In this chapter Lennie is back where the novel began, the Salinas River. Lennie is waiting the arrival of George. Lennie thinks George will be mad at him for the death of Curley's wife. When George arrives he tells Lennie to think about the rabbits and the piece of land they were soon going to own. he mentions that he is not mad at Lennie, and he never was. he put the gun to Lennie's head and shoots him. When the others arrive, Slim is the only guy that really knows what George is going through, with the death of Lennie.
In this novel Steinbeck gives us a front row seat of the racial discrimination that occurred throughout the Great Depression, using Crooks. Even though Crooks is just like any other person racism still occurred, and it occurs now.
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This part is the truly saddest part of the novel.
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