‘Of Mice and Men’ Conflicts

     One conflict in the book is Man vs. Man, Lennie is extremely dependent on George. After Lennie’s aunt died George took Lennie in, basically as his family. Since then George has felt as if Lennie was his responsibility. I think that Lennie is extremely dependent on George, for example, in the book Curley started a fight with Lennie. Lennie was waiting for George to give him instructions for what to do. He didn’t start defending himself until George told him to. This could possibly cause future consequences because if something ever happens to George, Lennie will be completely clueless on what to do. So, I think that George needs to start teaching Lennie on how to become more independent, it would be a benefit for both of them.

     Another conflict in the book is Man vs. Man, and it is between Carlson and Candy. During the third chapter Carlson convinced Candy to let him kill his dog. This is a big turning point in Candy’s life because he said that he had the dog with him since the dog was a puppy. I think that Candy might possibly go into a dark place because he misses his dog so much. I also think that he will have a bad relationship with Carlson because to Candy he will just be known as the guy who killed his dog. If Candy is to go into a dark place I think that it will effect how he acts at work, because typically when people are sad they don’t put much effort into things and they may just want to be left alone.

‘Of Mice and Men’

     The atmosphere of the ranch and bunkhouse was pretty average. What I mean by this is that everybody seems to be pretty calm, but there was a little bit of tension between Lennie and Curley. We were introduced to a lot of new characters. Some characters were informally introduced, those characters I think are, Slim, Carlson, Swamper. They are considered informally introduced because they either came into a conversation, or they were talked about during another conversation. We were formally introduced to a few characters. Those characters are George, Lennie, Curley’s wife, Curley, and the boss. These characters are considered formally introduced because we were given a little background knowledge of them, or they joined a conversation and introduced themself.

     I think that the message John Steinbeck is trying to send about Curley’s wife is that she is mysterious. None of the men who knew she was Curley’s wife actually knew what her name was. I also noticed that none of them asked what her name was. When Curley asked which way she had gone to George he didn’t mention her name either. I think that he is trying to make her mysterious because she might have something to do possibly with the conflict. When she came in to ask the men if they knew where Curley was she didn’t explain her reason to why she wanted to speak with him. Maybe she was there to do something bad, which could also impact the conflict possibly.

     My overall impression so far of the book is that it is pretty interesting. I say this because so far we don’t know much about any of the characters, except for George and Lennie. So since we don’t know much about the book it makes you a little more interested to keep turning the page and see what happens next. I think that we are going to start learning about what the conflict is because we have met a lot of the characters already. I also think that we are moving past the exposition and going into the inciting action.

Achiments

     I have achieved getting a growth mindset award.  I got good grades.  I got good grades in most of my classes.  I achieved getting through the school year.  I achieved getting perfect attendance for some of the months.  I achieved making new friends.  And I still am friends with some kids from elementary school.  Those are some of my achievements from this school year.

Three Positives Of the Week

     One positive from this week was that I went up on the Map tests.  I also went up on another map test.  Another positive was that I was able to dress down.  Another positive is that map testing is over.    Another positive is that I went to recess on Wednesday.  Another positive is that today is Thursday so the weekend is close by.  Another positive is that so far I didn’t have to go to working lunch.  Those are my positives from the week.

50th Required Blog Post

     It is fourth quarter and I can’t believe that this is my 50th required blog post.  I thought that I would have more by now.  But I do have a lot.  Since I did the slice of life challenge I have a lot of blog posts.  I think that I have about 70 maybe 80.  I think my first post was around September.  I can believe that I have 50 required posts.

Map Testing

     On Tuesday we are starting Map Testing.  Map Testing is not as bad as  PARCC testing.  We are going from Winter to Spring.  This will be our third session with map testing. We do three sessions we do fall,winter, and spring.  It’s not that bad because it is only three tests per session.  But I still don’t like them.  Hopefully these will go by fast.

S.O.L Field Trip

     This Monday we took a field trip down to Chicago.  We went to the Writers museum.  It was pretty cool.  When we first went in we were in readers hall I think.  Then we went by some interactive area.  We got to use typewriters.  There was also a children’s area with children’s literacy books.  I had a great time at the writers museum.