In this chapter, Lennie has strange hallucinations of Aunt Clara and a gigantic rabbit talking and scolding him in his own voice. I think he sees them because they act as his conscience, and they express his guilty feelings and his final thoughts. Steinbeck probably added it because he couldn't just have Lennie saying all of these feelings out loud, or else that would contrast on his mentally challenged character. I think that Sinise doesn't include them in the film version because it would be strange and in contrast with the rest of the movie. From beginning to end, the story is sad, serious, and realistic, but if he added the old women talking in Lennie's voice, and a gigantic rabbit as well, then this would change to a very fictional story.
Overall, I really enjoyed the book. You could say that it is sad, and it is, but there is more than it just being a sad story, it has many lessons to teach. It teaches us about friendship, and how difficult it really is to reach that level of closeness, as George and Lennie did. We also learn about human cruelties and how our society disposes of the weak, as they did Lennie. Not only did this book teach us many important themes, it was entertaining and believable.
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This is bullshit.
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