Part 3

     At the end of chapter 3 in my opinion Curley started a fight with Lennie. Although fighitng isn't a good thing, Curley should have been fighting with Carlson rather than Lennie. Lennie was only, "Smiling with delight at the memory of the ranch." Lennie was not making fun of Curley or laughing at him. Carlson and Curley should have been fighting instead because Carlson said to Curley, " You come for me, an' I'll kick your God d*** head off." Carlson also called Curley, " A God d*** punk." Lennie never spoke to or about Curley until he came over and told him to, " Get up on your feet." On the other hand Carlson made a threat to Curley and called him out of his name. During the beginning of the fight Lennie was to frightened to defend himself and cried out, "Make 'um stop, George." George did not tell Curley to stop and he didn't run to help Lennie fight Curley either. Instead George told Lennie, " Get him, Lennie. Don't let him do it." George wanted Lennie to stand up for himself and fight Curley alone. Slim got a little upset and cried out, " The dirty little rat, I'll get 'um myself." Slim got tired of watching Curley beat on Lennie and Lennie crying out for help. George held Slim back and continued to shout," Get 'im Lennie!" George didn't want Slim fighting Curley either. After a few moments, " Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie's big hand." Lennie finally fought back and hit Curley really hard. Once Lennie got a hold of Curley's fist he would not let it go. Even when George, " Slapped him in the face again and again, and still Lennie held on to the closed fist. I think George and Slim felt the same way about the fighting situation. They felt that it wasn't Lennie's fault and Curley had it coming to him anyway. I also think that George, Slim, and Candy all felt that Lennie was a strong fella and no one should ever try and mess with him.