn't want to shoot his dog, but Carlson and Slim both agree he needs to be
put out of his misery
Cleans gun in front of Candy (hella inconsiderate)
Lennie gets really scared and freezes ●
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George shouts at him to fight back
Lennie grabs Curley's hand and holds it so tightly it breaks
They send Curley to a hospital once he promises not to tell
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Curley's wife ain't mad at Lennie
O She knows what happened
Lennie killed the puppy :(
O Worried George won't let him tend rabbits
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Tries to hide it
LENNIE KILLED CURLEYS WIFE OMG I REPEAT LENNIE KILLED CURLEYS WIFE
O Feeling her hair
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Soft
O Grabs on
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O Her neck snaps
Candy found her body
Carlson and Candy plan to kill him
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Everyone wants to shoot him
She screams
He grabs her and shakes her

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