Table of Contents
- 1 Who owned the gun that George used to shoot Lennie?
- 2 Who owned the pistol that was used to kill the dog and Lennie?
- 3 What is the name of the gun Carlson owns?
- 4 Did George take Carlson’s Luger?
- 5 What happened to Curley’s hand?
- 6 What kind of gun does John Steinbeck own?
- 7 Why does George shoot Lennie with Carlson’s Luger?
Who owned the gun that George used to shoot Lennie?
Some information about Carlson. Carlson is a laborer at the farm, he shoots Candy’s dog, he also owns the gun that George takes to kill Lennie.
Who stole the Luger in Chapter 6?
Although we are not exactly told what all the men believe, it should be evident that they take Carlson’s word for it when he proclaims, in chapter six, “The bastard’s stole my Luger.
Who owned the pistol that was used to kill the dog and Lennie?
We understand that it was George and not Lennie who stole the pistol from under Carlson’s bunk because we recognize the gun by its shape. We also understand that George knows how to use it, because he was watching when Carlson was cleaning it after using it to kill Candy’s dog.
Did Lennie steal Carlson’s Luger?
Although George agrees with Carlson when Carlson says that Lennie was the one who stole Carlson’s gun, it was really George, and not Lennie, who stole it.
What is the name of the gun Carlson owns?
There are three guns mentioned in Of Mice and Men. These are the Luger owned by Carlson, the shotgun owned by Crooks, and the shotgun owned by Curley. The gun stolen was the Luger pistol owned by Carlson.
What does Luger mean in Of Mice and Men?
A Luger is a distinctive-looking handgun. When George pulls it out of his jacket at the campsite, the reader will know that it belongs to Carlson and that George must have stolen it with the intention of shooting Lennie.
Did George take Carlson’s Luger?
What happened to Carlson’s pistol?
George goes to the bunkhouse to steal Carlson’s gun. What did Carlson say happened to his gun? Carlson says that someone stool his gun.
What happened to Curley’s hand?
What happens to Curley’s hand after he beats up Lennie? It hurts and gets swollen from hitting Lennie with it. He accidentally crushes it in a machine. Lennie grabs his hand and crushes it.
What kind of gun does Carlson have in of mice and men?
Carlson (Richard Riehle) can be seen with a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun near the end of the film. In the book Carlson armed himself with a single barrel shotgun which he took from Crooks the stable-hand.
What kind of gun does John Steinbeck own?
It is somewhat odd that the gun owned by Carlson should be a Luger. This is a German automatic pistol with a distinctive shape. It looks entirely different from an American revolver or a U.S. Army automatic. Steinbeck makes a great deal of the fact that the gun is a Luger.
Why did Steinbeck make the gun a German luger?
Steinbeck’s whole purpose in making the weapon a German Luger was to make the gun easily identifiable when George takes it out of his coat pocket at the end of the story and uses it to kill Lennie.
Why does George shoot Lennie with Carlson’s Luger?
Steinbeck’s whole purpose in making the weapon a German Luger was to make the gun easily identifiable when George takes it out of his coat pocket at the end of the story and uses it to kill Lennie. We understand that it was George and not Lennie who stole the pistol from under Carlson’s bunk because we recognize the gun by its shape.