When George and Lennie reach the bunkhouse at the farm where they will work, an old man named Candy shows them their beds. Later, the boss questions George and Lennie and finds them suspicious because George speaks for Lennie. He cannot understand why George would travel with Lennie until he explains that Lennie is his cousin. After the boss leaves, his son, Curley, enters the bunkhouse looking for the boss. Curley’s wife visits the bunkhouse later that night searching for Curley and asks the other men if they knew where Curley was. Later, Curley returns looking for his wife, and talks to George in an attempt to start a fight.
After a day of work, the men return to the bunkhouse. Slim, whose dog had a new litter of puppies, gives Lennie one of them. When George tells Lennie about their dream Candy shows some interest in joining in with them. Curley searches for his wife once more, and fights Lennie when he suspects that Lennie is laughing at him. Curley punches Lennie several times, but Lennie does not fight back until George gives him permission. He crushes Curley's hand, and does not stop until George tells him to do so.
While the other men had gone out, Lennie goes to visit Crooks. Crooks is rude to Lennie until he realizes that Lennie has no ill intent. Crooks makes Lennie realize how alone and he would be if George would abandon Lennie. Candy also visits the two men, for they are the only ones left at the ranch. They discuss the plan for a small farm, and even Crooks shows some interest.
The next morning, when Lennie is playing with his new puppy, he accidentally kills it. Curley's Wife finds him in the barn with the dead puppy, and when she allows him to feel how soft her hair is, he handles her too forcefully. When she screams, Lennie covers her mouth and, as she tries to struggle free from his grasp, he snaps her neck. When Lennie escapes the ranch, Candy and George find the body and immediately realize that Lennie killed her. Candy alerts the other men, and Curley forms a party to search for Lennie. Curley intends to murder him. Meanwhile, George steals Carlson's gun, and lead the other men to think that Lennie took it before escaping.
George, who points Curley and the other men in the wrong direction, finds Lennie in the brush where he told him to go. George begins to tell Lennie about their plans for a house and the rabbit hutch and then he shoots Lennie in the back of the head with Carlson's gun. The other men hear the sound and quickly come and they find Lennie dead.
My opinion
My opinion on this book is that I quite enjoyed reading the book. The story is based on a short period of time. It is part of the dream of the people had during the time of the great depression. Although it is not a story of my type I still enjoyed reading it.