Prompt: Although the plot has the same ending in both the book ad the movie, the actual moments of each piece are different. The movie ends with a flashback; the book ends with dialogue. What does the flashback show? How does the flashback leave the audience feeling at the end of the movie? Does the feeling match the feeling at the end of the book? Why do you think the director chose to use a different ending rather than just showing exactly what's in the book? What is the line of dialogue that ends in the book? What does that line tell about the speaker? What feeling does that line leave the reader with? How does it make you feel when he says that?
I think that the flashback at the end of the movie shows that George didn't kill Lennie out of hatred, but friendship. You saw George crying at the end thinking about Lennie, showing that he didn't want him to die, but he was capable of hurting people. The flashback showed that Lennie and George were very good friends because they seemed like they had a close bond. This shows that since George cared about Lennie, he didn't want Curley to kill him, or have him in jail. If the flashback showed events of when George yelled at Lennie, then it would probably mean that George didn't care for him as much, so he killed him.
The flashback left the audience feeling sad at the end of the movie, because it showed that George just killed someone who was his best friend, and someone who was vey important in his life. I think that the feeling in the movie feeling does not match the feeling at the end of the book. I think this, because in the end of the book it ends with George and Slim walking off to drink, and Carlson saying, "Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?" In the movie it ends with George crying on a train remembering the times he had with Lennie. The ending in the book was less sad than the ending in the movie.
The dialogue at the end of the book is said by Carlson, and he said, "Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?" This line shows that Carlson was a little clueless on what was going on. He thought that George killed Lennie, because Lennie took Curley's gun, and George had to fight him for it. When really, George killed Lennie out of friendship, because he didn't want Lennie to go to jail, or have Curley kill him. When Carlson saw George walk with Slim sadly, he was confused, because I think he looked at it like the death of Lennie was a good thing, because he was dangerous. The feeling the reader has with that line is kind of confused. At first a lot of my classmates, including me, did not get what that meant. When Carlson said that that line, I felt like he really didn't understand the relationship with George and Lennie. He doesn't get that George just killed his best friend and how he cared for him so much.
The dialogue at the end of the book is said by Carlson, and he said, "Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?" This line shows that Carlson was a little clueless on what was going on. He thought that George killed Lennie, because Lennie took Curley's gun, and George had to fight him for it. When really, George killed Lennie out of friendship, because he didn't want Lennie to go to jail, or have Curley kill him. When Carlson saw George walk with Slim sadly, he was confused, because I think he looked at it like the death of Lennie was a good thing, because he was dangerous. The feeling the reader has with that line is kind of confused. At first a lot of my classmates, including me, did not get what that meant. When Carlson said that that line, I felt like he really didn't understand the relationship with George and Lennie. He doesn't get that George just killed his best friend and how he cared for him so much.
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