In part 3 of of Mice and Men, a fight occurred between Lennie and Curley. I think the significance of this fight was to show how kind and gentle Lennie is, but how he can get into trouble wrought trying because he's so strong. The fight started when Curley walked in and Lennie was still smiling from the thought of having his own rabbits. Curley said in a brusque voice, "What the h*** you laughin' at?" (62). Lennie tried get away, but Curley went after him to fast. He started punching and hitting Lennie in the face, causing him bleed. Lennie was too scared of what was happening to fight back. I think Lennie is too scared to fight back because of what happened in Weed. Earlier in the book, George talks to Slim about what happened. He says, "I heard all the yellin', so I comes running, an' by the time Lennie's so scared all he can do is jus' hold on" (41). George is talking about how Lennie just wanted to touch the girls dress, but she got scared and started to freak out. Lennie didn't know what to do except to just keep holding on. He didn't want to hurt the girl, but he was too strong, so she couldn't run away. Lennie was accused of raping the girl, so George and Lennie had to leave town. During the fight scene, I think Lennie is haunted by the memory of not being able to let go. Lennie is too scared to fight back because he doesn't want to hurt anyone, including Curley.
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