Conflict in Of Mice and Men, Week of 4/27

Conflict in Of Mice and Men

John Zalazinski

4/29/2015

 One of the conflicts in the story was with Crooks and it was Man vs Society. Knowing the time period in the story this shouldn't be a surprise. The black population was discriminated and really hated as a group of people. This made hard situations even more complicated because of just his skin color and maybe he's a decent and kind person but has a lower chance at a getting a job. In the text it mentioned that Crooks used to play with the white kids but his dad didn't let him because there were separations between the two races and Crooks didn't find out why his dad did that until he was older.

Another one of the conflicts in the story was Candy with himself. The reason why I say this is because when Carlson shot Candy's dog, Candy wishes he had to shoot the dog himself. He would of seen the last moments of the dog's life and it would only make since because he had the dog since it was a pup. Now Candy is thinking more depressing thoughts and might not want to be around anymore because without the dog he doesn't have that much of a family.

Lastly, one of the other conflicts was Curley fighting Lennie, this conflict was Man vs Man. This all started when the other workers were teasing Curley and Lennie was smiling. The thing is he wasn't smiling because of that, he was smiling because he was thinking about the farm George, Candy, and Lennie are going to have someday and live together. Curley got furious not only because Lennie was tall but because he thought he was enjoying the teasing. Soon after the fight Lennie doesn't know his strength and crushed Curley's hand. This most likely can create a lot of tension between Lennie and Curley and might even get the Boss involved.