A Happy Death for an Ending At the end of the novella‚ Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck‚ Lennie Small is shot by his best friend George Milton. Many people look at this ending of the story sadly. However‚ this ending could also be happy. The reasons why this novella’s ending was happy is because George does not have to stress about Lennie‚ Lennie died with the dream‚ and Lennie would not survive in a prison without George. All these factors led to an excellent ending. One reason why
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mostly displayed with George and Lennie speaking their ideas and opinions out loud. Lennie never thought before he did something and George would always over think what he was about to do. In the book Of Mice and Men anger was shown a lot through George and Curly. This was demonstrated when George was angry that Lennie could not remember things that he was told minutes before. For instance‚ “The little man jerked down the brim of his hat and scowled over at Lennie. So you forgot that awready‚ did
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This novel follows George and Lennie‚ two “bindle stiffs”‚ who have a friendship of brotherhood. George and Lennie go from ranch to ranch working trying to fund their dream of one day owning their own ranch. Unfortunately‚ Lennie has the mentality of a three year old and must be constantly looked after. George takes it upon himself to watch after Lennie after his Aunt Clara dies. George might have a family‚ but he must take care of Lennie. Unintentionally‚ Lennie does bad things that cause them
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story tells about two men‚ George and Lennie‚ who travel for work. Lennie is assumed‚ by readers‚ to be mentally disabled. He is not very smart‚ does not remember or understand many things and the other characters in the story comment on him being like a kid or childlike. George sacrifices continually through the entire story. He sacrifices not only the opportunity to have a better job but he also sacrifices himself. He shows his unconditional loyalty to Lennie even though it comes with a high price
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Of Mice and Men characters in the novel are segregated by sex‚ race‚ age‚ physical and mental disabilities. John Steinbeck portrays the intolerance and bigotry of 1930’s America through the separation of his characters based on their handicaps. Lennie‚ Candy‚ Candy’s dog‚ Curley’s wife and Crooks all face social pressure from the other characters on the ranch based on their intelligence‚ physical disability‚ age‚ sex and color. Stereotyping based on ethnic or physical characteristics is typical
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Of Mice and Men Naturalism The struggle against forces beyond human control: Lennie couldn’t control that he had special needs. So him nor George could help it. In the end‚ he just got scared and that’s why he had killed Curley’s wife. “I tried‚ Aunt Clara‚ ma’am. I tried and tried. I couldn’t help it”(97). He was explaining how he couldn’t help that he broke everything that he pet. Because‚ he was too strong for what he could handle and he was just born with special needs which is a force beyond
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of the journey in Of Mice and Men it would be the concept of the American Dream. Both the text and the film are based on human conflict and how the human race works whether it is Gelsomina and George who are accepted into society‚ and Zampano and Lennie who are generally not accepted into society or they are treated differently. This reflects the grotesque characters in both the text and the film. The character in La Strata Gelsomina‚ is an example of an innocent archetype because in the film
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not in the text later on. As the readers should know Lennie was given silk velvet by his aunt Clara and he has enjoyed feeling soft things. An incident that happened in Weed‚ a place were George and Lennie worked‚ which had foreshadowed in future events. In Weed Lennie started adoring a dress that a girl was wearing and really wanted to feel it and as soon as he started touching the dress‚ (page 47) “the girl lets out a squawk‚ and that gets Lennie all mixed up‚ and he holds on ’cause that’s the only
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Men‚ by John Steinbeck Lennie and Curley’s wife are two characters who are oppressed by their loved ones and society due to the way of how they act. Lennie’s social interactions with others‚ except with George‚ are very limited because he is mentally retarded making it hard for him to socialize. Just like Lennie‚ Curley’s wife has very little interaction with others‚ because she is know to be flirtatious‚ making others on the ranch uncomfortable and Curley angry. Lennie is abused due to his lack
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How does Steinbeck create a sense of drama in this section of the novel? This section of the novel is about the fight between Curley and Lennie; it is dramatic because it is unfair on the both of them‚ Lennie because he didn’t do anything wrong and Curley because Lennie is a lot stronger. Steinbeck creates the drama by using things like imagery for example when he says “flopping like a fish”. The tension between the characters in this section makes the fight inevitable (it is definitely going to
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