Conflicts in OMAM 4/30/15

Of Mice and Men

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        One conflict that occurred in the story was with Lennie and Curley. Curley would yell at Lennie and try to get him in trouble. Curley would do this because he hates big guys, since he's a small guy. Later in the story he starts a fight with Lennie because Lennie was in his own land smiling, while Curley thought Lennie was smiling about the how he was scared of Slim. That made Curley want to fight Lennie, but it backfired. Curley ended up with a broken hand, so now there's tension between them. This could potentially lead to problems in the future between the two.

        Another conflict in the story was with Lennie and Curley's Wife. While the guys were have a horseshoe tournament, Lennie, was in the barn with the dead pup. Curley's Wife joined him and they started to talk. They're talking lead to Lennie's obsession with soft things. Soon Curley's Wife made Lennie feel her hair because she said it was soft. She pulled her head away and Lennie held on because he was scared, same thing with Curley's hand. Eventually he had to cover her mouth because she was screaming and he accidentally broke her neck. This made the relationship with Curley worse.

OMAM Blog 4/22/15

Of Mice and Men

        The atmosphere of the ranch and bunkhouse, so far, has been a mix of negative and positive because bad and good encounters had happened. Some negative encounters were with The Boss, Curley's Wife, and Curley. When George and Lennie were with The Boss, The Boss scolded at them for being late, which was a bad start. When George and Lennie met Curley it was bad. Curley and George were shouting at each other and Curley was shouting at Lennie, it was a bad first impression. Meeting Curley's Wife was bad because Lennie has a crush on her. Lennie having a crush on her might lead to future conflict in the story. There's one other event that made this negative which was Slim mentioning he had to drown four newborn puppies.

        The atmosphere of the ranch and the bunkhouse is also positive because the had some good encounters, too. One of these good encounters would be meeting Slim and Carlson. These two character seemed to be friends with each other and are both friendly, unlike Curley. Slim and Carlson welcomed them to the place, asked some questions about them, and more thing considered to be friendly. Another event that was mention that was positive was Slim's dog giving birth to nine puppies.


        I think Curley's wife doesn't have a name because John Steinbeck is trying to send the message that women weren't respected. At that time like black people and women were treated as if they weren't equal. At the time women were treated a little like an object. In the book they even use derogatory language towards her. This shows that she was disrespected behind her back. John Steinbeck not giving her a name shows that attitude towards the women.

Trash 4/16/15

Trash
Author: Andy Mulligan
Pages: 0 - 115
Prompts: 1) What surprises you in this story? Explain why. 2) Describe the main characters. 3) Are the characters realistic (do they seem like they could be real people)? Why

or why not?

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        The thing that so far surprised me the most was Raphael not cracking while being interrogated. I think this because he's a 12 year old boy and was getting beat. He was hit many, many times started bleeding a lot. Also, he was hung out a building window from several stories, yet he never gave in. He never gave in just to protect him and his family/friends even though he knows someone died during an interrogation.

         The two main characters are Raphael and Gardo. They have similar characteristics as in they are both really skinny, they are smart, and they wear ragged clothes. Raphael is a shorter build, while Gardo is a bigger build. Gardo is like a older brother to Raphael, he watches over Raphael.

        I think the characters could be real people. I think this because there are people similar to them in the world. There are people in the who have little food, money, family, and have to dig through trash. In this book at almost any age people have the same trait and have to do the same. The only difference would be these people have a job at eight and their job is to dig through trash. Kids at eight don't have jobs and there aren't jobs where people dig through trash to sell it.