Epilogue To George

While Lennie was in the barn something was going on in the bunk house. Carlson was trying to persuade Candy to let him shoot his dog. Carlson argued that the dog was old, sick and miserable and that ending its suffering would be the best thing to do for the dog. After a few minutes, of thought Candy wearily agreed. So Carlson took the old, weary dog outside put a gun to the back of the dog’s head and pulled the trigger.

George does not make a wise decision in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. George chooses to kill Lennie because of Lennie’s uncontrollable killing. Lennie does not mean to kill anyone but he is unaware of his strength. George thinks he is doing the right thing by killing Lennie, but really he is making a huge mistake. He believes that he is doing this for the sake of others but his decision if immoral. George was wrong for doing this, he does this for his benefit, and he is guilty.

George saved Lennie by shooting him with a gun in the back of the head. It was fast and painless, but Curley had other plans for Lennie, “We oughtta let ‘im get away. You don’t know that Curley. Curley gont’ta wanta get him lynched. Curley’ll get ‘im killed”( Steinbeck 94). Candy knows that Curely will lynch Lennie if he finds him. George knew he had to find Lennie before Curley. George decided to shoot Lennie because he knew Lennie would have either been locked up in jail his entire life, or have been beaten up and lynched by Curley. After George shoots Lennie, Slim reassures George that he did the right thing, “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda”(Steinbeck 107). George needed Slim to let him know that it was the right thing to do. Slim gave George closure, because George was in awe. George realized he did the right thing after he followed Slim out of the

Once again, Lennie finds himself in trouble, when he killed Curley’s wife. He remembers what George told him, “...I want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush” (Chapter 1). That is exactly what Lennie does, he runs straight to the camping spot. When everyone finally sees Curley’s wife dead, they all know who it was and set out to kill him. George sets out as well to see if he can reach Lennie before the rest of the men. “I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George, I shouldn't oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog” (Chapter 3). That is what Candy said to George after Carlson shot his dog. “George… reached in his side pocket and brought out Carlson’s Luger…” (Chapter 6) This is when George finally reaches Lennie and decides to go ahead and put him out of his own misery, so he shoots him. John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing by clearly using Candy’s dog to represent Lennie’s

George C. Henrring did a great job organazing this book first of all he made a chronological book this means starting with the earliest and following the next one in order that they occurred. Each chapter is representig a period of years the fisrt chapter is starting from 1776 the year our independence all the way to 1788 through this chapter we are only going to see three countries we know that U.S. is going to be one the other two would be Britain as you know the they were the number one power back then they had the best military and the were also a wealthy country and the other country was France the second world power lets start with the basic the thirteen colonies found difficult to unified with a foreign policy to work something out for example a treaties, but the Articles of Confederation limited the power of the national government for this reason no treaties. But first the 13 colonies were dificult

Eventually, Candy mournfully gives in and lets Carlson go out and shoot his dog. This scene bears haunting similarities to the ending of the book, in which George shoots Lennie in the back of the head in order to save him from being ruthlessly tortured and murdered by Curley. After the death of his dog, Candy says,"I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog." (Page 61).

“You haven’t seen Curley in a while, have you?” Candy shook his head. “Well, once we got back here from the woods, we realized Curley was gone. Nowhere to be found. So sure, ya would’ve assumed Curley killed ‘im, but no. I took Carlson’s gun, and shot ‘im in the same spot on his neck that Carlson shot your dog, Candy. I could’n’ just let Curley torture Lennie like ‘e would’ve. I needed him to not be in pain, but I’m not sure I did the right thing.”

