Of Mice and Men Conflict 4/27

          A conflict that was read was when Curley fought Lennie and Lennie hurt Curley's hand. This conflict is man vs man because a human being having a conflict against another human being.  On page 63 were it is stated "Curley's fist swinging when Lennie reached for it." Which shows the reader  that Curley is fighting Lennie and that tense are at a boiling point and might even keep raising if thing are not resolved.  So far this conflict has changed the plot because it shows that Curley is willing to get physical, that Lennie can beat Curley, and that Curley wants to get out of there as fast as possible.  

         Another conflict is that Candy decided that his dog should be put the dog down but he did not do it himself. This conflict would be man vs self because Candy is regretting allowing it to happen but than even if he decided to he thought it would have been better if he did it. On page 45 where Candy says "Maybe it's hurt him," he suggested " I don't mind takin' care of him" Which shows the reader that he is reluctant to do this and is think to himself whether he should do it or not. On the plot so far it has made it so he was sad,but once he hears George's and Lennie's dream he tries to join and says he could put $350 so they can actually complete their dream.


         The final conflict is that Lennie has feelings for Curley's wife because this could cause greater tenses between Lennie and Curley than they are at the point in the book. This conflict is man vs self because Lennie is dealing with his own feelings and most stop himself from showing these feelings. On page 32 "“Listen to me, you crazy bastard,” he said fiercely. “Don’t you even take a look at that b****. I don’t care what she says and what she does. I seen ‘em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her be." Which shows the reader that he has feeling for her but George tells hims not do even think about anything with her. So far it has made it so that Lennie hides what he feels but that could eventually, even though it has not full been addressed.

Of Mice and Men 4/20

 Of Mice and Men

Prompt: Describe the atmosphere of the ranch and bunkhouse. Be sure to include characteristics of different characters that were formally or informally introduced to us in this chapter. Support your choice with textual evidence and interpretation. 
Why doesn't Curley's wife have a name?   What message, if anything, is John Steinbeck  trying to send by not giving her a first name?  Support your choice with textual evidence and interpretation


The atmosphere in the ranch and bunkhouse are tense do to the fact that there is constant fight and you learn negative things about the characters. I believe that this is the atmosphere of the ranch and bunkhouse because on page 26 where it is stated "But this Curley better bot make no mistake about Lennie. ....Curley punk is gonna get hurt if he messes around with Lennie." Which shows the reader that George has his eyes on Curley which builds tension up because he might get physical with him if it is needed and that Curley is ill-tempered. Another piece of evidence can be found on page 28 were Candy says "“I ‘ve seen her give Slim the eye." Which shows the reader that she is unfaithful to her husband and it raises the tense because it means that she might do the same thing with Lennie do to the fact that Lennie likes her as well and they might get into trouble or worse.

Curley's wife does not have a wife because she is not seen as an equal to the men. The reason that I believe that she is not seen as an equal as that at the time that the book was written many women are not given the basic rights that men were given. On page 28 Candy says "Yeah purity..." Which shows the reader that they she her as only a pretty thing and not an equal. On page 28 it is stated by Candy " I seen her give Slim the eye." Which shows the reader that she is unfaithful to her husband because she is flirting with others.

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The Testing 3/13

Prompt 1.)• Describe something you have read that is similar to this. 2.)• Are the characters realistic (do they seem like they could be real people)? Why

or why not? 3.)Do you like what you’re reading? Why or why not?

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                       The Testing and The Hunger Games are very similar to each other while not the exact point. Both book have a teenage girl be chosen to participate in a constants were they will have to survive.  There are different small/large towns that are far from each other that have different thing they do or make to support this new civilization in both of the books. A boy is in love with the main protagonist but at the beginning of the book she does not know this and eventually does now know if she has the same feelings for him. (Katniss and Peta, Cia and Thomas) These event take place in the future were a new civilization has been formed after most of the world was destroyed do to war.



                    I believe that the characters in the book The Testing could all be real. An example of this is Cia, she is intelligent and quick on her feet. Now a days are more likely to graduate from college than to drop out, so Cia would fit into this static. Thomas is another great example he is a smart young man that is also quick on his feet that is in love with Cia.  There are many young man that are intelligent especially with the age of technology curtly happening and most people fall in love during their live time.  Cia's father is a character that is realistic because he has gone through The Testing and he has nightmare about what happened some nights and does not for his daughter to suffer as he does.  Minor Spoiler do not keep reading if you do not want this to be spoiled go the next paragraph. The character Roman betrays his teammates Cia and Brick because he wants to win at all cost and this is something that some people will do from cheating to even "eliminating" their companions if they feel desperate enough to do so.

                 
                     I really enjoyed reading The Testing because I felt the character development is fantastic with the romance of Cia and Thomas not being rush but shown how she develops feelings for him and the other way around. I like how the future society needs one another to continue to work.  I like the fact that there are twist in the book that are not always seen and how some character can turn on the flip of a dime.  I felt that the violence and action in the book are balance with the intelligent writing how the book has lot of actions but it does not take to an extreme.  I also like how the book shows that survive is not just about being stronger or more aggressive but about out smarting you opponent.

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