1st conflict~ Curley vs. Lennie (man vs. man)
2nd conflict~ Crooks (man vs. society)
The first conflict I noticed throughout the book is, Curley and Lennie. On page 26, Candy tells us, "Curley's like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys." Since Lennie is a pretty big guy, you can make the assumption of Curley disliking him, because of their size difference. Of course, you cannot forget their fighting scene. According to page 62, "...and Lennie was still smiling with delight at the memory of the ranch. Curley stepped over to Lennie like a terrier. "What the he*l you laughin' at?" Lennie looked blankly at him. "Huh?" Then Curley's rage exploded. "Come on ya big bas*ard. Get up on your feet. No big son-of-a-b*tch is gonna laugh at me. I'll show you who's yella."" You can identify the tension Curley created by making a big deal out of nothing. It later goes on to describe the fighting scene. And we all know, Lennie ends up crushing Curley's hand. That kind of officially started off the entire conflict between Curley and Lennie now, since Curley cannot work without it.
Crooks is facing the world alone. He does not have his own Lennie or George to be with. It's him against the world. No one on the ranch accepts him, or nonetheless acknowledges him, besides Slim and Lennie. You can recognize the conflict in the story when Lennie walks into Crooks' bunk. On page 68 Crooks tells Lennie, "...you got no right to come in my room." He then later says, "Nobody got any right in here but me." You can tell by the diction of Crooks that he doesn't appreciate people coming into his room. He also tells Lennie, "I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse...'cause I'm black." You can really tell that the racism is strong and alive throughout the ranch and bunkhouse. It's him against the white men.
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Nice work! I did these two conflicts as well and I couldn't agree more with the evidence you put. Great job!
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I agree with these conflicts too, and your evidence!
ReplyDeleteGood job! I agree with both of your conflicts and your textual backed up your ideas really well. Though it was sort of hard to read since your font color is blue. Besides that you did a really good job!
ReplyDeleteI had the exact two conflicts and couldn't agree with you more. You had all-detailed evidence also.
ReplyDeleteYour conflicts made total sense. I thought about these conflicts as well! Your evidence backed up your thoughts really well. I loved your blog!
ReplyDeleteNice Blog. I like how you did Crooks against society since back then (and sadly still a little bit today) they didn't really think of African Americans as free and equal people. He had to face everyone in the ranch, which is terrible. Nice Job!
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