Of Mice And Men blog for 4/20/15

Of Mice And Men
4/22/15
Pages Read: 0-38


            The ranch and Bunkhouse from where George and Lennie work seems dirty and not taken care of properly, but pretty big. The author described the bunkhouse to be a long and rectangular building. The author states "Inside, the walls were whitewashed and unpainted." As you can tell it seems the people who are in charge of the bunkhouse don't really care if the bunkhouse looks neat or taken care of. George also notices a can to remove lice, bugs, or insects from the beds. George worries if he may be sleeping with these kinds of bugs/insects.

             In chapter 2 we were introduced to many new characters that are involved in the book. One of the characters we were introduced to was Slim. Slim seems like a benign person, and has already been making conversations with George. Curley seems to have made a bad impression on George and Lennie. Curley seems to be the opposite of benign. Curley's wife seems to be seductive and tricky, at least George thinks she is just being tricky. These are just of the few characters that I was able to tell how they are by their first impression.

           I think Curly's wife doesn't have a special name for her in the book because that's how it was back then, and how they would call each other's wives like if they were own'ed by their husband. Many people back then would call each other by their last name, or if they were a wife, then like Curly's wife is called. I think this was just common back then, and people thought it was formal to call women that way.

Weekly Blog for 4/13/15

Alabama Moon
4/15/15
Pages Read: 200-Finished

Prompt: Describe the main characters.

            The first main character is Moon, and he is brave, smart, and grateful. Moon is not afraid of living in the forest and is willing to do anything to survive. Even though Moon never went to school, he still knows the basic needs of education and is pretty good educated for his age. Moon doesn't ask much for a living. He only asks for not to be alone. He doesn't care if he lives in the forest and owns a small amount of things, as long as he is surviving and not alone he doesn't mind. He prefers to have friends than to be rich. He likes to be very independent and hates when people tell him what to do.

            Another important character in the book is Kit. Kit wants to be just like Moon, he is very dependent though due to his sickness. Kit wants and loves to live in the forest with Moon. Kit depends a lot on doctors and someone to tell him what to do. Kit won't survive much without his medicine, and that is why Kit is unable to live with Moon in the forest. Kit is very benign to people and doesn't care much of what people think about him or assumer about him.

          Another important character in this book is Hal. Hal could be mean sometimes and at other times could have a lot of generosity. Hal doesn't mind speaking out aloud about other people, and is very outgoing. He doesn't feel afraid speaking about what he thinks is right, or just in general about what he thinks about other people. At other times Hal can be very caring and nice when he is happy. Hal is also a lot like Moon when it comes to being independent and hating when people tell them what to do.

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