Deliberately - Blog three

     The Word Deliberate means to do something consciously and intentionally or something that makes you engage in long and careful consideration. The first occurrence of the word deliberate was when George and Lennie were first meeting the boss and the boss was getting angry at George for not letting Lennie answer any questions. After the boss had explicitly told George to let Lennie answer a question, George ignored his command; the boss then proceeded to "deliberately put the little book in his pocket"(22) showing a sign of him thinking carefully about the actions of George. The next use of the word deliberate was used after George had warned the guys about spreading gossip about the boss's son and his warning was ignored, then "George cut the cards again and put out a solitaire lay, slowly and deliberately"(28). One of the uses of the word deliberate in part three was after Lennie returned from the barn and went to his bunk hiding a puppy in his arms. George had told Lennie he couldn't bring a puppy back. Knowing that Lennie had brought back a puppy, "George put down his cards very deliberately. 'Lennie,' he said sharply... 'I tol' you you couldn't bring that pup in here'"(42). All three of these examples show how the use of the word deliberate was used right after the words of one person was ignored by another.
   If you are reading along with me, make sure to watch out for the word "deliberate", nothing good happens when this word is in the text!