In last week's blog response, I asked you to select a theme
that "hit home" with you the most. Now that you have set your
sights on a theme you would most like work with some more, it is time to test
your skills of analysis. Scan through the last chapter (6) in Of
Mice and Men and see if you can pull out a moment from the text that,
upon close reading, says something about your selected theme.
“You ain’t
gonna leave me, are ya, George? I know ya ain’t.”
George came stiffly near and sat down beside him.
“No.”
“I knowed it,” Lennie cried. “You ain’t that kind.”
George was silent.
Power verses powerlessness is very prominent
throughout chapter 6. Lennie is very obedient to George’s orders given to him
earlier in the novella. Lennie remembers what George tells him, to hide in the
brush and wait until George came to get him. Lennie is mournful for all the
things he’s done and brings back all conversations between him and George. Lennie
relies on George to be there for him and provide for him.
