In part. 6 of Of Mice and Men, there was the shocking event which was when George shot Lennie. Crazy, right?!? After Lennie had done a bad thing (killing Curley's wife), he went back to the bush near the Salinas River just like George told him to. Soon after, he started to hallucinate.
First, he saw his Aunt Clara who was described as "a little fat old woman" (Steinbeck 100). What stuck out to me was that when she started to speak, it was in Lennie's voice. I think Steinbeck purposely made it in Lennie's voice because he wanted it to show the reader that Lennie is the one shaming himself about what happened. Lennie repeated the phrase "I tried, Aunt Clara, ma'am. I tried and tried. I couldn' help it" (Steinbeck 101). I think he repeated this phrase because it is something like what he would say in real life when he is sorry about something he did. Right when Aunt Clara left, "there came a gigantic rabbit" (Steinbeck 101).
In Lennie's mind, there appeared a huge rabbit. I think a rabbit appeared because throughout the whole book, Lennie was only thinking about tending to rabbits at their dream house. The rabbit also spoke in Lennie's voice. The rabbit scolded Lennie as he stated that, "You'd forget 'em and let 'em go hungry. That's what you'd do An' then what would George think?" (Steinbeck 102). Most of the comments that the rabbit said revolved around Lennie's mistakes and what George would think about it. The rabbit claimed that George will "beat he** outta you with a stick" (Steinbeck 102). I think George is involved in most of the "conversation" is because Lennie is always worried about what George would think because he is always trying to be on his best behavior.
I think that Lennie was hallucinating because he is regretful for what he has done. I think he realized that the same situation in Weed was repeating itself, and he was scared for what George would think of him.
In Lennie's mind, there appeared a huge rabbit. I think a rabbit appeared because throughout the whole book, Lennie was only thinking about tending to rabbits at their dream house. The rabbit also spoke in Lennie's voice. The rabbit scolded Lennie as he stated that, "You'd forget 'em and let 'em go hungry. That's what you'd do An' then what would George think?" (Steinbeck 102). Most of the comments that the rabbit said revolved around Lennie's mistakes and what George would think about it. The rabbit claimed that George will "beat he** outta you with a stick" (Steinbeck 102). I think George is involved in most of the "conversation" is because Lennie is always worried about what George would think because he is always trying to be on his best behavior.
I think that Lennie was hallucinating because he is regretful for what he has done. I think he realized that the same situation in Weed was repeating itself, and he was scared for what George would think of him.
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