Of Mice and Men Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Powerslave by Iron Maiden

Into the Abyss I'll fall - the eye of Horus
Into the eyes of the night - watching me go
Green is the cat's eye that glows -
In this Temple
Enter the risen Osiris - risen again.

[Chorus:]
Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a God,
Why can't I live on?
When the Life Giver dies,
All around is laid waste,
And in my last hour,
I'm a Slave to the Power of Death.

When I was living this lie - Fear was my Game
People would worship and fall -
Drop to their knees.
So bring me the blood and
Red wine for the one to succeed me,
For he is a man and a God -
And He will die too.

[Chorus:]

Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins,
Silent the terror that reigned -
Marbled in stone
A Shell of a man God preserved -
For thousand ages,
But open the gates of my hell -
I'll strike from the grave

[Chorus:]
Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a God,
Why can't I live on?
When the Life Giver dies,
All around is laid waste,
And in my last hour,
I'm a Slave to the Power of Death.
Slave to the Power of Death...
Slave to the Power of Death...

This song, Powerslave, is about the sorrowful death of an Egyptian Pharoah who does not want to die. During his life, he believed he was an immortal, but when his (or her) death approaches, he feels sorrowful and full of regret.

Response to Chapter 5:
The sorrowful event that occurs in Chapter 5 has, well, everyone to blame. If Curley treated his wife better, she would not feel lonely and would not have talked to Lennie. If Lennie had listened to George and not even talked to Curley's wife then he would not have felt her hair and killed her. If George had made sure Lennie would not have any contact with Curley's wife, then she would not have died. If Curley's wife had confronted Curley and told him that she was lonely, then perhaps she would not have felt lonely. It is a chain of mistakes and bad choices from everyone that lead to the tragic event that occured. There is not much difference between the text in this chapter and the movie. However, one scene that did not occur was an emotional Candy blaming everything on Curley's wife and lamenting the fact that the dream of having a place of their own would never occur now.