Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The common emotion these two dogs caused the narrator was embarrassment. In paragraph one, it talks about a Scotch terrier that had puppies out in the public. This states, “...my moment of keenest embarrassment was the time a Scotch terrier named Jeannie, who had just had six puppies...had the unexpected seventh and last at the corner of Eleventh Street and Fifth Avenue…” This would be quite embarrassing just due to the fact that it took place on a street corner. While the narrator’s dog was having its seventh and final puppy, there were people walking, biking, and driving cars. Lots of people would have seen this which would be a huge embarrassment to practically anybody. Also, in paragraph two it clearly states that the other dog, a large

At the end of the novel, George is faced with a tough decision of whether to kill his best friend and companion Lennie, or let him face the consequences of what he has done. George is placed in this predicament because Lennie has found himself in trouble once again. Lennie likes to stroke pretty soft things and becomes entranced with Curley’s wife’s hair, with which she lets him play. After a while, Curley’s wife begins to get angry and starts jerking away, which makes Lennie panic causing him to hold on tighter. Not knowing his on strength, he pulls on her neck too hard accidently killing her. Lennie is mentally handicapped and only realizes he has done something wrong but cannot comprehend the gravity of the situation. He only remembers the

Of Mice and Men is a famous novel by John Steinbeck. He gets his title from another famous poem named To A Mouse by Robert Burns. The poem is about a mouse that has built a nest. The narrator accidentally plows through his nest which, to the mouse, is like a home. In the beginning the narrator is telling the mouse that he shouldn’t run away like that because he would feel like he has to go after him. After that, he tells him that he is sorry that other people have given the mouse a reason to be scared of him. An example of why he should be scared would be the mouse traps we set up to kill them. The mouse has a reason to be scared and the narrator is starting to understand that. In the poem it says, “It’s feeble walls the winds are scattering! And nothing now, to build a

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.

I believe that George should have killed Lennie rather than, the ranch hands. I think this because that Ranch hands would have hurt Lennie but they were still going to kill him. George killed Lennie quick and painlessly, if it were the ranch hands Lennie would have suffered, with George he did not even know he was going to die. Know George could have just let Lennie run and hope that no one finds him, but George even said himself “ Lennie you can’t do anything without me”, or something like that. If George would have let Lennie run it is very likely that he would either, die from starvation, or get in trouble and just keep getting in trouble, or he kills another person again on accident and gets killed from that. Either way Lennie is screwed

The common emotion the two dogs caused the narrator is embarrassment because in the first paragraph the narrator quotes that “Scotch terrier named Jeannie was giving birth to six puppies in the clothes closet of a fourth floor apartment in New York had the expected seventh at the corner of Eleventh Street and Fifth Avenue during a walk she insisted the narrator take her.” This made the narrator embarrassed because she had the puppies on a walk in public. Then the French poodle was an embarrassing moment for the narrator when it was raining and the poodle had a red rubber bib tucked around her throat and he had to hold “a small green umbrella, really a parasol” and to top that, he walked into a garage with a man who saw the narrator carrying

We as people often interpret ourselves as powerful but yet powerless. In the book Of mice and men and the poem “To a mouse” both demonstrate how not only people are powerless and powerful but how emotions can be too. Both, the book and the poem show these ways through feelings, actions, and their thoughts.

Having to watch a best friend die would be on of the worst fates imaginable, but having to be the one to kill them is indescribable. The story of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck ends with this scene for the two main characters, George and Lennie. Of Mice and Men is about an unlikely pair of friends, ranch hands looking for work during the Great Depression to finance their dream. George and Lennie struggle to find jobs because of Lennie’s mental disability and inability to grasp what is right and wrong. Finally the two manage to get jobs and are close to achieving their dream when things go wrong. Lennie accidentally kills another ranch hand's wife when he “had broken her neck” (Steinbeck, 91). George is forced to face the truth that he cannot

