Of Mice and Men...Versus Men

      Of Mice and Men has many conflicts. Said conflicts serve as plot hyper-acceleration, and if you know the types of conflict, then you'll understand the pun in my title. For those who don't: Great job finding my blog from the outside world! Here's a refresher as to what is what:

• Man vs. Man
• Man vs. Self
• Man vs. Nature
• Man vs. Society

Those are all self-explanatory, so I will skip that part and now move back to Of Mice and Men,  and two large conflicts within: Lennie vs Curley and Carlson vs Candy.  
      Lennie vs Curley is a physical conflict that has a large effect on the plot, being Man vs Man. In the book, it states, "He cried, 'Make 'um stop, George.'" This shows that the matter has gotten physical, whatever the matter was. Lennie losing anything is serious business because he's mentally disabled. However, this is quickly and crushingly brought around. A page or so later, it says, "He started crying, his fist lost in Lennie's paw." This reveals Lennie's strength, and the first rule of being a minor character: Don't attack the hero(es) unless you want your butt handed to you heartily. This advances the plot a chapter and a half.

      Carlson vs Candy is a less noticeable conflict, but it kills off a minor character and advances the plot forward as well. In the book, Carlson says he'd, "'...shoot him right in the back of the head...'" Candy protests a while, but eventually gives in. Later, he brings it up. He says, "'I shouldn'tve let a stranger shoot my dog.'" This quote reveals that Candy wishes it occurred differently, which goes with my position of Carlson being evil.
   

Yes, this cat is starting a conflict, and with the end of the year fast approaching, I thought some humor best be added.