Essay On Of Mice And Men Friendship
Friendship is a state of mutual trust and support between two people. One of the many responsibilities of having a friend is caring for them and help them make the right decisions. In George's case Lennie is disabled so he cannot make his own decisions. Instead of George helping Lennie make the decisions he has to make them for Lennie completely by himself. George had to shoot Lennie, he had no choice Lennie was no good to himself or anyone around him. What really made George commit this act was the fact that he knew that if he did not kill Lennie right now he would receive a painful death later. Although Lennie means no harm, he still causes harm. In Weed Lennie grabbed an innocent little girl just to touch her soft red dress. To Lennie,
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He comes to see how afraid and confused his dog was during his death. If Candy had killed the dog himself the dog would be relaxed so at least it would be a sudden peaceful death instead of a long terrifying death. This is the other reason why George knew he had to kill Lennie himself. As he killed Lennie, he tried to put him in a soothing state to help him feel like he was in heaven. Lennie killed Curley's wife. It was similar but with a more extreme outcome than Weed. As the story progresses Lennie's actions become worse and worse. It starts off as feeling then becomes killing little mice, then puppies, and finally an actual human. George realizes there is no end. Lennie is going to keep getting worse. They are running out of places to hide. Even if they do find another one Lennie is still just going to to the exact same thing. After killing Curley's wife George realizes there is no end. Lennie has to go. After George shot Lennie in the back of the head, he started to cry. Which meant he did not kill Lennie out of joy or self relief he killed him because he had to. Lennie's a parallel to Candy's dog, they are both no good to themselves to be alive. It is not George's fault he had to kill Lennie. Lennie was holding George back and and endangering
He comes to see how afraid and confused his dog was during his death. If Candy had killed the dog himself the dog would be relaxed so at least it would be a sudden peaceful death instead of a long terrifying death. This is the other reason why George knew he had to kill Lennie himself. As he killed Lennie, he tried to put him in a soothing state to help him feel like he was in heaven. Lennie killed Curley's wife. It was similar but with a more extreme outcome than Weed. As the story progresses Lennie's actions become worse and worse. It starts off as feeling then becomes killing little mice, then puppies, and finally an actual human. George realizes there is no end. Lennie is going to keep getting worse. They are running out of places to hide. Even if they do find another one Lennie is still just going to to the exact same thing. After killing Curley's wife George realizes there is no end. Lennie has to go. After George shot Lennie in the back of the head, he started to cry. Which meant he did not kill Lennie out of joy or self relief he killed him because he had to. Lennie's a parallel to Candy's dog, they are both no good to themselves to be alive. It is not George's fault he had to kill Lennie. Lennie was holding George back and and endangering