OMAM Movie Blog Week of 5/11/15

OMAM Movie Blog

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John Z.

5/13/2015

 The flashback shows a time when George and Lennie were just being together, not arguing, no distractions, no work, just them. This makes George feel good because he knows what he did to Lennie was for his own good and not let him suffer. The flashback makes audiences feel like there was more positive moments than negative between George and Lennie and didn't shoot Lennie for no reason. I don't think that feeling matched the end of the book because at the end of the movie there was positive memory but at the end of the book George was still very unsettled and almost everyone who worked with him knew what he did. I think the director chose a different ending because the flashback had more meaning to it other than the workers trying to forget about through drinking. 

The line of dialogue at the end of the book was said by Carlson when he was with Curley, "Now what the hell ya suppose is eaten' them two guys?" That line tells us that the speaker doesn't know that George shot Lennie. The feeling that the reader get left with is maybe relief that Curley didn't get the chance to harm Lennie and he didn't die suffering. It made feel a little bit frustrated because its like Carlson has no idea what is going around him. There was just a guy who had shoot his best friend to make sure he didn't suffer in prison, of course something is bothering him!      

I feel like this was a really good book with a lot of ups and downs and twists. I'm glad this was actually a good book knowing it's ELA because the book we read last year in the 6A Accelerated LA class was really a bore. I think the twist and turns gave me a really good understanding of what the book was going to be. From Lennie crushing Curley's hand to Lennie killing Curley's wife. It was almost like the author didn't want you to keep up with the story even though the story all took place in a few days. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes mystery because they are used to all of plot twist, and other unexpected things the author throws into his books.