https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb Lit Circle Group #4 en-us 2019-01-14 21:26:34 UTC 2021-07-11 03:51:36 UTC hello@padlet.com amichnik6347 https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/320557785 Discuss Questions]]> 2019-01-14 22:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/320557785 sthomas5263 https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/321036414 so how about that ending]]> 2019-01-15 23:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/321036414 sthomas5263 https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/321066980 i thought, after chapter five, something was going to split George and Lennie apart, nothing this drastic. how about you?]]> 2019-01-16 02:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/321066980 lsaidi5526 https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/321075955 Ever since the beginning, when Lennie wanted to leave, I had a feeling something bad was going to happen. At first I thought something would happen to George, and we would see Slim take over the caretaker role for Lennie. ]]> 2019-01-16 03:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/321075955 ykim6337 https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/321082030 Honestly I had heard that the ending was super sad and it made people cry but it didn't impact me that much. I feel like I always knew that something bad was going to happen kind of like what Leena said, because I knew about Steinbeck's background as a writer. I feel it really goes to show the effects of the Great Depression. ]]> 2019-01-16 04:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/321082030 kwieczorek4640 https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/321180198 I agree with Yoingjae that all of the foreshadowings pointed to an ending that involved death. I was surprised that it was George that was on the other end of the gun that killed Lennie. To me, Lennie's death symbolizes that the American Dream of owning land and being self-sufficient is impossible during the Great Depression and it is only a distracting illusion. ]]> 2019-01-16 12:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/321180198 amichnik6347 https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/321204663 I think that Steinbeck intentionally used small foreshadowings with the death of many small animals such as the mice and dog to lead up to Lennie's death. That made the whole ending kind of expected instead of sudden. The event with Candy's dog also led to George himself killing Lennie rather than Curly killing him.]]> 2019-01-16 13:34:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amichnik6347/1lzy66st7gvb/wish/321204663