Make Up Your Mind
Character Development Chapter 4
Inez's Point Of View
We're just about done getting ready for the box social. There's about 15 minutes left until the dance. Laurey seems very distraught over choosing to go with Jud. I can tell she has a lot of anxiety about choosing to go with him tonight to the dance instead of Curly. It's too late for her to break of her date with Jud and I'm afraid of what he might do to her if she break off the date. We're encouraging her to make up her mind but she can't seem to make a decsion if she wants to go to the dance or not. I think regardless of her choice she will have a miserable time tonight and she would be a lot of happier going with Curly. Curly is going with Gertie Cummings. None of us can stand her. Her laugh is very obnoxious. She seems to think that the smelling salts that Ali Hakim gave her will help her make her decision better. I told her to go lie down for a little while and she decided to do that.
Laurey's Point Of View
My heart is torn into two pieces. I know I am only going to the dance with Jud tonight because he's pretty much forcing me to go with him. Aunt Eller and I both think he's a little odd and we still can't figure out what he does in that darn smokehouse all day. Curly went down there to talk to him. Before he left he came back and told me there are pictures of naked women all over his wall. Curly told me that he also told Jud he had asked me to the dance tonight and that made him very upset. He said that he wasn't going to change his mind about taking me and he couldn't make him change his mind. The girls suggested I go lie down before I leave for the party. and I thought that sounded like a pretty good plan. Resting did not help my anxiety though because I had a horrible dream that had Curly and Jud in it and they got into a fight. Jud ended up injuring Curly pretty bad but before I could even to the part if he died or not Jud was shaking me awake telling me it was time to leave. Reluctantly I got up and left with him. I don't have much of a choice at this rate. I just know I am going to have a miserable time tonight. I wish I had said yes to Curly in the first place.
