"This scene is important because it is the climax of Lennie's petting actions which have been getting more and more serious as the novel progresses."
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"Curley's wife is lonely, and she has targeted Lennie as a good person to remove some of that loneliness (partly because he was the one who crushed her husband's hand.)"
" "
"Notice how Lennie panicks; the death is entirely accidental as Lennie merely tries to get her to be quiet."
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7
"'Do you like to feel __?_?_?__?'"
"Lennie chuckled with __?_?_?__. 'You bet, by God,' he cried happily. 'An' I had some, too. A lady give me some, an' that lady was - my own Aunt __?_?_?__."
"She give it right to me - 'bout this big a piece. I wisht I had that velvet right now.' A __?_?_?__ came over his face. 'I lost it,' he said. I ain't seen it for a long time."
"Curley's wife laughed at him. 'You're __?_?_?__,' she said. 'But you're a kinda nice fella. Jus' like a big baby. But a person can see kinda what you mean. When I'm doin' my hair sometimes I jus' set and __?_?_?__ it 'cause it's so soft.'"
"To show how she did it, she ran her __?_?_?__ over the top of her head."
VELVET,7,31
PLEASURE,8,31
CLARA,10,33
FROWN,12,40
NUTS,14,48
STROKE,17,35
FINGERS,18,46
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"'Some people got kinda __?_?_?__ hair,' she said complacently. 'Take __?_?_?__. His hair is jus' like wire. But mine is soft and __?_?_?__. 'Course I brush it a lot. That makes it fine. Here - feel right here.'"
"She took Lennie's hand and put it on her head. 'Feel right aroun' there an' see how __?_?_?__ it is.'"
"Lennie's big __?_?_?__ fell to stroking her hair."
"'Don't you __?_?_?__ it up,' she said."
"Lennie said, 'Oh! that's nice,' and he stroked __?_?_?__. 'Oh, that's nice.'"
"'Look out now, you'll muss it.' And then she cried __?_?_?__, 'You stop it now, you'll mess it all up.' She jerked her head sideways and Lennie's fingers closed on her hair and hung on. 'Let go,' she cried. 'You let go.'"
COARSE,7,33
CURLEY,8,16
FINE,9,14
SOFT,12,35
FINGERS,13,23
MUSS,14,21
HARDER,15,57
ANGRILY,17,61
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"Lennie was in a __?_?_?__. His face was contorted. She __?_?_?__ then, and Lennie's other hand closed over her mouth and nose. 'Please don't,' he __?_?_?__. 'Oh, please don't do that. George'll be mad.'"
"She __?_?_?__ violently under his hands. Her feet __?_?_?__ on the hay and she writhed to be free; and from under Lennie's hand came a __?_?_?__ screaming."
"Lennie began to cry with __?_?_?__. 'Oh! Please don't do none of that,' he begged. 'George gonna say I done a bad thing. He ain't gonna let me tend no rabbits.' He moved his hand a little and her __?_?_?__ cry came out."
"Then Lennie grew angry. 'Now don't,' he said. 'I don't want you to yell. You gonna get me in trouble jus' like George says you will. Now don't you do that.'"
PANIC,7,26
SCREAMED,8,10
BEGGED,9,39
STRUGGLED,11,14
BATTERED,11,60
MUFFLED,13,22
FRIGHT,14,35
HOARSE,17,25
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"And she continued to struggle, and her eyes were __?_?_?__ with terror. He __?_?_?__ her then, and he was angry with her. Don't you go yellin',' he said, and he shook her, and her body __?_?_?__ like a fish."
"And then she was __?_?_?__, for Lennie had broken her neck."
"He looked down at her, and carefully he removed his hand from over her mouth. 'I don't want ta hurt you,' he said, 'but George'll be mad if you __?_?_?__.'"
"When she didn't __?_?_?__ nor move, he bent closely over her. He lifted her arm and let it drop. For a moment he seemed bewildered. And then he whispered in fright, 'I done a bad __?_?_?__. I done another bad thing.'"
"He __?_?_?__ up the hay until it partly covered her."
