The Hunt for Lennie

I saw this coming. Me and the guys are on a hunt to look for Lennie. Lennie is probably  in the riverbed by the woods where I told him to wait if anything went wrong. He does not know how much trouble he's got himself into. I approach Lennie by the river where he is bent down drinking water. I call his name and he comes running to me crying and apologizing. I tell him that I am not mad at him and that everything was going to be alright. We then hug for a minute but he does not know this will be the last time I see him. Lennie then asks me to tell him the story about the little place that we are going to get. I tell him to turn around and imagine the scenery of our future farm. And when he is not looking I fire a shot in the back of his head. I think I knew from the beginning that this was all just an illusion.

Trouble begins

Lennie was a little too harsh with the pup, but he doesn't know his own strength so I guess its understandable. But after he realizes the pup is dead he tried to cover it up with hay, he's was not too worried about the dead pup he was more worried about me not letting him tend to the rabbits. Curley's wife went into the barn while me and the guys were outside playing a game of horseshoe. She tried giving him advice on not worrying about the pup, because that it was just a mutt and could get one somewhere else. She started telling him how she could of been a movie star, Lennie then starts telling her how he likes to pet soft things. So she let him pet her hair, but he was too rough. She got startled and began to scream, but he grabbed her and accidentally broke her neck. Trying to cover her up with hay, he soon remembered my instructions on where to go when things get bad so he goes and hides. Candy came into the barn and sees Curley's wife, he runs to go and get me. I told him that Lennie didn't do it out of meanness, he probably didn't mean it, since he doesn't know his strength.

" Lennie never done it in meanness, I said. All the time he done bad things, but never done on of 'em mean." This is where I told Candy that Lennie did not kill Curley's wife on purpose.

Meeting Crooks

The very next day, the boys and I decide to go to whorehouse. Lennie stayed at the ranch petting his puppy. I am worried about him, what if he's got himself into trouble? On his way to the barn, Lennie stopped by Crook's room looking for me. Crooks told him to go away, but Lennie didn't understand why. After looking at that innocent face of Lennie's, he finally let him in. Lennie and Crooks seem to get along pretty good. Crooks shared how being black consists of many disadvantages, even though Lennie didn't really understand. In respond, Lennie unexpectedly starts talking about his future farm. Candy jumps in. They suddenly hear someone approaching and it is the one and only, Curly's wife looking for her husband. That lady is always looking for trouble. Curly's wife finds out that Lennie broke her husband's hand and begins to flirt with Lennie, but then Crooks tells her to stay away before she tells the boss. She then threatens Crooks by asking him what they can do to him if he says anything and he stays quiet.

"Well you guys outta get out of here. Jesus, seems like I can't go away for a minute, I said to Lennie and Candy." This is where I found them in Crooks room when they shouldn't have been. 

Candy Joins The Team

After a long day of work we finally returned to the bunkhouse. Lennie and I have made friends with Slim and the other guys. Slim agreed to give one of his pups to Lennie which really had me worried knowing how dumb and clumsy he is. However, Slim trusts Lennie because he knows that a guy like him would never cause any harm. Candy's old, stinky dog was shot today. Carlton insisted that the dog was no use and that it was time to for him to go and he agreed to take him away. Later that night, Lennie and I told Candy about our plan to buy a ranch. He had agreed to contribute his earnings to help and agreed giving us the ranch if he passed away soon. Well, Lennie got in a fight today. He got punched by Curley and finally made a move after a long time. Curley had to go to the hospital, Lennie apparently broke his whole hand, but Curley agreed on keeping his mouth shut. Afterall, Curley proved to be a coward.

"Get him, Lennie. Don't let him do it, I yelled. Wait a minute, I grabbed Slim's hand and continues to yell, get' em, Lennie!" This is where Curley tried to fight Lennie, but I wanted Lennie to fight back.

Arrival at the Farm

We finally made it to the ranch. I cannot believe the place where we are staying to sleep. Everything seems dirty and broken-down as if we just got put inside an abandoned shelter. However, Candy told us everything would be fine since the last guy that slept there was a very clean person. Candy then introduced us to the boss where he then questioned us about ourselves and where we were from. While the boss was talking to us, I was doing all of the talking in which Lennie said nothing. I think the boss got kind of suspicious about especially later on in the conversation when Lennie said something when he was not supposed to. After a while the boss's son Curly shows up, he was a really conceded guy, who was trying to pick a fight with us.

"I don't want no trouble, Lennie had said to me. He said, I never done nothing to him. I told Lennie, well, that won't do you no good if Curley wants to plug himself up for a fighter. Just don't have nothing to do with him. Will you remember? This is where I tell Lennie not to get into any fights with Curley.

The Beginning of my Journey

It has been a long, sunny day and we finally found a place to rest for the night. Lennie and I have established here in a small hill next to a lake of water. I couldn’t believe innocent Lennie hopped in the dirty green lake and began to drink from it. I quickly took him out, I didn’t want him to get sick. Along the way I noticed Lennie had a dead mouse, I asked him to hand it to me, but he refused. It took quite a long time, but he finally handed the mouse over. After a while we found a nice place along a sandy river bank. The sun was starting to set from the mountains into the valley, and it was starting to get quite cold.  I sent Lennie into the woods to fetch some wood for the fire. When he came back, he was soaking wet. And what did he have in his hand? The mouse I had thrown. And right before we went to sleep we promised ourselves that one day we'll have a ranch of our own.

“O.K. Someday- we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs- An’ have rabbits” (Steinbeck 15). This is where I tell Lennie that one day we'll own our own ranch with animals and we finally won't have to worry about looking for jobs.