Lennie is a quiet guy that is not very smart but is a good person to have as a personal body guard or someone else to have for protection. He is a friendly guy that only means good things but gets into bad situations some times even though he is innocent in a lot of the time. He depends on other people a lot and they may not always have his best interests at the forefront of their minds.
On the inside it is basically the same thing as what is on the outside. With Lennie there is not a lot of other emotions on the inside like you see with other characters like Crooks or Candy. I think that on the inside he is afraid of what it would be like without someone to help support him.
There are no real big differences with Lennie from what you see on the outside or inside. I think that this is because Lennie is more or less a simple-minded person. This is partly due to him having a mental condition which we do not know of at this moment but other reasons include him being a dependent person and needing someone to tell him what to do.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Dreams and Ambititions
When I grow up I want to be a professional athlete. I want to because I would be working in a job that I love. They also get paid very well and can retire pretty early. As well they can become famous if they are really good at what they do. Although being a professional athlete requires one to be training all year even though I would only play for part of it, it is very beneficial to the later years of my life. I am required to be in great shape because I need to be able to play at a high level for a long period of time. My perfect life would be that I am a professional athlete and make millions of dollars. Then I could buy my parents a new house and go on nice long vacations. My perfect life would allow me to visit the biggest cities in America and potentially places in Asia. Those would all be paid for by the team and I would be able to explore the foreign countries and new cities. I would be able to explore the world on my retirement and I would be able to retire at an earlier age than a normal average working person.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
My Bedroom
A box with four white walls. A rectangular prism that has a bed and a few other accessories. I have a drawer and a rocking chair and a few bookshelves. Other than that I don't really have a lot of other interesting things. Everything in my bedroom is made out of wood. I also have a hook to hang up my uniform. I have my PYP diploma hanging above my bed and a window. Other than that I have nothing else in my bedroom.
Lennie and George's room is a rectangle of white walls that they have to share with other workers that are there. They have very few objects that are theirs. They have an apple box that is stapled to the wall on it's side. They do not even have a mattress that is soft. Their bed is a burlap bag and a pile of hay. The last owner of the bed that George and Lennie owns left a bottle of lice killer and the old man that showed them around says that the last guy didn't like it there. The old guy will not tell Lennie and George what is wrong with the bedroom. Other than that there is nothing in their bedroom.
George and Lennie's room is not that different than that of my own. We both live in a rectangle that is white. We don't have a lot of our own items that is in our own rooms. We differ, however, because I have an actual mattress and they just have a pile of hay and a burlap bag. They also don't have a lot of personal belongings unlike I. That is about it when it comes to comparing the two bedrooms.
Lennie and George's room is a rectangle of white walls that they have to share with other workers that are there. They have very few objects that are theirs. They have an apple box that is stapled to the wall on it's side. They do not even have a mattress that is soft. Their bed is a burlap bag and a pile of hay. The last owner of the bed that George and Lennie owns left a bottle of lice killer and the old man that showed them around says that the last guy didn't like it there. The old guy will not tell Lennie and George what is wrong with the bedroom. Other than that there is nothing in their bedroom.
George and Lennie's room is not that different than that of my own. We both live in a rectangle that is white. We don't have a lot of our own items that is in our own rooms. We differ, however, because I have an actual mattress and they just have a pile of hay and a burlap bag. They also don't have a lot of personal belongings unlike I. That is about it when it comes to comparing the two bedrooms.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Of Mice and Men Section 1 - Review
My personal expectations before I started to read this book was that it would be a fairly fast paced book with a lot of characters introduced within the first part of the book. I thought that it would have more introductions and more explanations as to how Lennie and George got to where they were. After reading this first section my thoughts have changed. I think that it will be a slow type of book with a lot of Lennie don't you remember from George. It is similar to my expectations because it has mainly centered around Lennie's problems and George's struggles to reach their goal.
Lennie's dreams are to have some sort of pet animal like a dog or mouse or rabbit. George's dreams are to have a house and some land with animals so they won't have to worry about going into town all the time and buying food. I think that at the end they will come very close to finishing and accomplishing what they set out for but will not complete it. I say this because it is a fictitious book and even though it was based on real problems during the 30's I don't think the author would have made it so they get their wishes.
