Of Mice And Men Man's Best Friend Analysis
Man’s Best Friend?
George and Lennie are symbolized by Candy and his dog. Candy’s dog is old, useless, and nobody wants him there. Lennie is too big, annoying, and he hurts others without even thinking about it. However, George takes responsibility for Lennie, unlike Candy and his dog. John Steinbeck’s book, Of Mice and Men, is about two travelers, George and Lennie, who have to make hard decisions concerning their futures and their friendship. George was right to kill Lennie in the end because, like Candy’s dog, Lennie was more harm than good and George had to take responsibility for him. Lennie has no understanding of the frailty of life; this makes him useless. George has to constantly look over him, like an owner would a pet. Lennie demonstrates his lack of understanding of death when he said, “‘It’s on’y a mouse, George... Jus’ a dead mouse...’” and “‘I don’t know why I can’t keep it’” …show more content…
His thinking is primitive and almost animalistic. Even though Lennie is a terrible liar, he continually does it throughout the book. When Lennie was trying to hide that he had a dead mouse he lied to George (Chapter 1, Pg. 5). Lennie also lied about bringing his puppy into the bunkhouse since he was not supposed to (Chapter 3, Pg. 42). Lennie is more than mentally slow or immature, he is completely demented. Lennie began to have hallucinations when he was running away from the crime scene that was Curley’s Wife. Lennie’s first apparition is that of “a little fat old woman.” (Chapter 6, Pg. 100). The hallucination of his aunt was followed by another ludicrous vision of a talking rabbit (Chapter 6, Pg. 101). Lennie has the delusion that other people are the reason he does “bad things.” Lennie repeatedly asked the dead dog why it had “‘to get killed’” (Chapter 5, Pg. 85). Due to the fact that Lennie is unstable and could not take care of himself, George was like an owner to a dog when he was with
George and Lennie are symbolized by Candy and his dog. Candy’s dog is old, useless, and nobody wants him there. Lennie is too big, annoying, and he hurts others without even thinking about it. However, George takes responsibility for Lennie, unlike Candy and his dog. John Steinbeck’s book, Of Mice and Men, is about two travelers, George and Lennie, who have to make hard decisions concerning their futures and their friendship. George was right to kill Lennie in the end because, like Candy’s dog, Lennie was more harm than good and George had to take responsibility for him. Lennie has no understanding of the frailty of life; this makes him useless. George has to constantly look over him, like an owner would a pet. Lennie demonstrates his lack of understanding of death when he said, “‘It’s on’y a mouse, George... Jus’ a dead mouse...’” and “‘I don’t know why I can’t keep it’” …show more content…
His thinking is primitive and almost animalistic. Even though Lennie is a terrible liar, he continually does it throughout the book. When Lennie was trying to hide that he had a dead mouse he lied to George (Chapter 1, Pg. 5). Lennie also lied about bringing his puppy into the bunkhouse since he was not supposed to (Chapter 3, Pg. 42). Lennie is more than mentally slow or immature, he is completely demented. Lennie began to have hallucinations when he was running away from the crime scene that was Curley’s Wife. Lennie’s first apparition is that of “a little fat old woman.” (Chapter 6, Pg. 100). The hallucination of his aunt was followed by another ludicrous vision of a talking rabbit (Chapter 6, Pg. 101). Lennie has the delusion that other people are the reason he does “bad things.” Lennie repeatedly asked the dead dog why it had “‘to get killed’” (Chapter 5, Pg. 85). Due to the fact that Lennie is unstable and could not take care of himself, George was like an owner to a dog when he was with