Mice and Men Persuasive Essay
Of Mice and Men persuasive essay
Death, the one thing every person will eventually face, could be seen as an end or an entrance. What is your extent of a friendship? How far are you willing to go to help the person you care for? For many reasons, the majority of people think murder is immoral—especially if it was your own best friend. But sometimes we may have to go to the extreme, as long as we know it was the right thing to do from the heart because that’s how much you know you care. In the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, I strongly believe that George was right to kill Lennie.
We can all argue back and forth whether George killing Lennie was wrong or not. But the fact of the matter is—there was no escape. George heard “a man’s voice call up from the river, and another man answer”. So knowing that, we can already assume that Curley and the others were near. So what could George do? What were his options? Apparently, there was no way to make up for Lennie’s actions, but there was however a way to save Lennie from excessive suffering. “The voices came close now. George raised the gun and listened to the voices”. This is one of the reasons why I think George had the right to shoot Lennie—there was no escape, and it was either Curley to kill him, or George. Ultimately
Now think about this, would you rather kill your best friend, or have a total stranger do it? Of course, you’d choose neither, but what if those were your only two options at the limited time? What would you choose then? Probably neither—so look at it this way: your friend is mentally ill, and is treated like a dog. The stranger happens to hate your friend because he accidently killed someone the stranger cared for. The stranger plans to torture your friend right before he dies. Since you’re his friend, of course you’d comfort him—make him think everything is okay and save him from any more pain from anyone else and you’d put him out comforted and filled with happiness. Now what’s your
Death, the one thing every person will eventually face, could be seen as an end or an entrance. What is your extent of a friendship? How far are you willing to go to help the person you care for? For many reasons, the majority of people think murder is immoral—especially if it was your own best friend. But sometimes we may have to go to the extreme, as long as we know it was the right thing to do from the heart because that’s how much you know you care. In the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, I strongly believe that George was right to kill Lennie.
We can all argue back and forth whether George killing Lennie was wrong or not. But the fact of the matter is—there was no escape. George heard “a man’s voice call up from the river, and another man answer”. So knowing that, we can already assume that Curley and the others were near. So what could George do? What were his options? Apparently, there was no way to make up for Lennie’s actions, but there was however a way to save Lennie from excessive suffering. “The voices came close now. George raised the gun and listened to the voices”. This is one of the reasons why I think George had the right to shoot Lennie—there was no escape, and it was either Curley to kill him, or George. Ultimately
Now think about this, would you rather kill your best friend, or have a total stranger do it? Of course, you’d choose neither, but what if those were your only two options at the limited time? What would you choose then? Probably neither—so look at it this way: your friend is mentally ill, and is treated like a dog. The stranger happens to hate your friend because he accidently killed someone the stranger cared for. The stranger plans to torture your friend right before he dies. Since you’re his friend, of course you’d comfort him—make him think everything is okay and save him from any more pain from anyone else and you’d put him out comforted and filled with happiness. Now what’s your