I like how they are always thinking toward the future. I think that it is providing a great challenge and that it is already laid out in the first section makes it easier to understand why they are doing what they do sometimes. I don't like how there are a lot of questions that are put forward in the book and how there are no supporting characters so far. It is set in a mid-coast Californian town and it is good because it is a place that I don't really know about and it will enhance my knowledge. The plot seems to be an interesting one that is based around the struggles of two men and it will be interesting to see how it goes. The characters are rather interesting and how they are two exact opposite people and how they have bonded. All of the dialogue that has come out of George's mouth has been damn you Lennie. Lennie doesn't say much. John Steinbeck uses a lot of imagery to describe the scene. He describes the places that they are in quite well and it is very realistic.
Three questions that I have for this are:
1. What did Lennie do to have them run out of the last town?
2. What is Lennie's mental condition?
3. Why is Lennie attracted to petting even the dead mice?
Lennie's dreams are to have some sort of pet animal like a dog or mouse or rabbit. George's dreams are to have a house and some land with animals so they won't have to worry about going into town all the time and buying food. I think that at the end they will come very close to finishing and accomplishing what they set out for but will not complete it. I say this because it is a fictitious book and even though it was based on real problems during the 30's I don't think the author would have made it so they get their wishes.
I like how they are always thinking toward the future. I think that it is providing a great challenge and that it is already laid out in the first section makes it easier to understand why they are doing what they do sometimes. I don't like how there are a lot of questions that are put forward in the book and how there are no supporting characters so far. It is set in a mid-coast Californian town and it is good because it is a place that I don't really know about and it will enhance my knowledge. The plot seems to be an interesting one that is based around the struggles of two men and it will be interesting to see how it goes. The characters are rather interesting and how they are two exact opposite people and how they have bonded. All of the dialogue that has come out of George's mouth has been damn you Lennie. Lennie doesn't say much. John Steinbeck uses a lot of imagery to describe the scene. He describes the places that they are in quite well and it is very realistic.
Three questions that I have for this are:
1. What did Lennie do to have them run out of the last town?
2. What is Lennie's mental condition?
3. Why is Lennie attracted to petting even the dead mice?
Friday, February 4, 2011
What Caused The Great Depression?
The Great Depression was a period of economic turmoil in the 1930's. It affected many countries in Europe and North America. Most countries in Asia were largely unaffected; however. It started in 1929 due to a number of factors and the latest countries got out of it was in 1940.
Many factors contributed to the Great Depression. There was no biggest factor but a bunch of smaller ones. The biggest belief was that the crash of the stock market caused the start of the Great Depression. After that then other factors started to come into play. The deflation of assets and goods prices were one of the reasons. Because they were down, countries had more exporting items than the demand was. Because the demand was down the governments had to lower the prices on those items to get countries to buy them the governments earned less money and had to get out of their debts. Then the U.S decided to make all imported goods have to pay a tax. This was to discourage buying imported goods and buy American made goods, but that backfired on them. Countries elsewhere put a tax on American made goods which also brought down the demand for American made goods and slowed down world trade. Without world trade the economies of many countries fell even more and became even more entrenched in debt. Many of the factors that were present during the Great Depression were there during the recession of the late 2000's. The stock market crash that precipitated the Great Depression also precipitated the recession. Once countries changed the way that banks could charge interest and loan money.
Many factors contributed to the Great Depression. There was no biggest factor but a bunch of smaller ones. The biggest belief was that the crash of the stock market caused the start of the Great Depression. After that then other factors started to come into play. The deflation of assets and goods prices were one of the reasons. Because they were down, countries had more exporting items than the demand was. Because the demand was down the governments had to lower the prices on those items to get countries to buy them the governments earned less money and had to get out of their debts. Then the U.S decided to make all imported goods have to pay a tax. This was to discourage buying imported goods and buy American made goods, but that backfired on them. Countries elsewhere put a tax on American made goods which also brought down the demand for American made goods and slowed down world trade. Without world trade the economies of many countries fell even more and became even more entrenched in debt. Many of the factors that were present during the Great Depression were there during the recession of the late 2000's. The stock market crash that precipitated the Great Depression also precipitated the recession. Once countries changed the way that banks could charge interest and loan money.
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