Chapter 1

     A quick summary of this chapter; the characters George and Lennie are introduced to the reader. They start their walk to the ranch they plan to work on, then they decide to stop for the night on the shore of a small pond that has been used as a camp site many times before. George then tells Lennie that he is not allowed to talk at the ranch and finally they eat their supper and go to bed.

     How this chapter ties into my theme is by strongly displaying Lennie's mental disability, by making him look like the stupidest six year old in the history of man kind even though Lennie is probably around 25 years old. John Steinbeck does this by making Lennie talk and act like he has no clue with what is going on around him, he does this by having Lennie repeat things to himself out loud to remember things. For example when George tells Lennie to remember to not talk when they go to meet the boss/ owner of the ranch where they plan to work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7pyXEfRArE ( link to video )