Of Mice and Men Conflict Blog

     Of Mice and Men are full of conflicts. There are tension between two characters all the time. Some hate one another or just sad in general. Now that George and Lennie came in, it is no help. So, this blog is about the conflicts in the book. The main types of conflict are Man vs Man, Man vs Society, Man vs Self, and Man vs Nature.

     One of the conflicts in the novella is about Curley hating tall people. Let's face it, Curley is short. What he does have that the workers do not have is a wife. He has a wife while Lennie, the tall guy, does not. He took out his anger on Lennie and caused a fight. Lennie was way stronger than him, but Lennie still refused to fight back. The effect from the fight caused Curley's hand to be wounded by being crushed by Lennie's hand. In the novella, it said, "... his closed fist was lost in Lennie's big hand. George ran down the room. 'Leggo of him, Lennie. Let go.'"This was taken place of the big fight between Lennie and Curley. As you can see, since they were making fun of Curley and Lennie was laughing too, he swung at Lennie instead of anyone else. If he did not hate tall people, his hand would not be crushed since he could have chosen someone else. Curley could have swung at Candy for making fun of his glove. George tried to stop for one reason and one reason only, which leads me to my next conflict.

     George and Lennie needs money. The reason why they are at this job and live in a bunkhouse is to have enough money for their ranch. Their dreams lead them to this job and meet these new workers that could change their lives forever. Look at them now, they have friends that will help them on their journey and work for their future ranch. So, George needs to keep this job (so does Lennie) in order to get the money. Those are one of the many conflicts Of Mice and Men has to offer.

(P.S. All titles are italicized. The font makes it hard to see.)