Part 3: 

In part 3 Of Mice and Men a fight occurred between Lennie and Curley. This fight really surprised me because of the way Curley attacked Lennie and Lennie actually fought back. I was so shocked about this fight because Curley had attacked Lennie even though Lennie had done nothing wrong. Curley was just very mad at the men who attacked him but Lennie smiling after Curley had been attacked so Curley started to fight Lennie. Lennie was thinking about the dream he had planned of him and George which made him happy when he was attacked by Curley. Curley walks over to Lennie and in a cruel voice says "what the h**** you laughin' at" (62). Curley's rage is exploding and he is trying to get into a fight. Lennie quickly tries to back away but before he knows it Curley is slashing at him and punching his bloody nose. Lennie is struggling so much he cries “George, make him leave me alone” (63) but George just keeps yelling “get him Lennie get him.”(63) Finally, when Lennie is backed up into a wall with George and Slim yelling at him to get Curley, Lennie grabs Curley’s fist and Curly is painfully on the ground. Bloods running down Lennie’s face but he won’t let go of Curley’s hand even with George yelling “Let go of him Lennie, let go.” (64) Lennie lets go after George slaps him over and over again but it’s too late about every bone in Curley’s hand is broken and Lennie is confused. I think that this scene shows how Lennie is such a kind person but he is too strong to control himself and Curley underestimated Lennie. Now, looking back into the weed scene that Lennie was accused of rape, I can tell that he was trying to control himself so something bad wouldn't happen again but he couldn't handle it. I think that when Lennie grabbed the woman's skirt and wouldn't let go kind of is just like when Lennie grabbed Curley's hand and wouldn't let go. That is why it was so hard for Lennie to fight back when Curley was attacking him because it reminded Lennie of why him and George had to change their whole lives by moving. So I think Lennie didn't want to make the same mistake that is why he didn't fight Curley back until he couldn't resist anymore.