The fifth chapter of the book was definitely a decisive one. This chapter is where the dreams of George, Candy, and Lennie are smashed apart. The major event in this chapter obviously was Lennie breaking Curley's wife's neck. When trying to blame someone in the book for this the reader can not really blame anyone. Lennie is too stupid too understand that he has to let go of Curley's wife or else he'll kill her. Curley's wife just wanted some company. The reader is left with some what sympathy for both and no one to blame for the tragic event. The movie was quite accurate with showing the event of Lennie breaking Curley's wife's neck as it is written in the book.
So far the author has been building up from the beginning of the book about George and Lennie getting their own little place, and with every chapter it came closer to becoming reality. And now the reader would be expecting a happy end with them living in peace. The abrupt destruction of their dream is just unexpected, but also been foreshadowed by the author. For example when Curley's wife comes inside the barn Lennie is there with his dead pup which he killed because he got angry with it but, didn't mean to. I think that this truly makes this story a good one. The author does not follow the cliché way of just having a happy ending. Because we have already finished the movie in class I know what to expect for the ending, but I believe that as in most chapters the book will contain more details than the movie about the sad ending of this story.
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