In Chapter 4, Lennie goes in to visit Crooks in his room, we are confronted with 4 of the "saddest" characters in the novel: Lennie can't care for himself or remember anything, Candy feels he's old and worthless, Curley's wife is seen as a flurt and dangerous woman leaving her with no one to talk to, and Crooks has a damaged spine and deals with segregation. Do you feel like these characters are responsible for creating their own perspectives on life or do you believe that society is responsible for the way they perceive their lives and their opporunity? Do you think the same is true for people in today's society?