Could you kill your best friend? How could you make such a decision‚ and how would you know if it was the right thing to do or not? That’s one of the most controversial questions asked at the end of John Steinbeck’s novella‚ Of Mice and Men. After many mishaps and misunderstandings‚ a mentally challenged giant named Lennie Small‚ finally made the innocent but fatal mistake he ever could have by killing a woman on the ranch where he and George work. As the men on the ranch try to bring Lennie to
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painlessly. The theme of the story is everyone has to make difficult decisions and that decision can have an impact on someone’s life George first decision to kill Lennie is that Lennie committed a bad crime buy killing Curley’s wife. He knows that Curley is extremely mad at Lennie and would be the one to kill
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Conflict as one of the main themes of the book occurs often from Lennie and Curley to Crooks and the others on the ranch conflict is apparent. Highlighting the theme of isolation or alienation it is clear that some of the characters have those feelings. With George and Lennie trying to achieve the American Dream they find trouble
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George‚ small and quick is responsible for taking care of him. They have been best friends for a long time. George killed Lennie as an act of kindness because George saves lives by killing Lennie and if he didn’t die‚ Lennie would be tortured by Curley‚ the boss’s son. George needed to prevent Lennie from killing more innocent lives. “He shook her then‚ and he was angry with her. ‘‘‘Don’t you go yellin’’’‚ he said‚ and he shook her‚ and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was
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MICE AND MEN-ESSAY In the novel ‘of mice and men’ many of the characters John Steinbeck has chosen for the book display both physical and mental impairments. Some characters that have been discriminated in the book are Lennie‚ Candy‚ Crooks and Curleys Wife. By putting characters like these into the book Steinbeck is illustrating how hard life was for anyone who couldn’t look after themselves during the great depression. Lennie was one of the main characters in the novel ‘of mice and men’. In the
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childlike and innocent persona shows other characters that he never does anything for malicious reasons. Even after George tells Lennie to “Get ‘im‚ Lennie!” (Steinbeck 60) after Curley attacked him‚ Lennie “Watched in terror the flopping little man whom he held” (Steinbeck 60) in his hands. Lennie never meant to hurt Curley‚ but he cannot control his strength. He does not understand when to stop once he starts. Later‚ Curley’s wife approaches Lennie. Lennie refuses to talk to her‚ but she approaches
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How values influence ethical and moral decisions Have you ever faced a difficult decision? Every day‚ we have to make decisions. Some of these decisions can be simple‚ but others can raise moral or ethical dilemmas. How does one go about making these moral or ethical decisions? People have value systems that can influence the moral or ethical decisions they make. This is clearly illustrated in the book Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ through the main character‚ George Milton and his
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admits that he is extremely lonely and companionship of his kind is impossible. Also another lonely character is Curley’s wife‚ she is forbidden to talk to anyone but Curley however instead she approaches the ranch hands by looking for Curley as an excuse to talk to them. Only result of this is that she becomes more disliked and Curley gets more jealous. Unfortunately her loneliness leads to her untimely death by making the error of confiding in Lennie and teasing him. This all leads up to George’s
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this is when George says "She’s gonna make a mess. They’s gonna be a bad mess about her. She’s a jail bait all set on the trigger. That Curley got his work cut out for him. Ranch with a bunch of guys on it ain’t no place for a girl‚ specially like her." (pg. 51). This quote shows that George thinks Curley’s wife is out to get the ranch hands in trouble because if Curley saw any of the ranch hands with his wife‚ there would have been a big fight and the person would be fired (during the time period jobs
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different from other characters who seem to avoid getting too close to each other‚ especially characters like Crooks who protect themselves by isolation. Slim is detached from most events‚ he lets Carlson shoot Candy ’s dog and he gets left behind when Curley ’s mob go after Lennie‚ allowing him to observe and obtain a different point of view. Alongside with this‚ he is also a very intelligent character. He understands George and Lennie ’s relationship when many others would see that kind of relationship
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