English 11 Padlet by Becky Henderson-Howie

Question 1

henderre — 2020-12-13 14:41:20 UTC

Why do you think George goes through the motions of being angry with Lennie?

Question 2

henderre — 2020-12-13 14:41:50 UTC

Why do you think George is calm, almost devoid of all emotion, when he talks to Lennie?

Question 3

henderre — 2020-12-13 14:42:21 UTC

How did the situation with Candy's dog foreshadow the final events as they play out between George and Lennie?

Question 4

henderre — 2020-12-13 14:45:06 UTC

Why does Slim understand the real circumstances surrounding the final scenes between Lennie and George?

Question 5

henderre — 2020-12-13 14:46:09 UTC

What is the significance of Carlson saying, "Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?"

Question 1

lillianmccullah — 2025-04-10 12:51:36 UTC

George played along with Lennie so that he didn't arouse suspicion, and make Lennie think everything is alright, so he can have a peaceful death.

2025-04-10 12:51:43 UTC

1) George doesn't want Lennie to think anything is wrong. He wants Lennie to be calm at the last moment of his life.

Jace Worden

2025-04-10 12:51:49 UTC

George does it as sort of a closure. It's how it's always been done, and he didn't want to take that away from Lennie in his final moments.

Q1. Domanik Grant

2025-04-10 12:51:54 UTC

George goes through the motions of being angry with Lennie because he wants Lennie to take in what he is saying for once

Question 1 - Kat

2025-04-10 12:51:58 UTC

George goes through the motions because he doesn't want Lennie to think this time is any different than the others. He doesn't want Lennie to know what is about to happen, and going through the motions keeps Lennie in the dark.

Jack Garcia

2025-04-10 12:51:59 UTC

To not startle Lennie and also to make it seem that nothing is going on and itś just another day.

Cody Trimm

2025-04-10 12:52:02 UTC

George goes through the motions for Lennie because Lennie still believes it will be the same as always, even though George knows this is the last time.

Carter (1)

2025-04-10 12:52:31 UTC

George goes through the motion of being angry with Lennie because he wants Lennie to feel like everything is normal and it was every time before.

Q1

2025-04-10 12:52:50 UTC

He wants it to be the same as every other time Lennie has asked so he wont know whats happening

Tanner Adair

2025-04-10 12:53:02 UTC

George goes through the motions of being angry with Lennie because Lennie needs to know what he did was serious. He killed somebody.

Ariana Clark: Question 2

2025-04-10 12:53:21 UTC

I think George is calm and almost devoid of all emotions when he talks to Lennie because he can't stop thinking about how he is going to shoot Lennie, even though he doesn't want to.

2025-04-10 12:53:23 UTC

George is calm because he does not want Lennie to worry. be is almsot viod of emotion becuas ehe is about to kill the closest thing he has to family. It kills him on the inside, but he tries to not let it show.

Question 2 - Kat

2025-04-10 12:53:29 UTC

George has no emotion because he is about to kill Lennie. He clearly doesn't want to, but he has to, and it devastates him.

Q1)Mika

2025-04-10 12:53:37 UTC

George went through the motions of being angry with Lennie because that is what Lennie has come to expect from him, if George doesn't act angry Lennie might worry.

Question 2

lillianmccullah — 2025-04-10 12:53:41 UTC

Because he has already accepted that he has to kill Lennie, he realizes that the dream is dead without Lennie and he cannot muster up the strength to express emotion at this time.

Jack Garcia

2025-04-10 12:53:43 UTC

To not scare Lennie or not to have Lennie suspect that anything is happening.

Anna Huciferous

2025-04-10 12:53:45 UTC

George goes through the motions of being angry with Lennie in order to create a sense of genuineness. George wants his final interaction with Lennie to be authentic and meaningful for both himself and Lennie.

Jace Worden

2025-04-10 12:53:58 UTC

George is devoid of emotion because he's mentally preparing himself to say goodbye. To control his feelings, he shut his nervous system down.

2025-04-10 12:54:00 UTC

George knows what hes about to do to Lennie while Lennie has no idea and shouldn't worry.

Cody Trimm Q2

2025-04-10 12:54:14 UTC

George is calm in this situation because he knows what he has to do, even though Lennie is his best friend, because there is no other way out where Lennie doesn't suffer.

Tanner Adair

2025-04-10 12:54:21 UTC

George is calm to Lennie because he does not want him to panic. George knows he has to kill him and if he panics he may fight back, which he knows Lennie is stronger.

Carter (2)

2025-04-10 12:54:29 UTC

George is calm and almost devoid of emotion when he is talking to Lennie because he is going to kill his best friend and he also does not want Lennie to worry about anything.

