Lennie’s State of Crisis

Lennie from Of Mice And Men is depicted in this stream of consciousness essay.  His stream of

consciousness starts right after he has accidentally broken Curley’s wife’s neck  He has no idea

what to do, so he starts running out of town.
 

Oh help me God Why did that girl have to die jus like the pup and them mice I was jus touchin her

soft hair oh George is gonna gimme hell now now he not gonna let me tend no rabbits no more

maybe he right maybe I am a dumb bastard like when he tells the boss last time he says not to say

anything to the boss but I dont listen like I aint listen when I talk to that lady I jus wanted to touch

her hair it so soft like velvet an rabbits and mice and puppies I wish Mom sent me to school long

time ago like George maybe I dont need to have George help me all the time if I went why Dad not

send me whys he never helping me none like when he says I aint good enough to raise no rabbits and

why he be hitten me and Mom all the time why Mom cryin all the time and never helpin me I wish I

was as smart like George so how can I make it better for me an George so he aint gonna be mad no

more maybe if I take Carlsons Luger and shoot Curley maybe George will not be mad at me no

more yeah so he dont have to mess with Curley no more but what if George get mad at me for doin

that then he gonna gimme hell for sure he already gonna be mad cause I killed the pup maybe he

wont care of that God damn little son of a bitch it aint nothing to him what do I do now oh I

remember George says hide in them bushes if I gets into any trouble yes I remember now maybe

George will lemme tend the rabbits yeah he says to hide when we was eating beans oh im hungry I

want some beans with ketchup Aunt Clara and George always give me some ketchup whys they the

only people who help me why Curley give me hell all the time why that lady have to give me hell is

George the only one who aint giving me hell he must be the nicest guy in the world not to give me no

hell I must be some big dumb bastard then I must be lucky havin George around that Crooks guy

aint have nobody why everyone giving him hell an hatin him just cause hes black whats wrong with

being black he talks the same do good work never gives no one hell he been nice to me whys people

hate him too bad he aint got what me and George have we got each other and we gonna live off the

fatta the lan soon and like he says we gonna have dogs chickens and rabbits and I get to tend the

rabbits and feed alfalfa to them I hope George aint gonna take his fifty dollars and leave me like

Crooks says so maybe he will maybe I oughta go off and run off to the hill and find a cave and find

some rabbits to tend then nobody be bothering me maybe he aint never comin back now cause I did

a bad thing again no George aint never do a thing like that he nice an lovin to me and I hafta go hide

in the bushes like he says so

I actually got a 68/68 on this! =)