accidentally kills Curley's wife by shaking and breaking her neck. He doesn't mean to do it; as
always with Lennie, he doesn't know his own strength. But he's drawn to Curley's wife by the
softness of her hair as well as her overpowering sexuality. Over the years, Lennie has developed
an obsession with stroking soft objects, whether it's a fluffy rabbit or a dead mouse. It was
this strange quirk of his that got Lennie andinto serious trouble back in Weed, after Lennie
terrified a girl by touching her dress.
Unfortunately, Lennie isn't mentally
developed enough to have learned from his mistakes. So he instinctively reaches out and starts
stroking Curley's wife's hair. Curley's wife immediately recoils from Lennie's touch. She may be
lonely; she may be happy to sit down and pour her heart out to Lennie; but that's about as far
as she's prepared to go. Her understandably horrified reaction at Lennie's touching her hair
unnerves Lennie, so much so that he loses control and ends up killing Curley's
wife.
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