Ariana Clark: Question 1

2025-04-10 12:54:34 UTC

I think George goes through the motions of being angry with Lennie because he wants everything to seem normal for Lennie before George shoots him.

Question 3 - Kat

2025-04-10 12:55:00 UTC

When Candy's dog died, he regretted letting Carlson do it instead of doing it himself. This foreshadows how George knew he had to kill Lennie himself instead of Curly because Curly would make it painful.

Q2) Mika

2025-04-10 12:55:06 UTC

George knows what it is he has to do and if he were to let himself get all emotional about he might not have been able to bring himself to do it.

Q2. Domanik Grant

2025-04-10 12:55:26 UTC

George is devoid of emotions when talking to Lennie because he knows that no matter what he says or does to Lennie, he will not react, and he needs to prepare mentally.

2025-04-10 12:55:35 UTC

Candy said he should've been the one to kill his dog who was his bestfriend. George must do the same for his friend because he knows someone else will if he doesn't

Jace Worden

2025-04-10 12:55:40 UTC

The dog was a hindrance to everyone, such was Lennie. Instead of being blind and smelling awful, he was more innocent and destroying things unintentionally.

2025-04-10 12:55:59 UTC

Candy talks about how the dog has been with him almost his whole life and how he should've been the one to shoot him. This foreshadows George shooting Lennie. Lennie and George had been together practically their entire lives, and George shot Lennie because it would be ten times worse if anyone else were to do it.

Jack Garcia

2025-04-10 12:56:02 UTC

Both Candy´s dog and Lennie were both shot in the back of the head, where the head and the spine meet, and with Carlson´s luger pistol.

Cody Trimm - 3

2025-04-10 12:56:07 UTC

The situation with Candy's dog foreshadowed the end of the book when Candy knows he should have taken care of the dog himself like how Geroge had to take care of Lennie.

Carter (3)

2025-04-10 12:56:19 UTC

The situation with Candys dog forshadowed the final events because Carlson shot the dog in the back of the head so it did not have to suffer and George shot Lennie in the back of the head so he did not have to suffer.

Question 4 - Kat

2025-04-10 12:56:35 UTC

Slim understands what is happening because he has gotten to know George better than the other men. George opened up to him about their past problems and how Lennie doesn't mean any harm. He also is just a more understanding individual, so he can read between he lines.

Question 3

lillianmccullah — 2025-04-10 12:56:47 UTC

The dog was viewed as useless and a nuisance, which is kind of what Lennie became to the guys after he killed Curleys wife, so when Lennie was shot in the back of the head, in the same place and with the same gun as Candys dog, it was intentionally similar.

Anna Huciferous

2025-04-10 12:56:52 UTC

George lacks emotion because if he were to acknowledge his feelings in the moment, he would be unable to do what was ultimately right for Lennie.

Ariana Clark: Question 3

2025-04-10 12:56:56 UTC

The situation with Candy's dog foreshadowed the final events between George and Lennie because Candy regretted not shooting his dog himself, and if George didn't shoot Lennie himself, he would have regretted it because Curley and the others would have hurt him a lot worse,e and he wouldn't have died happy.

2025-04-10 12:57:11 UTC

He knows Lennie is too strong for his own good and that George was gonna have to be the one to kill Lennie. He knows what Lennie has done before.

2025-04-10 12:57:20 UTC

Silm understands because Geroge told him about the accident in Weed. Slim understands that Lennie doesn't understand social cues or his own strength. He also understands that George and Lennie were like family.

Cody Trimm - 4

2025-04-10 12:57:21 UTC

Slim understands the situation while the others don't because George told Slim what happened in Weed and how Lennie always gets in trouble but he never means to hurt anyone or anything.

Carter (4)

2025-04-10 12:57:38 UTC

Slim understands the real circumstances surrounding the final scenes because George explained to him what happened in Weed. So he understands that Lennie did not do it on purpose.

Jack Garcia

2025-04-10 12:57:42 UTC

Slim knows the story about what happened in Weed with George and Lennie. Slim also understands that Lennie doesn't understand his own strength.

Q3. Domanik Grant

2025-04-10 12:57:48 UTC

The way the dog was getting killed made Candy sad, but then he accepted the dream after foreshadowing something bad will happen to the Dream.

Jace Worden

2025-04-10 12:57:52 UTC

Slim understood it more because that seems to be his nature. When Candy had to kill his dog, Slim was there, understanding what must be done. When George did it, you could see that, unlike a dog, he could not be replaced.

Question 4

lillianmccullah — 2025-04-10 12:58:55 UTC

He talked with George about how it has been with Lennie, how he used to play tricks on Lennie cause he was stupid. He understood how much Lennies companionship meant to George, he understands the loss that just happened.

