The boss arrives to register the men. George does all the talking, until the boss notices and directly addresses Lennie. George still does the talking. The boss asks George what his interest is in Lennie. The boss says he will keep his eye on the two men. George yells at Lennie for talking when he was not supposed to talk. He notices that an old man with a mangy old dog eavesdropping. George notices the dog is old, smelly, blind, and can barely walk.
He takes an instant disliking to Lennie because of his size. Curley has a long history of picking fights with big men. Curley is a small guy, and his temper is worse lately. He is newly married and very cocky about his marriage. George thinks Curley is showing off for his new wife.
The man tells George that Curley always wears a glove on his left hand filled with Vaseline so that he can keep that hand soft for his wife. She has also given another man, Carlson, the eye. The swamper thinks Curley married a tart. George tells Lennie to steer clear of Curley because Curley is looking for trouble. Lennie promises to stay away from him.
George tells Lennie that if Curley hits Lennie first, Lennie can fight back with all he has. He then reminds Lennie to hide in the brush by the river bank if there is any trouble. She is wearing quite a bit of make up and a fancy dress. She says she is looking for Curley. She flirts a little with Slim when he arrives in the bunk house, but hurries away when Slim tells her Curley was heading toward their house.
George calls her jail bait. Slim is the most respected man on the ranch. He is a hard worker and a leader among the men on the ranch. He is soft-spoken, but his word is taken as authority. Carlson says Slim should give Candy, the swamper, one of the new puppies. Carlson suggests Slim get Candy to shoot his old dog.
The old dog has no teeth, is nearly blind, and cannot chew. Lennie asks George if he can have one of the puppies. George promises to ask Slim about the puppies later. George thanks Slim profusely, but Slim says it really is not a big deal. George insists that it meant a great deal to both him and Lennie. George says Lennie is so excited he may try to sleep out with the puppies. George says Lennie cannot think for himself, but does an excellent job when he is told what to do.
Slim comments that it is strange that George and Lennie travel together. George asks what he means and gets defensive. George tells Slim he and Lennie grew up together in Auburn.
George started looking after Lennie after his Aunt Clara died because Lennie was all alone. George confesses that he used to be cruel to Lennie by playing jokes on him. Lennie was not aware George was playing jokes on him because Lennie is not smart. One day, George told Lennie to jump into the Sacramento River. Lennie jumped in and nearly drowned because he cannot swim. George saved him, and Lennie thanked him for saving him instead of being angry. George talks about how he is alone with out Lennie while playing solitaire.
He talks about other guys he has seen on ranches that do not have anyone. They get mean. He does not want to be like them.
George says Lennie is a nuisance, but he likes having him around. He says Lennie gets in trouble all the time because he is so dumb. He tells Slim about what happened in Weed.
When Lennie gets scared, he freezes. Lennie was so afraid when the girl started screaming that he held on tighter. George had to hit him in the head with a picket fence in order to get him to let go. The girl told the police she was raped. A lynch mob was sent out for Lennie. George reassures Slim that Lennie never hurt the girl.
He just wanted to touch her red dress. Lennie tries to sneak the pup into the bunk house, but George makes him take the puppy back to his mother. George warns Lennie it could kill the pup. Slim remarks Lennie is just like a kid. The only difference between Lennie and a kid is physical strength. George predicts Lennie will sleep in the barn with the puppies.
Candy, the swamper, enters the bunk house. He asks if they have whiskey because he is in pain. Carlson tells Candy the dog is suffering and suggests Candy shoot the dog out of mercy. Slim agrees with Carlson. Candy finally agrees to let Carlson shoot the dog. Crooks, the black stable buck, enters the bunk house. He tells Slim Lennie is out in the barn with the puppies. They say she gives everyone the eye, even the black stable buck. This makes Curley angry and looking for a fight.
Curley is looking for his wife again. Curley notices Slim is gone and asks where he is. George says Slim is in the barn fixing a split hoof. Curley storms off for the barn. The rest of the men go out to see if Curley and Slim fight. This leaves George, Lennie, and Candy in the bunk house. George and Lennie talk about their dream again. George says he knows of a piece of land, but they have to save their money. He talks about the house, the orchard, and the animals they can raise.
