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 * Discussion 1 Volunteers: Nick D., Chris H., Ben I.**

Directions: In a minimum of 100 words, please comment on pages 91-107 in //Of Mice and Men//. __**Your post must be saved to this page by 8am on Monday, 9/19.**__

Your post should have very little plot summary.

Your post must include at least one quote from the book (please add the citation) and your personal reaction. If you are the second or third person to post, please do not write exactly what the person before you wrote. Come up with your own response.

Thanks for volunteering and email me ASAP if you have any trouble. kcollins@medway.k12.ma.us

While Lennie is sitting by himself, Curley’s wife enters the barn. They start to have a conversation and Lennie talks about rabbits. He tells her he likes to touch soft things so she has him stroke her hair but he does it to hard so in order to not get in trouble Lennie covers her mouth with his hand and starts to shake her and accidentally brakes her neck and kills her. When this happens Lennie remembers the George tells him to go hide in the brush by the rivers so he goes there. While this is happening everyone in the barn finds out that Lennie had killed her. “I’m gonna get him. I’m going for my shotgun” (Steinbeck 96). Curley now wants Lennie dead so everyone sets off to find him. George is then the person that finds Lennie so Lennie asks George to tell him everything will be fine and they will start over again. George takes the shotgun that Lennie stole from him and when Lennie turns around George shoots him in the back of the head. Due to this George is filled with grief and leaves the scene. I was shocked when this happened. Lennie and George were talking and George was telling him everything was going to be fine and then he shoots Lennie who was his only real friend.
 * Chris Hamblin **

Lennie is sitting in the barn trying to decide what to do with the dead puppy when Curley's wife walks in and starts to talk to him. When she talks to him, he tells her he is not allowed to talk to her because it will only cause trouble. After a bit, she convinces him to talk to her, so they talk about Lennie's dream to tend the rabbits. This gets them talking about how Lennie likes soft things and Curley's wife lets him feel her hair. He feels it and she tells him to stop after a bit. He doesn't and she starts to yell, but he puts his hand over her mouth and starts to shake her to get her to stop. Not knowing how strong her really is, he shakes her too hard and breaks her neck, killing her instantly. He freaks out and remembers that George told him to "hide in the brush till [he] finds [him]" (Steinbeck 15). So he takes the dead puppy and hides in the brush. When the men find Curley's dead wife, they talk about how Curley will react when he finds out. When Curley finds out that it was Lennie, he wants Lennie dead. They all set off to find Lennie and George is the one to find him. Lennie asks him if he is gonna give him hell for it. He said he wont. Lennie tells George to tell him how their life is gonna be, so he does. While he is telling him, he talks Carlson's gun from him. He tells Lennie to look across the river and shoots him in the back of the head. I am not surprised that Lennie ended up dead, but I am surprised that George was the one to kill him. I thought that Curley was gonna find him first and George would show up too late because Curley would have already killed Lennie.
 * Ben Irr **