Of Mice And Men Relationship Between George And Curley's Wife

The story Of Mice and Men takes place during the Great Depression. Throughout the film Of Mice and Men, the relationship between George and Lennie is similar to John Steinbeck’s novel. However, the film is different because Curley's wife is amused by Lennie’s stupidity, Lennie’s hallucination, and George does not hesitate to shoot Lennie.
In the novel Curley’s wife talks to Lennie in the barn. While they are talking, she says “Lennie your crazy.” No one likes Curley’s wife, except for Lennie. George told Lennie not to talk Curley’s wife because it will cause problems if he does. Curley’s wife tells Lennie about how she could be in Hollywood working as an actress but her mom did not want for her to. She tells Lennie this because she longs for someone to talk to and to get a laugh out of his stupidity.
She tells him this because she believes that he will not remember or tell anyone else. Oddly, Lennie gets nothing from their interactions, in fact, it directly causes his death.
Another difference is in the last scene while Lennie is waiting for George in the brush after he does something bad, he hallucinates his Aunt Clara telling him that George was not going to allow him to tend the rabbits and she scolds him for getting George into trouble.
Lennie tells Aunt Clara that he will leave George and live in the woods. Then a rabbit comes into sight, he says, “Tend rabbits,” it said scornfully. “You crazy bastard. You ain’t fit to lick the boots of no rabbit. You’d forget ‘em and let ‘em go hungry. That’s what you’d do. An’ then what would George think?” The rabbit tells him that George was going to beat him when he got to the brush. This is a big scene because it shows Lennie’s self-chastisement and it is quite moving because it reveals a degree of self-understanding in Lennie and it suggests that he is upset with himself. Lennie knows that he is in trouble and expects George to be upset with him when he comes to the brush, but when George gets there he is calm and talks to Lennie the same way he always does. The film leaves out all of the hallucination scene, this could be because of artistic choice, time constraints, or cinematic
constraints.
The last major difference is how in the book George hesitates to shoot Lennie. This scene in the novel is very long and drawn out. The importance of this is that George cares for Lennie so he takes his time letting Lennie have a moment of happiness, telling him about the land they are going to live on and about the rabbits. The movie scene was not as sad because it was quick and was less intense. The movie implies that George does not feel as sympathetic for Lennie as he does in the novel. Lennie says, ''I done another bad thing.'' and George responds with, ''It don't make no difference,” and with,''No, Lennie. I ain't mad. I never been mad, an' I ain't now. That's a thing I want ya to know.''