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Lennie is not laughing at him. Curley unfortunately happens to look at Lennie, who is "still smiling with delight at the memory of the ranch." Please fix this mistake. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/24.83.41.192|24.83.41.192]] ([[User talk:24.83.41.192|talk]]) 01:03, 22 September 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Lennie is not laughing at him. Curley unfortunately happens to look at Lennie, who is "still smiling with delight at the memory of the ranch." Please fix this mistake. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/24.83.41.192|24.83.41.192]] ([[User talk:24.83.41.192|talk]]) 01:03, 22 September 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Plot Inaccuracy ==

"Lennie accidentally kills his puppy while stroking it. Curley's wife enters and tries to speak to Lennie, admitting that she is lonely, how her dreams of becoming a movie star crashed, revealing the reason she flirts with the ranch hands. After finding out that Lennie loves stroking soft things, she offers to let him stroke her hair, but panics and begins to scream when she feels his strength."

She panics when Lennie wont let go of her hair, afraid her hair will get "mussed" up. Lennie kills her because he's afraid George will get mad at him because she's screaming and he won't be able to tend the rabbits. Please correct or clarify [[User:Qataq|Qataq]] ([[User talk:Qataq|talk]]) 18:40, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
:I always thought it was an accident and that Lennie didn't mean to kill Curley's wife. [[Special:Contributions/24.83.41.192|24.83.41.192]] ([[User talk:24.83.41.192|talk]]) 05:56, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
He didn't mean to kill her as evidenced by his surprise to her death, however he did mean to cover her mouth and shake her which he did because of the above stated reasons. --[[User:Qataq|Qataq]] ([[User talk:Qataq|talk]]) 18:58, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

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Robert Burns' Quote, Edit Request

The last line in the translation - "oft go awry" is not full English, and may be hard to understand for some people. I know this is a small request, but please may I suggest that it is changed to "often go awry" for better reading and understanding.

Thanks

89.242.148.14 (talk) 19:02, 17 March 2011 (UTC)Seb[reply]

The puppies

Slim's dog does give birth to a litter of puppies, but the information that he gave one to Carlson is false. He was actually supposed to give one to Candy, once they were old enough. Please fix it, 71.236.217.58 (talk) 05:04, 2 June 2011 (UTC)Anonymous[reply]

 Done--Qataq (talk) 01:52, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request from 76.22.122.181, 4 June 2011

Take the "s" off Burns's. Make it just Burns'

76.22.122.181 (talk) 21:42, 4 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 Done--JayJasper (talk) 05:36, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

missed points

The plot description misses significant points and events: Lennie often catches field mice, which he keeps in his pocket, but in stroking them he invariably kills them. George is often resentful that he has to take care of Lennie, and regrets having promised to do so. George kills Lennie with Curley's gun, effectively framing him -- which is plausible, given that Lennie killed Curley's wife. (As framing someone for murder was not acceptable to the Production Code, the 1939 movie has a different source for the gun, but I don't remember what it was.) WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 01:28, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Carlson's gun, not Curley's. This is true to the book and the film. If George was planning on framing Curley, he wouldn't have killed Lennie. Qataq (talk) 18:36, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lennie isn't laughing at Curley

The description of Curley states that "[a]t one point, Curley goes berserk after he sees Lennie laugh at him, and ends up with his hand horribly damaged after Lennie fights back against him, crushing his hand."

Lennie is not laughing at him. Curley unfortunately happens to look at Lennie, who is "still smiling with delight at the memory of the ranch." Please fix this mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.83.41.192 (talk) 01:03, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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