The Gigantic Rabbit. Looks innocent doesn't it? But it is truly evil.
Chapter 6 Response:
This was an amazing conclusion to an amazing book. This once chapter revealed so much, especially about Lennie. Lennie's visions of Aunt Clara and the gigantic rabbit are obviously figments of his own guilt. This proves that Lennie is intelligent, but he just can't find the ability to harness and show it. Lennie knows, deep down, that because of him, George suffers. He also knows what George must do. His own mind reveals that to him through Aunt Clara and the gigantic rabbit. Sinise does not add these visions in the movie. I think that this is because he was not able to show them in the way that Steinbeck writes about them in the book. Also, in a movie, it would seem completely out of place; out of nowhere a large rabbit appears and starts to verbally beat up poor Lennie. It would confuse the audience, so I think that Sinise made the right choice, though he could have found other ways for Lennie to acknowledge that he makes George's life miserable. Moving on, I think that this book as a whole was a masterpiece, depressing as it was. It really outlined some of the more dreaded aspects of life; loneliness, the impossibility of some dreams, the lack of need for the unusable. All the characters suffer from loneliness, except George and Lennie, because they have each other. Candy and his dog are deemed unneeded because they are no longer of use. Candy's dog is killed for this, as though it was a toy thrown out because it was too old. In the book, I for one thought that somehow George and Lennie would accomplish their dream. But it was was never meant to be. Steinbeck really outlined these morose elements of life.
This was an amazing conclusion to an amazing book. This once chapter revealed so much, especially about Lennie. Lennie's visions of Aunt Clara and the gigantic rabbit are obviously figments of his own guilt. This proves that Lennie is intelligent, but he just can't find the ability to harness and show it. Lennie knows, deep down, that because of him, George suffers. He also knows what George must do. His own mind reveals that to him through Aunt Clara and the gigantic rabbit. Sinise does not add these visions in the movie. I think that this is because he was not able to show them in the way that Steinbeck writes about them in the book. Also, in a movie, it would seem completely out of place; out of nowhere a large rabbit appears and starts to verbally beat up poor Lennie. It would confuse the audience, so I think that Sinise made the right choice, though he could have found other ways for Lennie to acknowledge that he makes George's life miserable. Moving on, I think that this book as a whole was a masterpiece, depressing as it was. It really outlined some of the more dreaded aspects of life; loneliness, the impossibility of some dreams, the lack of need for the unusable. All the characters suffer from loneliness, except George and Lennie, because they have each other. Candy and his dog are deemed unneeded because they are no longer of use. Candy's dog is killed for this, as though it was a toy thrown out because it was too old. In the book, I for one thought that somehow George and Lennie would accomplish their dream. But it was was never meant to be. Steinbeck really outlined these morose elements of life.
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