Of Mice and Men: The Movie

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In the movie, Of Mice and Men, there were two scenes which were not in the book or they appeared differently. In one scene, Slim tells George to take an injured horse into the barn and he does. As he comes in the barn, Curley's wife appears and claims that the barn is much cooler than the bunkhouse. She then tells George about her injured foot and says that Curley did it. Then she flirts with him but he doesn't pay attention to it. As this is happening, Curley comes in and gets mad that George and his wife are talking. Curley tells her to get back in the house after that.

In another scene, George and Lennie were working in the ranch when Curley's wife came and asked about Lennie's face and what caused the marks to appear. This happened in the book but the setting was different, so instead of it being inside the bunkhouse, they were outside working. Another thing that was different was there were characters that didn't come into that scene, such as Candy and Crooks.

These new scenes do not change my opinion of Curley's wife. In the new scenes, Curley's wife is almost always bringing attention to her and how she never has anyone to talk to. Even though she never stops trying to talk to the men in the bunkhouse, it shows how lonely she really is. I think the director chose to add these scenes to give her more qualities than just being a tramp. By letting her talk to George and Lennie, it shows that she is persistent in getting people to talk to her even if it means causing trouble.

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My general thoughts of this book was impressed. I felt this way because the author managed to fit in so much in a few chapters. The impact this book had on me was that loneliness was a big thing in the time period back then and it still is. Most people who are lonely will do anything to make a friend. I would recommend this book to my mom because she was interested in the first few pages that she read. I would also recommend this book to anyone who is interested in a story that would confuse you but make you think about the story.