Of Mice and Men 5/12/15

James F.
"Of Mice of Men"
Author: John Steinbeck
Director: Gary Sinise

           In the book “the incident in Weed” was told to us differently than it was in the movie. In the book the incident was told to us by George when he was yelling at Lennie by the river. I know this because in the book on page 11, George yells, "Jus’ wanted to feel that girls’ dress - jus' wanted to pet it like it was a mouse - Well, how the hell did she know you jus' wanted to feel her dress?" This is different from the movie because in the movie it shows Lennie and George running away and hiding then catching a ride on the train passing by at night. Overall, the “the incident in Weed” was told to us differently than it was in the movie because in the movie they showed what happened and in the book it was shown in dialogue.

          The beginning the "stage" was set up differently book than in the movie. In the book the stage was set up by the pond then dialogue started. In the movie it started with George and Lennie sneaking on a train to get away from Weed. I think that the director chose to do this to give us a sense of why they ended up by the pond. The director is telling us that George’s life is mainly him getting Lennie out of messes and that his life is not that easy because he can't pay for transportation so he has to sneak on a train. Altogether, George does not have and easy way of living and the you can see that at the very start of the film.

          I think that the director’s choice of Sharilynn Fenn to play Curley’s wife was a fit person to do the the job. All that Sharilynn Fenn needed to be perfect to play Curley's wife was if she had rouged lips. I say this because on page 31, it says, “She has full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages." This quote shows that  all the director could have added was this feature to make her really look like how she was described in the book. Overall, if the director did not miss on this tiny detail his choice of Sharilynn Fenn to play as Curley’s wife was a good choice.
 

(I show a picture of Sharilynn Fenn to back up my reasoning below.)

          I have many thoughts, feelings, and reactions to Of Mice and Men. I actually really thought that at the end it was going to happily ever after but guess not because the ending was intense and sad. I would recommend this book to comic book readers. I would do this because most comic book readers like to read action and suspense, and Of Mice and Men is full of it. At the end, I feel that I would like to read John Steinbeck's other books because Of Mice and Men was such a great book, that I can predict that his other books can be just as good and maybe even better.  

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