Of+Mice+and+Men+Conflicts

1) The whole setting is a conflict. Lennie's big and strong, the complete opposite of the type of men Curley leaves alone. 2) Curley's a protective husband while Curly's wife is a huge flirt and goes around giving men "the eye". 3) Curley's wife thinks of Lennie as a little toy to her because he has no idea what goes on most of the time, causing even more conflict between Curly and Lennie. 4) Lennie's mentally slow, and he's slow with his reactions so once he's strong and has his grip on something, he just doesn't know when to stop and let go, especially when he's scared. 5) George has a conflict within himself because he wants to leave Lennie so he can have a successful life, but inside he knows he can't. He knows that Lennie is unable to survive on his own. 6) Lennie has a conflict with Curley because they had already gotten into a fight. Lennie has to watch out for Curley because he will snap in a matter of seconds. No matter what, Curley will not give up on Lennie even if he was beaten up by him. 7) Curley's wife has her eye on Lennie. She knows Lennie was the one to break Curley's hand. Curley's wife is paying attention to Lennie hoping Curley will notice. She knows Lennie can beat Curley up and she wants that to happen. 8) Lennie and George want to buy their own farm, but they have to work for little pay 9) At the end of the book George is forced to kill Lennie. He decides he has to do this because Lennie has just killed Curley's Wife and he just cant be taught how to behave. George puts the gun to Lennie's neck and shoots him, while he is telling Lennie the story about the farm.
 * Conflicts**