In John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," Curley's wife enters the barn where Crooks, Lennie, and Candy are in Chapter 4. The scene explores the characters' loneliness and dreams, highlighting the pervasive themes of isolation and longing in the novella.
im pretty sure that candy finds curley's wife when Lennie broke her neck
Lennie goes to see Crooks because he is looking for his puppy. Crooks lives in a separate room in the barn, and Lennie wanders in looking for his lost pet.
Lennie leaves Curley's wife in the barn because he accidentally killed her in a fit of panic. He takes the dead puppy to the river because he wants to give it a proper burial, as he doesn't understand the severity of his actions towards the puppy in the same way he does with Curley's wife.
Lennie tells Crooks about the plan he and George have (and now Candy as well) to get a little farm together. Lennie will be able to tend the rabbits, and as he and Crooks sit in Crooks' room out in the barn, Candy is in the bunkhouse "figurin' and figurin'" about the rabbits and how they might be able to make some money on them. The dream they had of "livin' offa the fatta the lan'" (living off of the fat of the land) was supposed to kept a secret, but Lennie doesn't realize that he shouldn't tell Crooks about it. At first, Crooks scoffs at the idea. He says, "No one never gets to Heaven, and no one never gets no land," but when Candy admits that it's true, Crooks wants in. However, Curley's wife winds up coming out to the barn, and she puts Crooks back in his place, so he ends the chapter telling Candy that he was just kidding about wanting to go to the dream farm with them. As readers, we know that he wasn't kidding, but we also know that Crooks is right to realize that he wouldn't be able to join with the others since he is a Black man in the 1930's south (California) and the prejudice of the whites will keep him from joining them.
Curley's wife talks to Lennie in the barn because she is lonely and seeking companionship. She enjoys having someone to talk to and Lennie's innocent and childlike nature makes him an easy target for her to engage with. However, this interaction ultimately leads to tragic consequences.
George told Candy not to bring others in the barn because he wanted a private space for himself and Lennie to escape from the other workers and to have some peace and quiet. Bringing others into the barn would disrupt their privacy and peace.
because Lennie is in the barn petting the dead pup when curleys wife walks in and starts talking to him. she offers Lennie to feel how soft her hair isand when Lennie is feeling the hair , she starts getting upset and starts screaming, Lennie tries to tell her to stop and she wouldn't so he shook her and when he stoppped she was limp.
Candy asked George if they were still going to get their own place now that Curley's wife was dead. He was worried about their dream and what would happen next.
George gets frustrated because he does not want others to find out about moving to the ranch. If Curley or the Boss finds out that they want to move away, they may cut George and Lennie as workers and therefore they will not be able to move to the ranch.
Curley's wife has killed his dream through her stupidity. In his mind, she was the reason for her own death and the reason why Curley wants to kill Lennie. George will not participate in the dream without Lennie, and therefore Candy will not go to the farm at all. He will remain at the ranch and live the rest of his pessimistic life.
all of the ranch hands see Curley's Wife in the barn, lennie is the first to see her, then candy, then george and then the rest of the ranch hands
Lennie came to the barn to pet the puppies, which he enjoyed doing because he found them soft and comforting.