Review of Of Mice and Men (1992) by Introvertere O — 09 Nov 2008

Often when I have not seen a film in years I cannot avoid seeing it in a completely different light; maybe it is just because I'm older and more experienced...a "Lenny" that has either killed too many mice or watched them die never having made too big of a mistake to be dispatched to that big beautiful rabbit farm in the sky.

I truly identify with the characters in this film. I think myself a very nice person and have no want of harm to anyone, yet I (like Lenny) am too naive to catch on to things quickly because I want to believe that this is a world where everyone can have their little farm where the people provide for themselves instead of some 'boss' or his son feeding me their 'crop' on their terms.

It also does not help to be socially awkward because of having been brought up in and around uncivilized brutes. But even the nicest guy in the world can have the devil brought out in him if a victim of or perceives wrong/harm; whether directed to himself or someone else.

I have came a long way from those places; having evolved and become more civil and able to control myself contrary to what I was taught, but I have also gotten old along the way and feel as if I have nothing to contribute and that I am ".

.no good to anyone, not even myself." And it seems that Candy's dog was but a metaphor for the Lennys' of the world who, having grown old and worn out in the service of the 'boss and his son(s)', can be put out of their misery; being only a dog that has no hope for anything other than the love of his master.

The only difference being I, unlike the dog, have lost faith in my master and you can only kick an old dog like me so many times before I will bite back...except by this time the bite is futile for I have no teeth.

A populous of 'old sheep dogs disarmed'...hmm...PNAC foretold I suppose. I wonder who else will be among the redundant? Only one solution is gleaned: "Dog pile on the rabbit". Put the weight of enough 'old toothless dogs' on top of a rabbit and the dogs do not even need to bite.

Will read the book. Perhaps if the context is not already contaminated by my viewing this film beforehand, I will grasp the author's intent/motivation for the work.