questions. Why did George kill Lennie? Was it the best option? Was George a true friend to Lennie? In the end you may come to the conclusion that George may not have been a friend but more of a guardian. George didn’t treat Lennie alike Slim or Candy instead as a child. He shelters Lennie from reality. He wants the best for Lennie overall. And now Lennie relies on George for survival and now George relies on Lennie for companionship. It’s obvious George and Lennie have a bond‚ and through the book
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George kill Lennie? George is a man of morals and when Lennie killed Curley’s wife‚ he broke the biggest moral law which forced him to kill Lennie: ”You hadda‚ George” Slim tells George that shooting Lennie was morally the right thing to do and that he should feel honoured‚ because he did the right thing. But George still feels bad about what he has done‚ because Lennie was his best friend and the only way to achieve the dream and Lennie gave George a special sense in life. Lennie was the only
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the book of‚ “Of Mice and Men” there are many characters who deserve our sympathy‚ for instance there is Lennie‚ George‚Curley‚Carlson‚Slim‚Curley’s Wife‚Crooks and several other characters. These characters make us feel sympathetic towards them weather is it because how they are treated or how they live their lives or how they behave. But although these characters deserve sympathy‚ Crooks and Curley’s Wife deserve more sympathy because of these reasons‚ Crooks is treated badly due to his race‚ as well
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Mona Mosleh English 101 Professor Borg Analysis of Sympathy In Sympathy‚ Paul Laurence Dunbar portrays the caged bird and elaborates upon its presence to develop a deeper meaning. As the author looks at the caged bird‚ and he feels its pain. It’s stuck in a cage‚ it can’t fly around as birds are meant to do‚ and it’s suffering since it spends countless time thrashing about against the bars that enclose it within its cage. The fact that the speaker says he "knows what the caged bird feels" suggests
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Lennie and Curley’s wife come across as very different characters. They differ greatly in appearance‚ mentality‚ and personality. Despite their differences‚ though‚ Lennie and Curley’s wife are surprisingly similar in the way they both constantly need to create physical connections. As a result‚ they are able to relate to each other‚ and when they are finally alone together they address each other’s needs‚ which leads to a tragic end. Lennie and Curley’s wife are extremely different people‚
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who go on a journey looking for a job at a ranch. Lennie and George find a ranch and start to work hard and dream about having their own ranch. Everyone at this ranch seems very nice except for one man and his wife. One of the men that Steinbeck created‚ Lennie‚ always seems to get in trouble‚ especially with this man. George‚ the other man‚ feels that it’s his job to get Lennie out of trouble. Lennie is not the smartest of their little group. Lennie shows that he is not very smart because of his actions
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George and Lennie are working at is a microcosm representing the whole of America at the time where each person represents a different group. For example Lennie Curley’s wife representing women and crooks representing African Americans. George is a small and intelligent character who looks after Lennie. Lennie is not clever but he is physically strong and is a good worker. The novel ends where it starts (by
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final chapter George kills Lennie. It might seem like he’s being mean‚ proving Lennie’s statement that George is always nice to him wrong. I don’t think that George is being mean by killing Lennie‚ on the contrary‚ I think George is being nice by doing so. If George hadn’t done it‚ Lennie would have suffered much more. Curly was angry because Lennie killed his wife and he wanted to make him suffer for it. Earlier in the story Curly said that he was going to shoot Lennie in the gut himself. If George
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in Of Mice and Men‚ Lennie can best be remembered by his childish traits. In the beginning of the story‚ when George and Lennie were sitting at the encampment by the river Lennie begged George to tell the story of the rabbits(14). This story was about much more than just rabbits; but Lennie‚ being the manchild he was only cared about the fact that he got to care for and play with the rabbits‚ just like any child would. Later on in the story‚ Curley picked a fight because Lennie was supposedly laughing
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A Small Town South Dakota‚ 1946. A small isolated town‚ known for it’s wheat crop‚ it’s ten acres of wheat crops. One night‚ the sky was pitch black and everything was so quiet you could hear the electrical noise coming from the outside cables. Houses were lightened by one light in the living room and the streets were illuminated by one street light per block. When suddenly an object flashes in the sky‚ it made a loud screeching noise. Families walked outside to see what was happening‚ and
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