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Angelie Leija

Dr. Dailey

English Pre-AP 1A

02 September 2015

Dialectical Journals

Entry #1 Page #3 Paragraph #5

“Don’t really seem to be running, though. You never outta drink water when it ain’t running,

Lennie,” he said hopelessly. “You’d dink out of a gutter if you was thirsty.”

Reasoning:

I noticed that Lennie was concerned about George drinking the contaminated water, since drinking

it meant getting sick, so it made me realized the type of friendship they both had.

Entry #2 Page #5 Paragraph #4

“You never had none, you crazy bastard. I got both of ‘em here. Think I’d let you carry your own

work card?”

Reasoning:

I can conclude that George knew Lennie forgot things quickly and misplaced items, so he made

sure to keep them safe and sound.

Entry #3 Page #7 Paragraph #10

“A water snake slipped along on the pool, its head held up like a little periscope.”

Reasoning:

This quotation compared the appearance of the snake’s head to the periscope sticking up above

water on a submarine, stating that his head was looking up trying to target prey as a submarine

would be above looking around the area.

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Entry #4 Page #9 Paragraph #3

“Slowly, like a terrier who doesn’t want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew

back, approached again.”

Reasoning:

This quotation expressed how George was the master and Lennie was the terrier. To be clearer

George asked Lennie to do something but he refused.

Entry #5 Page #21/22

“The boss pointed at playful at Lennie. “He ain’t much of a talker, is he?” “No he ain’t, but he’s

sure a hell of a good worker. Strong as a bull.”

Reasoning:

I can picture the way the boss is moving his finger at Lennie, also he is listening to George’s

instructions about not talking, last and not least; I noticed the simile at the end about a strong

worker. George compared Lennie to a bull because they are strong and tough. He’s trying to say

that when it comes to working he is willing to put everything he has in it.

Entry #6 Page #34

“His hands, large and lean, were as delicate in their action as those of a temple dancer.”

Reasoning: This simile on this paragraph is describing the character’s hand as soft and silky, which

I can relate because I myself have very soft hands.

Entry #7 Page #37 Last Paragraph

“After A moment the ancient dog walked lamely in through the open door. He gazed about with

mild, half blind eyes.”

Reasoning:
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I can visually see this quotation, I can picture the dog looking around, and they are describing the

dog to have terrible eye sight because of his age.

Entry #8 Page #44 Paragraph #2

“The thick-bodied Carlson came in out of the darkening yard. He walked to the other end of the

bunkhouse and turned on the second shaded light. “Darker’n hell in here,” he said.”

Reasoning:

This quote is describing the appearance of the room. He is explaining how dark it is. From the

outside of the bunkhouse to the inside. Carlson compared hell to the darkness of the other end of

the bunk house.

Entry #9 Page #54 Paragraph #8

“George said, “I’m stayin’ right here. I don’t want to get mixed up in nothing. Lennie and me got

a stake.”

Reasoning:

I can conclude by this quotation that George is a committed worker and is not trying to get

involved in any problems that’ll prevent him from making a stake, this quote is about

commitmenship.

Entry #10 Page #55 Paragraph #10&11

“If there’s any fightin‘, Lennie, you keep out of it.” I don’t want no fights,” Said Lennie.”

Reasoning:

The quotation shows partnership, shows how one sets the rules and the other follows. George

suggest Lennie to not get into it and Lennie agreed to not have problems.

Entry #11 Page #61

“I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t oughtta let no stranger shoot my dog.”
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Reasoning:

This quotation is showing remorse, he is thinking about his dog that just got shot by some stranger

who didn’t like his smell. Candy feels upset but also sad that he no longer has his dog that he cared

for since he was a pup.

Entry #12 Page #63

“Curley’s fist was swinging when Lennie reached for it. The next minute Curley was flopping like

a fish on the line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie’s big hand.”

Reasoning:

I can picture Curley’s fist when Lennie grabbed it with his big hand. The simile describes the way

Curley’s hand looked; he described it as a fish because it flops to run away from a predator, just

as Curley fist tried to run away from Lennies.

Entry #13 Page #65 Paragraph #7

“Maybe you better go in the washroom an’ clean up your face. You look like hell.”

Reasoning:

George described Lennie’s face as hell because the way his face was covered in blood. Many

people describe hell as the color red. So it looked like hell by the amount of blood he had on his

face.

Entry #14 Page #74

“Nobody ever gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land.”

Reasoning:

This quotation is stating that everyone who has joined the work always say that they’re going to

get land after it never happens, just like heaven; they say it’s going to happen but nobody knows.
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Entry #15 Page #75 Last Paragraph

“Crooks interrupted brutally. “You guys is just kiddin’ yourself. You’ll talk about it hell of a lot,

but you won’t get no land. You’ll be a swamper here till they take you out in a box.”

Reasoning:

This quotation explains a character having lack of faith for Candy and Lennie. Basically Crooks

is saying they won’t succeed in their goals of earning their stake of land, Lennie insisted they were

going to.

Entry #16 Page #84

“The hay came down like a mountain slope to the other end of the barn, and there was a level place

as yet unfilled with the new crop.”

Reasoning:

This quotation describe the way the hay looked as it fell down. The author described the fall with

the way the mountains usually fall.

Entry #17 Page #91 Paragraph #4

“Don’t you go yellin’,” he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And she was

still, for Lennie had broken her neck.”

Reasoning:

I can picture the way Lennie shooked her and the look he had when her body flopped. This

quotation has a simile which states the way her body was lifeless, just like a fish when its out of

the water.

Entry #18 Page #98 Paragraph #7

“Curley’s face reddened. “I’m goin’,” he said. “I’m gonna shot the guts outta that big bastard

myself, even if I only got one hand. I’m gonna get ‘im.”
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Reasoning:

This quote expressed the anger and hatred for Lennie by Curley. He was furious Lennie because

he knew he killed his wife and he wanted revenge.

Entry #19 Page #104 Paragraph #9

“George said, “Guys, like us got no family. They make a little stake an’ then they blow it in. They

ain’t got nobody in the worl’ that gives a hoot in hell about ‘em-“

Reasoning:

I feel like thus quotation explains people who have to work another day without any family to

support them. They are saying that people like them work so hard just to get some cash and that

they have no one to support them in their decision.

Entry #20 Page #106 Paragraph #14

“The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again.”

Reasoning:

This quotation expresses how loud the shot was and how it got silent once it rolled down.
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