The story of Of Mice and men takes place in John Steinbeck’s birth town Salinas, a town in California close to the Salinas River and Salinas Valley. Being born and raised in an agricultural society managed by Capitalism, Steinbeck witnessed the effects it had on the working class. Jay Parini, the writer of John Steinbeck – A Biography, tells us that John Steinbeck sifted through his whole life, all of his experiences, while writing this book. So of course when Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men it easily assumed that he was greatly influenced by his own experiences and personal interactions with migrant laborers. (Parini)

The world would never change for you, so you know the importance of finding a best personality that fits you and pleases others. How should a person behave towards others? Mainly, you should know and understand them so that you won’t touch their hot buttons, in general you should act friendly, patiently and positively, and sometimes try to make yourself look tough. The book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck reflects the present’s characteristics well. The book is about a journey of two men who are two totally different person: Lennis, who is a tall, strong man with a young child's mind, and George is a small smart

George and Lennie are two migrant workers during the Great Depression. Lennie and George work and travel together. George cares for Lennie because Lennie is very dense and he cannot care for himself. Lennie gets into some trouble when he grabbed a women’s red dress to satisfy his craving for soft objects, this frightens the woman and men go after them because they think that Lennie assaulted her. Lennie and George run away and find another job, there they meet Curley, the boss’s son, Curley's wife, and Candy a disabled swamper.There is one exceptional scene where the rest of the workers want to shoot Candy, the disabled swampers’ beloved dog. The other workers end up shooting Candy’s dog and when consumers watch this scene they do not see the dog being shot. Consumers see Candy’s body language while he hears the sound of the gun. Curley is immediately intimidated by Lennie because he is a strong man. Curley's wife repeatedly flirts

When it came to “Of Mice and Men,” Steinbeck mirrored American society in the 1930’s and is said to still reflect it today. Steinbeck portrays his message through his characters, the conditions, times, and place. George and Lennie are two individuals that greatly differ, but they are the same on their way and dreams. Their dream conveys the American Dream of this time. This aspiration was to obtain a simple life without the worry of money.

Well for one lennie and george they dont agree to often well they do but its like rare.On the other hand tho you can tell Lennie and George love each other like brothers.In the text it states,¨Guys like us ,guys that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.They got no family.They dont belong no place.¨George said this and Lennie disagrees with him saying they do have a future indeed when he says,¨But not us why because i got you and you got me to look after you.¨Kinda saying they got each other and they got a future together.

The next important character is Lennie Small. Lennie is a massive, extremely strong man, “Strong as a bull” (22). The most obvious feature of Lennie’s character is that he seams to be retarded somehow. He is a man who has the mind of a child. Slim is the first to notice this, remarking that Lennie is “Jes’ like a kid” (43). Later in the novel, Curley’s wife also says, “Jus’ like a big baby” (90) when refering to Lennie. Lennie doesn’t know his own strength, and this is one of the reasons which lead to the eventual altercations. He realizes he is “Strong as a bull” (22), but he can’t judge how much force to use for certain actions. Despite the major flaws in his character, Lennie is amiable and friendly, and doesn’t do any bad things on purpose. Lennie has sort of a blind faith in George. He trusts in George to protect him and look after his welfare. For example, the incident George describes to Slim “One day a bunch of guys was standin’ around up on the Sacramento River. I was feelin’ pretty smart. I turns to Lennie and says, ‘Jump in’. An’ he jumps”(40). This proves that Lennie will do anything for George. Although Lennie may be of low intelligence, he can still be quite crafty. After threatening to leave, Lennie stays but asks George to, “Tell me-like you done before. About the rabits” (13). George does so.

Of Mice and Men was a gripping story that was filled with a great cast of characters. Each of these characters played a major role in the development of the story and they were mainly either flat or round characters. One such character in the novel that had a huge role was Lennie, who possessed immense strength yet had the mind of a young child. The development of Lennie helped advance the plot of Of Mice and Men because his actions caused him and George to get a new job at the ranch, he constantly worried about his rabbits, and he killed Curley’s wife which ultimately brought upon his death.