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.