Chapter 1 Notes

Summary:

     Throughout chapter I discovered the main characters Lennie and George. Lennie is a big, strong, and not very smart guy. George is a thin, small, and smart guy. They both are running away from a town, because Lennie touched a girl's dress and she freaked out about it. They ran away and are planning to find new jobs at a town named Weed. In the mean while they are hiding in a forest and George is dealing with Lennie, because he won't listen to George. George is constantly telling him to not keep mice as pets, but Lennie does it anyway and ends up killing them. They sit along the fire heating up their beans and George gets mad that Lennie wants ketchup for his beans, but they don't have ketchup and Lennie won't listen so they get into a huge argument. Lennie then says he should just leave and never come back and they both forgive each other.

Predictions:

     I predict that Lennie that will mess up the whole job interview. The manager will probably ask Lennie a bunch of question and he will get real nervous and spill the beans on why he got fired from his last job. This will lead into George getting the job and Lennie not and George persuading the manager to hire Lennie and Lennie will get the job. When he gets the job Lennie will probably mess up sometimes and George will have to fix it.

Reflect:

    I really like this book so far it is descriptive and really captures the characters. When reading I can feel like I know the characters by the way they talk and act. Steinbeck really captures Lennie and George. A thing that I would change though is the beginning it is very descriptive and kind of confuses the reader. I would not so much describe the scene on the first page, because it confuses the reader.