Here they would introduced to people or their employees and employers. The first person they met on the ranch was an old man with a old dog, the old man is called Candy. Candy’s dog is hated and disliked by everyone on the ranch, Slim(a very smart and tall gentlemen) tell Candy that the dog is old and can’t do anything so Slim decides to kill the dog, which he is successful to do by making another man that works on the ranch to do and he is called Carlson. When Candy hears the gunshot, Candy regretfully says that he should’ve shot the dog himself. Slim then replies that it doesn’t matter because the only thing is to put the dog out of its misery. Slim also said that he wouldn’t want to live if he was handicapped and should be shot too. Soon they later run into Curley (the boss of the ranch son),Carlson,and Curley’s wife. There is drama and problem with this group of people, but also some good time in this group, but in general is just a very bad group of people. At the end of this book Curley’s wife approached Lennie and started to talk to Lennie about Lennie’s problem. In a while Lennie kills Curley’s wife by snapping her neck while he was petting her

“The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again” (106). The novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about two migrant workers working on a ranch in California during the Great Depression. One of them is named George Milton, and one of them is named Lennie Small. They are completely different physically and mentally. Lennie is a huge man, while George is a small man.

Chunk B: Along with realizing the unimportance of man, George understands the lack of control he has over his life. When the “sun [departs]” before nightfall, it is a reminder that even the sun cannot escape the hold of death, since the sun temporarily dies during the dark. Both a mood and a feeling “take[ ] possession” of George after his day of reflection, which implies that he did not willingly choose to become possessed, but rather something else decided to take possession of him. Not only does George see himself as having little control, he sees the people in the streets as “cattle confined in a pen.” In his eyes, every person has been reduced in value to an animal. An outside force controls each person, like the animals. That force

George’s change in characters is also evident through his dialogue in the short story. In the middle of the story the two enemies, Grandwitz and Znaeym, spot each other in the woods while they are haunting and a trees falls on them both. Znaeym says to Grandwits, “So, You’re not killed as you ought to be, but you’re caught anyway ” (Saki 2). The keyword “killed” means put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of something, and the keyword is something that is natural and an everyday thing. This keyword supports my argument because when someone gets killed it could change your lifestyle or put an end to a relationship. But later in the story Znaeym changed from hateful words to more sympathetic words. Znaeym says to Grandwits, “I never thought

Candy feels really lonely now he was devastated that carlson killed his buddy, friend and loyal companion. Candy tells george “he shouldn't have shot my dog” .When Lennie and George are talking about the ranch they are going to get candy hears them and want to join them and says he will help with money. When lennie and George says yes it give lennie hope and something to look forward to

George knows there is no escape from Lennie’s fate, but hopes that maybe they will “lock ‘im up and be nice to ‘im.” Of course he knew there was only the slightest inkling that this would happen, in reality he knew “ Curley gon’ta wanta get ‘im lynched.” The rest of the text on page ninety-five is a conversation between Candy and George laying out their plan to “save” Lennie. On page 96 Curley’s wife is found by the men, and Slim searches her body for indications of fractures and what not. Curley blatantly says;” The big son-of-a-***** done it…. I’ll kill that big son-of-a-***** myself.” There are many indications of George’s sorrow as shown when the book states;” It seemed to take George some time to free his words.” As well as the indication of nausea shown when;” George moved slowly after them, and his feet dragged heavily.” On page 100-102, Lennie appears to have hallucinations that exemplify his own

Lennie and George make friends with the new ranch workers including Slim, Candy, Carlson and Crooks. One person they did not quite get along with was Curley, the boss’s son. Curley is rude and overprotective of his wife who tends to give other guys “the eye.” Lennie unintentionally kills Curley’s wife and is in desperate need for George’s help, once again, before the other men make Lennie suffer a long

This book was written in 1969. There are many references to George Maledon regarding his work and the role he played when working for Judge Parker. Glenn Shirley’s writing career was based on recounting the Wild West and accurately portraying the information to help write history. Much of the information has been accurate in comparison to other literate written of Maledon. The author recounts and cites work from sources including many legal documents, which adds to the credibility of the work. The author states “that Maledon first achieve national notoriety in 1882 due to his role as executioner” (Shirley, Parker, 1969). The Author claims that Maledon was not only responsible for the execution but also took on additional duties supervising