Comparing Chapters 1 and 6 in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Barack Obama and George Miller from Of Mice and Men exemplify the aspect of Hope and plans for the future within the american dream.

Americans often try to seek happiness through their success. In Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men, and Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby both stories express the characters admiration of achieving the American dream. Both stories explain with example how setting, relationships, and Cause and effect all play a role in the destiny of each character’s American dream.

What does it mean to be a human? Well, a human is much more complex than just a mound of flesh that is conscious of its surroundings. Humans feel strong emotions, which are sometimes indescribable to other human beings. Every human being is compassionate and caring, whether they chose to show that side of them or not. This philosophy is what makes stories so enjoyable; the author simply relays a story that was conceived in their own brain, where the reader relates to the characters and feels emotions based on the events that take place within the story. The reader and the emotions put into the story are what make it a classic. John Steinbeck is considered "America's Greatest Author" because of the compassion readers feel for his characters, like Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath or even Lenny in Of Mice and Men. Mark Twain, another classic author in American history gets great compassion from readers with characters like Huckleberry Finn in

“Am I my brother’s keeper? Yes, I am.” Scott, Jill “Brotha”. Since biblical times it has been debated over whether or not “I am my brother’s keeper”. In Mice of Men by John Steinbeck, he takes a deeper look at the meaning of my brother’s keeper. Of Mice and Men is based in California during the 1930’s. It is a tale of two friends who travel across California looking for work, and a place to call their own. While the story is mostly about George Milton, who looks after his travelling companion Lennie Smalls, who has a mental disability; the story is also about how Lennie takes care of George. For instance, they often sit and talk about how they have each other to take care of, and when Crooks makes it seem like Lennie is not coming back, Lennie almost assaults Crooks to protect George. Lennie, more than once in the story offers to leave George, if he feels that would be best, sacrificing his

Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa, once stated that “we owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.” Mandela’s belief reveals that society has a great influence on the minds of its youth. If children are protected from a life of violence, they will grow up to be a strong, healthy, and ideal representation of our world; in contrast, if the youth are exposed to violence and fear, they themselves will become destructive. Books, for instance, are a common influence on the youth due to their varying content. A case in point of books’ effects on young adults is the controversy over John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men because

The rabbit was telling the truth he should of just listen to him. but George was trying to put him to rest because he was struggling in life.If he would not killed him they would killed him and Lennie. The rabbit was telling him the true. But if Lennie was still alive the cops would been looking for them because they are not supposed to be there. Lennie trust George because in the past they been together that the only friend that Lennie had. George has always told Lennie if he was in trouble to hide be hind a bush.Also in chapter 1 there was a snake trying to kill a rabbit but now on chapter 6 the rabbit was trying to kill the snake because he wanted to get revenge. When George tells Lenni “Gonna do it soon ...Ever’body gonna be nice to you.

In life you make many sacrifices, for loved ones, friends and the community… Sometimes there are sacrifices that might hurt a lot, but they are made to protect others. George’s choice to shoot Lennie after he had unintentionally killed Curley's wife, had its own personal reason.

Although it would seem George betrayed Lennie’s trust, George was justified in his decision to shoot Lennie because of Lennie’s actions and safety.

Today, many are debating upon whether a certain case is mercy or murder killing, and it is very difficult to decide between the two. This directly relates to the novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. In this novel, Lennie and George both strive for getting enough money to own a stake some day. Lennie, huge, mentally disabled, and has invincible strength that he’s not aware of. His best friend, George, is slim, hard-working, and intelligent. They are very lonely because of many struggles they experienced in Soledad, their home. Lennie is completely dependent towards George because he promised Lennie’s Aunt that he would always protect Lennie. Despite their love and compassion, George often gets mad at Lennie which hurts Lennie. When they

Sometimes decisions are like a drug addiction. You know the choice you need to make (quit for crying out loud!) ,but it may be harder than you choose to think. You know you need to quit smoking cigarettes, it’s taking you down a path to life terminating lung cancer. However, you refuse to jump the derailing train, because your need is stronger than your desire to quit. Because Lennie’s time was out and his train was about to go hurtling off the track, George made the right decision to spare Lennie from the suffering that would’ve followed, and I believe that this was the right decision.

Of Mice and Men, a book written by John Steinbeck, is a story about two men that are migrant workers during the Great Depression going to the Salinas Valley in California looking for work. One of the two men was named George he was a shorter man and he was the smart one of the group. The other of the two men was Lennie. Lennie is a child-minded adult that was big in size and very strong and because if his child’s mind he wasn’t able to know his strength. This book has a movie adaptation released in 1992 and was directed by Gary Sinise.

Lennie is the complete opposite character than George. George is a very small character while Lennie is very large. Lennie is big but he is not very smart, he has the mind of a small child. Lennie is mentally disabled so he has to rely on George for most of everything. George is like a parent to Lennie.

Nobody but the reader knows what happened between Lennie and Curley's wife in the barn. George was not there. He only saw the girl's dead body. To everyone it looked like a case of murder in connection with an attempted rape. What actually happened, as we know, was different. Lennie got panicked when Curley's wife started screaming for help. The men were playing horseshoes right outside the barn. He was desperate to make her stop struggling and screaming. It is noteworthy that something similar happened in Weed, but that time George arrived on the scene in time to intervene. The fact is that Lennie's crime was probably more like accidental manslaughter, since there was no intent to commit murder, or to commit rape, for that matter. But he would have no way of defending himself in a court trial because he didn't have the capability of explaining the circumstances, and there was nobody else to tell what actually happened. It looked much worse than it was. If it ever came to a trial--which was highly unlikely--the prosecutor would have to insist that Lennie was trying to rape the girl. It would be hard to establish that he was trying to murder her.

Of Mice and Men, novella written by a Pulitzer Prize winning American author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937. Tells you about the life of two migrant workers who go job to job searching for better job opportunities during the Great Depression in California. Two main character when the novella starts in George Milton and Lennie Small, George Milton was an intelligent, smart, confident man while on the other hand Lennie Smalls was a man of great form with metal abilities. Takes place thru various locations and Ranches they worked at and is an interesting story of two migrant workers and their journey to find success in life than being working for someone else.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck illustrates the downfall of two solitary men who have only each other to be liable upon. The greatest tragedy in this story comes from straightforward certainty that Lennie is left alone with Curley's wife in light of the fact that Curley's wife is the genuine scoundrel in Of Mice and Men; only she causes the inconvenience that prompts Lennie's demise. Numerous of George and Lennie’s struggles originate from things they cannot control, such as Lennie’s mental illness and the way that both men are stuck in the deadlock quest for rustic work in 1930's America. In his novella, Steinbeck analyzes the distinctive ways that men and ladies express their supremacy, whereas the men in his story depend on the power