Mercy Killing: A quiet‚ painless death. A mercy killing is how Lennie died in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. A novel that tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small‚ two displaced migrant workers during the great depression in California. They hope to one day attain their shared dream of settling down on their own piece of land. Lennie Small is a mentally disabled but physically strong man who traveled with George. His dreams were to be “living off the fatta’ the lan”
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their life because they are pushing people away for that one dream. Loneliness makes dreams impossible to come true like George‚ Lennie‚ and Curley’s wife. They all had dreams that never came true because of loneliness. George’s dream was to own a ranch with Lennie. They planned to have animals like soft things so George told him when they own the ranch Lennie can tend the rabbits. George had a dream to own his own ranch because he believed his own ranch would mean that he belonged somewhere
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violence in different parts of the tale‚ as well as looking how specific characters use violence for different reasons. Specific areas of which the novel will explore are parts such as the death of Curlys wife‚ the fight between Curly and Lennie and the death of Lennie. The content of the book as a strong historic and social element‚ as well as a literary one. The social element refers to the way they lived. This would have been poorly‚ as they were in a great time of depression‚ where most of America
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George and Lennie are two very different people with a special friendship. These two buddies stick together even when Lennie gets on Georges nerves because Lennie is learning disabled. George shows that he cares for Lennie when he says‚ “He’s my... cousin. I told his old lady I’d take care of him. He got kicked in the head by a horse when he was a kid. He’s awright. Just aint bright. But he can do anything you tell him”(Steinbeck 22). This quote illustrates that George cares for Lennie as if he
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his relationship with Lennie? This passage portrays a strong friendship that would have been a rarity in the Great Depression. The fact that they have this kind of friendship already illustrates them as being different from other ranch workers. Steinbeck presents their relationship‚ initially‚ as a ‘parent child’ kind of relationship. When Lennie gets up ‘from his bunk’ and sits down ‘across from George’‚ George uses a ‘deliberate‚ thoughtful‚ slowness’. The movement Lennie makes towards George
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similarities and their differences. This shows that in John Steinbeck’s "Of Mice and Men" Lennie was a blessing‚ and a burden to George. There are many ways that Lennie is a blessing to George. Lennie is a blessing to George because he helped him keep his job when he couldn’t do work as well as others. Lennie does this by being is as good as two workers. This overly compensates for George’s lack of strength. Lennie is a blessing also with the fact that he is a friend with George. He is a friend to George
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1937 novel written by John Steinbeck‚ “Of Mice and Men”‚ two of the mainprotagonists which are George and Lennie are pivotal to the plot of the novel. Both are shown to be the typical poor farmers with George being weaker‚ smaller‚ and smarter than his brotherlyfigure Lennie who is bigger‚ stronger‚ but mentally disabled as well. But unlike the other farmers who are isolated‚ George and Lennie share a strong relationship which all the other farmers lack. The two benefited each other throughout
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John Steinbeck‚ the same thing happens to the main characters‚ George and Lennie. George shoots Lennie in the head to save him from a mob who wants to kill Lennie. Now‚ some people might say that George was just giving Lennie a merciful death‚ but really‚ George’s actions were not justifiable because he had no right to decide Lennie’s fate. Firstly‚ George did not have the right to take away Lennie’s life. When he shot Lennie‚ it was like George had given up and had refused to protect his companion
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Steinbeck uses many examples of characterization to show how friends care greatly for one another. When Lennie and George are walking
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way in which he manages himself and his anger changes significantly. Since George is a character who carries a lot of stress‚ from dealing with Lennie to trying to pursue his own dreams‚ emotions and feelings are strong as he works a great deal every day. Sometimes‚ like everybody‚ he loses control of himself‚ such as the time when he was entrancing Lennie and himself with an abundant amount of information about the ranch of their dreams. When he was describing this utopia‚ he stopped abruptly before
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