i. In this section of the book, there are two parts. The first part is the creation of a plan between George and Lennie, and Candy. The second part begins when Curley, Slim, and Carlson come into the bunk house. This part is the turning point in the book. For the first time, Curley is challenged by the other workers. First, Carlson challenges him to a fight. Curley knows that he would lose that fight so he chooses to ignore him. He looks around the room, looking for someone he wants to fight. I think this is the turning point of the book. The line "His eyes slipped past and lighted on Lennie; and Lennie was still smiling with delight at the memory of the ranch"
Curley mistook Lennie's happiness of the plan that had been made for making fun of him. From that point, Curley had only one thing in mind, beat up Lennie. It was obvious from the set up that Curley was going to lose in the end. The reason I think this was the turning point of the book is because Curley would no longer be a threat to George and Lennie. The fight was a good thing for George and Lennie in a way. Curley now knew not to mess with the pair of them. It could also be a bad thing because now Lennie is public enemy number one in Curley's mind.
ii. Juxtaposition is the placing of two or more things (in this case: scenes) side by side
iii. I think Steinback did this because after George and Lennie, and Candy made there plans for their own ranch it seemed too perfect. Something had to happen to keep the story going. The readers would probably want to know what happened when Curley tracked down Slim thinking he was with his wife. So Steinbeck decided to put the scene together.
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