Ariana Clark: Question 4

2025-04-10 12:59:02 UTC

Slim understands the real circumstances because he has gotten to know George and Lennie and he also knows about what happened in Weed. Slim knows that Lennie never means no harm to anybody he's just too strong and he doesn't mean to be.

Carter (5)

2025-04-10 12:59:06 UTC

The significance of what Carlson said at the end is to show how people will never understand the relationship that George and Lennie had and how important they were to each other.

2025-04-10 12:59:07 UTC

It show that the other workers don't have that connection. They don't understand what George was going through and why George felt like he was the one who needed to kill him.

Question 5 - Kat

2025-04-10 12:59:11 UTC

Carlson saying this shows how he and Curly aren't capable of understanding George and Lennie's relationship or what happened. They also didn't know George like Slim did, so they didn't know Lennie that deeply either.

Cody Trimm - 5

2025-04-10 12:59:13 UTC

The significance of Calson's comment at the end of the book is that it shows how the other men have never had a connection with someone the same way Lennie and George had a connection.

2025-04-10 12:59:15 UTC

Carlson doesn't have anyone close enough to call family. He doesn't and hasn't had any emotional connection to someone for a long time. This is why he doesn't understand how hard it was for George to shoot Lennie because Lennie was his family. This is significant becuase is shows how most peoplle were during this timme period.

Q3) Mika

2025-04-10 12:59:15 UTC

The dog had become a burden to the men in the bunk house so he needed to get put down, like Lennie when he caused more trouble by accidentally killing Curley's wife. George had to put Lennie down whether he wanted to or not.

Jace Worden

2025-04-10 12:59:48 UTC

Carlson can't understand what's wrong with it because of the attitude of the richer characters.. They always seem to say that things can be replaced.

Tanner Adair

2025-04-10 12:59:49 UTC

Slim understands the real circumstances because he knows what happens with Lennie in Weed. He wasn't told the story personally but he knows what happened.

Jack Garcia

2025-04-10 12:59:59 UTC

Carlson says this because he doesn't understand how George and Lennie feel and their relationship with each other.

Q4. Domanik Grant

2025-04-10 13:00:34 UTC

Slim saw the relationship between George and Lennie and knew that Lennie was George's friend, and George having to kill Lennie made George upset that he lost that friend.

Question 5

lillianmccullah — 2025-04-10 13:01:11 UTC

It highlights how most of the migrant workers don't understand human connection or companionship at all. They've been traveling alone for so long that they have forgotten how to empathize with someone, they've forgotten what it was like to care about someone other than themselves.

Anna Huciferous

2025-04-10 13:01:32 UTC

The situation with Candy's dog foreshadows the final events between George and Lennie because Candy was responsible for the comfort of his old dog, and George was responsible for the comfort of Lennie in the end. Candy regrets not being there in his dogs final moments and George doesn't want that to be the case for Lennie.

Tanner Adair

2025-04-10 13:01:40 UTC

Carlson not knowing what is eating the two of them means he does not know what really happened why George and Lennie left Weed. It also shows all of the workers have no real connection between each other. Only a few knew about George and Lennie's relationship.

Ariana Clark: Question 5

2025-04-10 13:02:07 UTC

The significance of Carlson saying, "Now what the hell ya suppose in eatin' them two guys?" shows how he and Curley don't understand George and Lennie's relationship. They think it's not a huge deal because they don't have any close friends.

Q5. Domanik Grant

2025-04-10 13:02:36 UTC

Carlson saying, "Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?" shows that Carlson had no care for Lennie and didn't realize how upset it made George to have to kill Lennie.

Q4) Mika

2025-04-10 13:03:59 UTC

George had confided in Slim in the bunkhouse about what happened with Lennie and a girl back in Weed. Slim is also portrayed as an understanding man.

Anna

2025-04-10 13:04:48 UTC

Slim understands the real circumstances because George explained to him what happened in Weed between Lennie and the girl. Slim's understanding of Lennie's inability to control his strength and impulses allows him to grasp the difficulty of George having to let him go.

Q5) Mika

2025-04-10 13:06:02 UTC

Unlike George and Lennie, men working men traveled on their own and never formed any relationships. They wouldn't be able to understand George and Lennie's friendship because they have none of their own.

Anna

2025-04-10 13:07:51 UTC

The significance of Carlson's statement as the final line is to display the disconnect between Slim and George from the others. They both have empathy and appreciation for human connection, unlike the others on the ranch. Carlson recognizes that George and Slim are emotional about the situation, but he is unable to understand why.