In the story Lennie gets a vision from this big rabbit telling him that he didn't deserve George's kindness.
Personal Response:
I think that the director chose not to put the scene with Lennie talking to the rabbit and his aunt Clara because it would make the movie just slightly less realistic. Also i think it would take a really long time. In this last chapter Lennie did a lot of bad things and he knew he did so he was really scared. The reason Steinbeck put the big rabbit yelling at Lennie was to make us really realize the graveness of the situation. In this chapter Lennie gets shot by George with Carlsons gun. This was when I realized why Candy's dog was shot. Candy's old, worn out, useless dog symbolized poor Lennie. Both of them got shot right in the back of the head, the reason being something they both couldn't control. The dog didn't mean to be old and smelly and Lennie didn't mean to kill Curley's wife. I felt really bad for George because he had to shoot someone he really cared about. I think that Sinise (the director) really rushed the ending scene, while in the book it took a really long time (there was a lot of hesitation being described). At the end it is also when we realize that Slim and George really are equals because Slim understands what happened between them while Carlson and Curley really don't understand.
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