Of Mice and Men ~ Post #5

In the book, I think that rabbits symbolize Lennie. This is because Lennie is always referring to the rabbits whenever he is afraid he is going to make George mad because, George said that if he does something bad, he will not let him tend the rabbits. In the novel, I think that the character Crooks represents difference. I think that he represents difference because he is the only colored person in the entire farm. And he has to live with that, of course, until another colored farmer comes along. He is also represents difference because he is crippled and he lives alone in his own room. My reaction to Lennie killing Curley's wife was, "OH MY GOSH!" I was very surprised. I knew that he had the power to do that, but I didn't think that he would use that power. Now that he has killed her, I think that Curley will tell his father that he killed her. But he will leave out the part that he also crushed his hand because he didn't want anybody to laugh at him. I think that she represents jealousy. I think that she represents jealousy because she is jealous of all the other people on the farm that are allowed to talk to eachother and not get yelled at. But she has to follow Curley's every command.