It has been several weeks, you can’t possibly still be upset about Lulu’” (132). Madame Khoun feels horrible about what she did to Kien’s dog. She has the mother instinct that all mothers have, she knows when something is wrong with her children. Madame Khoun leaves her children with her sister while she takes off. When Madame Khoun returns, Kien tells her about the fight between him and his cousin, “Under the pale streetlights, I showed her the bumps and contusions Tin had left on my back while Jimmy relived the potato story.
Crooks said he was nuts and didn't believe him. When Candy came in and confirmed it was true, crooks hesitated and asked if he could come along and help. They got interrupted though when Curly's wife strode in and began to talk to them; and that's when they got angry. She started arguing with Candy and when she tried talking to Lennie, they told her to leave him alone and not mess with him. That didn't stop her though, because the next day she scared Lennie while he was sadly petting his dead puppy.
It is Sunday afternoon and Lennie is alone in the barn, sitting in the hay and stroking the dead body of his puppy. He talks to himself, asking the animal why it died: “You ain’t so little as mice. I didn’t bounce you hard.” Worrying that George will be angry and will not let him raise the rabbits on their farm, he starts to bury it in the hay. He decides to tell George that he found it dead but then realizes that George will see through this lie. Frustrated, he curses the dog for dying and hurls it across the room.
They get to the woods after driving a while and have a very unsuccessful hunting trip. When they find tracks, they ask the owner of a house if they can hunt on his property but again no luck. As they walk back to the truck Kenny is so frustrated about their unsuccessful hunting trip, he shoots a fencepost, a tree and the house owners’ dog. Tub is so appalled by the actions Kenny has taken, that he goes and shoots Kenny in the stomach, after Kenny says, “I hate you,” to Tub. Frank and Tub decided to take Kenny to the hospital.
As he grew older, Pickton frequently skipped school to stay home on the farm. Robert’s father was not involved in raising the children; he was known to be emotionally abusive towards Robert, causing Robert to feel neglected. His mother, Louise, might have done the best she knew how to, but she was apparently eccentric and tough on her children. It is said that Robert was very close to his mother. Louise was workaholic who ran the family meat business, she supervised the kids and expected them to put in long hours slopping pigs and looking after other animals, even on school days.
He is ashamed of her foreign family and remembers with disgust how Jelka's father advised him on their wedding night to beat her once in a while, Their Marriage is not a nor mal because Jelka is quiet and spends her time making Jim's happy and taking care of the house. Jim's hot dinner is waiting no matter what time he comes in from the fields. Also, Jim makes no emotional connection with her and eventually looks elsewhere for companionship. Therefore, after a year of being bored with Jelka, Jim starts to long for the company of silly, chatty women and begins to go to the "Three Star," which is a brothel in Monterey where he often amused himself prior to his marriage. One particular Saturday night Jim decides to go to town and is meets his local farmer who tells him he found a slaughtered calf's remains with Jim's brand upon the hide.
He describes the dog as ‘ancient’ and complains about how much he smells. He also mentions to Candy that the dog is old and has a lot of trouble getting through each day. Since the dog is deteriorating, Carlson tries to persuade Candy to kill the dog. “‘God awmighty, that dog stinks. Get him outa here, Candy!’…‘Got no teeth,’ he said.
Lennie repeats George's instructions that he is not to talk to her. She stays, however, and again asks him what he is covering up. When Lennie shows her the dead puppy, she tells him it was just a mutt and no one will care, but Lennie explains that George won't let him tend the rabbits because he did a bad thing again. Curley's wife tells Lennie of her life and her missed opportunity to travel with the show that came through her hometown. Lennie responds absently with concern about his dream farm and the rabbits he will have.
She threatens Crooks and an argument develops. Crooks realises he can never really be part of George, Lennie and Candy's plan. Chapter 5: Next afternoon, Lennie accidentally kills the puppy that Slim had given him by petting it too much. He's sad. Curley's wife finds him and starts talking very openly about her feelings.
Boo was our neighbor, he gave us gifts and most importantly our lives, but neighbors give in return, we gave him nothing and it made me sad” (Lee 293). Lee tries to show that every person can have courage, they just chose not to. Moreover the next courageous thing that Boo does is sew Jem’s pants fast enough to have them waiting on the fence for him, Boo also covering Scout with a blanket without her even realizing it, besides all that on Halloween night in Maycomb when Scout and Jem have been walking home in costumes, Bob attacks them with a knife, in fact Boo is watching the kids the whole night. Boo immediately saves the kids by attacking Bob and stabbing him to death. Lee tried to show how much Boo loves the kids by risking his own life.