Today we started by talking about our impressions on section 5.
We found that the reading was easy, and that the tone differed from the first pages of the book : at first, Lennie was all nice, but he turns out to be (il se révèle être) a killer in the end. It wasn't expected.
Were there any elements in the previous sections that could foretell (prédire) Lennie's evolution?
- his actions are not conscientious.
- G & L had to escape from their previous job because of something Lennie had done to another girl.
- Lennie crushed Curley's hand.
- Lennie's aggressiveness can show he's dangerous.
pp. 70-71:
George yells at Lennie : "Get him," just like with an attack dog. When Lennie doesn't let go, he screams "Lennie, let go." In section 2, Lennie is said to be as "strong as a bull," that he "doesn't know any rule," and G says "don't mess with Lennie."
Curley punches Lennie mercilessly (without mercy), until Lennie grabs his hand (the hand with the glove?) and crushes it. Furthermore, Steinbeck describes with his hands as "paws," and he doesn't scream, but he "cries with terror," and "cower[s] against the wall," like an animal. Curley too is likened (comparé) to an animal: at first, he's a "dirty little rat," and then when he's defeated, he "flop[s] like a fish."
These words will be repeated during the death of Curley's wife: her "struggle" will become "weak," and she'll be "flopping like a fish."
p.62: "Why is it both end's the same?" The card has two faces / Lennie has a pivotal intuition: the narrator repeats "studied it" twice in the same sentence - > it's an echo, a ripple.
Isn't there something in the book about repetitions and echoes that look like both ends of a card?
p. 47: it's a description of what happened in Weed ; and it reads like a stage rehearsal (une répétition théâtrale) of Curley's wife's death.
We found that the reading was easy, and that the tone differed from the first pages of the book : at first, Lennie was all nice, but he turns out to be (il se révèle être) a killer in the end. It wasn't expected.
Were there any elements in the previous sections that could foretell (prédire) Lennie's evolution?
- his actions are not conscientious.
- G & L had to escape from their previous job because of something Lennie had done to another girl.
- Lennie crushed Curley's hand.
- Lennie's aggressiveness can show he's dangerous.
pp. 70-71:
George yells at Lennie : "Get him," just like with an attack dog. When Lennie doesn't let go, he screams "Lennie, let go." In section 2, Lennie is said to be as "strong as a bull," that he "doesn't know any rule," and G says "don't mess with Lennie."
Curley punches Lennie mercilessly (without mercy), until Lennie grabs his hand (the hand with the glove?) and crushes it. Furthermore, Steinbeck describes with his hands as "paws," and he doesn't scream, but he "cries with terror," and "cower[s] against the wall," like an animal. Curley too is likened (comparé) to an animal: at first, he's a "dirty little rat," and then when he's defeated, he "flop[s] like a fish."
These words will be repeated during the death of Curley's wife: her "struggle" will become "weak," and she'll be "flopping like a fish."
p.62: "Why is it both end's the same?" The card has two faces / Lennie has a pivotal intuition: the narrator repeats "studied it" twice in the same sentence - > it's an echo, a ripple.
Isn't there something in the book about repetitions and echoes that look like both ends of a card?
p. 47: it's a description of what happened in Weed ; and it reads like a stage rehearsal (une répétition théâtrale) of Curley's wife's death.
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