Candy speaks up and asks how much a place like that costs. George replies six hundred dollars and ask why Candy wants to know. He has three hundred and fifty dollars and offers to go in with them.
Candy describes how he lost his hand. He knows he will be fired when he can longer swamp out the bunk house. He says they will do to him what they did to his dog. George eventually agrees to let Candy come in with them. They plan to leave in one month. They promise to keep the secret to themselves. Slim and Curley enter the bunk house. The other men tell Curley to take care of his own wife. Curley picks a fight with Lennie. Lennie does not fight back until George tells him to get Curley.
Lennie freezes again and George starts slapping Lennie until he lets go. Slim tells Curley to say he got his hand caught in a machine, otherwise everyone will mock him.
Curley promises not to tell. Crooks is the only black man on the ranch, and he lives in the harness room attached to the stable. He is the only ranch hand who does not live in the bunk house. His body is bent over to the left because he has a crooked spine. Lennie enters Crooks' room and is told to get out. Nobody on the ranch visits Crooks.
Crooks tells Lennie that when he was a child, he was the only black child for miles. His father would not let him play with the nearby white children, so he got used to being alone. Crooks asks Lennie what would happen to him if George disappeared. Lennie becomes upset. Crooks talks about his loneliness. Candy comes in the stable to talk to Lennie about the rabbits. Candy tells them they are kidding themselves.
Crooks becomes interested when he realizes the men have money in the bank. He offers to come with them. She observes that all the weak ones were left behind. The other men went into town. She says the men will talk to her one on one, but get angry with her if other men are around. She says the men are scared. Crooks tells her to leave, and she talks about being stuck in the house with no one to talk to.
She knows someone hurt him. Before she leaves, she asks Lennie how he got the bruises on his face. Crooks tells her she has no right to be in his room.
She threatens to get him lynched if he ever talks to her like that again. She leaves. Lennie is in the barn by himself, petting his puppy. He killed the puppy earlier by handling it roughly. He is afraid George will not let him tend the rabbits if he finds out about the puppy. Lennie buries the puppy under a mound of hay. She asks Lennie what is under the hay. He tells her the dog looked like it was going to bite him and he smacked it too hard.
Carlson kills Candy's dog with his Luger. He killed Candy's old dog saying it was too old and it stank. A Luger, he stole carlson's from the bunk house before he left. He shot Lennie in the back of the head with a luger or German pistol.
Carlson is another one of the men working on the ranch. He is also the owner of the Luger type of gun that is used to shoot both Candy's dog and Lennie. He represents Candy. The dog was old and useless as Candy will soon become. Candy's dog also represents a symbol for what happened to Lennie. Candy stated, "I ought to have shot that dog myself, Goerge. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog. George stole Carlsons Luger so that he could be the one to shoot Lennie.
As Candy said, George didn't want a stranger to get rid of his best friend. He knew he had to do it himself. He inappropriately strokes a girl's dress. Because of this, they are forced to find a new ranch to work at.
Candy's dog was a symbol of Candy himself. Both of them were old and lame. When the dog was shot, Candy came to a realization that because he was also old and crippled, the ranch would eventually get rid of him like they did to his dog.
Also, when Candy stated, "I ought to have shot that dog myself, Goerge. While they were there they found plenty of trouble. The worst was when they were accused of attempting to rape a woman. Mice cubes or Catnip. Yes, mice do play with other mice. Especially when they are young. I have read that the scent of a ferret and also ferret poop would drive away mice and rats. As someone that has the seasonal intrussion of field mice into our house, and also has a house full of ferrets, I can tell you that they are NOT scared away by the scent of ferrets I run a ferret shelter, and have had up to 45 ferrets in the shelter at one time.
Each fall and winter, we get an influx of field mice in the shelter itself as well as the main house. We have ferrets that have free run of the house, and this does not deter the mice from stealing food from their bowls.
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