in Of Mice and men, who do you think should be the most angry about everything that is going on?

Answer 1

I guess I never thought about anger in this book, but here is a plot summary for part of it. I suppose the one who could be the most angry is Curley, who has a wife that causes a lot of pain for him and others. In the end, she is killed and he is alone and probably has a lot of anger from that as well.

George and Lennie start talking again about the farm they hope to get, and Candy overhears and asks if he could come too. He has some money saved up, so George decides he can come. Curley comes into to the bunkhouse, and when he sees a smile on Lennie's face he imagines that Lennie is laughing at him.

He attacks Lennie, who doesn't want to fight. In defense, Lennie grabs Curley's hand and badly breaks it without knowing what he has done.

That evening, everyone goes into town, except for Crooks, the crippled ***** stable buck, and Candy, Lennie, and Curley's wife. Crooks lives alone in the barn because he's black. Lennie comes in looking for his puppy. He and Crooks start talking, and Crooks expresses his feelings of loneliness. Lennie tells Crooks about their farm, but Crooks is doubtful. After listening to Candy for a few minutes, Crooks changes his mind and asks if there might be a place for him on the farm.

Curley's wife comes into the barn, making all the men uncomfortable. Candy tells her to leave. She gets mad and criticizes them and their dream, making Crooks angry. She harshly reminds him he is just a worker, and a black worker at that. Crooks silently hangs his head. There is the sound of the men returning, so Curley's wife leaves. As Candy is leaving, Crooks tells him he wouldn't be interested in coming with them after all.

The next afternoon, Lennie is in the barn alone with his puppy. He accidentally killed it with his strong hands. Curley's wife comes in, and sits down next to Lennie. She tells him how she could have been in the movies, but Lennie continues rambling about the rabbits on their farm. When she finds out how much Lennie likes soft things, she offers to let him touch her hair. Lennie strokes too hard and she gets frightened. He tries to quiet her and accidentally breaks her neck. Lennie runs and hides by the banks of the river. Candy finds Curley's wife, and goes to tell George. The other men come in and see what happened, and they get their guns. They want to find Lennie and kill him.

Lennie is sitting by the banks of the river. George shows up, and he assures Lennie he isn't mad at him. Lennie wants to hear about that piece of land they are going to get, and the rabbits for him to tend. George tells him, and when the men are nearly there, George shoots Lennie in the head. The men appear, and Curley and Carlson congratulate George. Slim understands George didn't want to shoot Lennie, and he leads him away, offering him comfort and a drink.

Answer 2

Well I'd have to say the most obvious answer would be the african american worker. I forget his name... Crooks..? Anyway, he keeps getting threatened in the book by Charlie's wife just because he tries to be a dreamer. When he even thinks about doing something with his life aside from working on the plantation he gets threatened with lynching. Then he gets promised a life with a lot of land by the two main characters and then the one guy ends up killing the retarded one and he loses his dream again when the first guy becomes a refugee. Sorry about my lack of names... it's been a while since I've read the book, I just remember the story.

Answer 3

I don't know who "should" be angry but I think Curley's wife is the angriest. Curley is just a domineering little s***, Crooks doesn't dare get angry, Lennie operates out of fear and hope and doesn't get angry, and George gets merely sad.

Curley's wife married him thinking she would have a life of ease but it didn't work out that way. She was a party girl, but found herself stuck way out in the country. The only company she had were the hired hands and they were terrified about the destruction she could cause. She was lonely and bored and abused.

Answer 4

The reader. Because he can not tell lenny that he is going to die and he can not stop george from killing lenny.

And the reader can not get those dam bunnys away from lenny.

Answer 5

The one that is not retarded.