Of Mice And Men Analysis

The character in Of Mice and Men that is most similar to Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby is Curley. Curley and Tom Buchanan have many similarities throughout both books. These shared characteristics stem from one thing both men have an abundance of: privilege. Curley and Tom are easily two characters with the least amount of struggle in The Great Gatsby and Of Mice and Men.

George and Lennie were best friends for a long time, more like brothers. Lennie is about as bright as a 2 watt bulb, so George couldn’t really get mad at him when he accidently killed Curley’s wife while feeling the softness of her hair. “…’I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know’”. The two had planned a future together—a future in their own dream ranch, a ranch where no trouble would ever bother them. “’You…an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em’”. Then after he tells him about the rabbits that Lennie is so fond of, he shoots him in the back of the head where he knows it will not hurt him, and Lennie will not know what hit him. This is the peaceful alternative to what Curley had in store for him. Curley's exact words were "shoot the bastard right in the guts." George's euthanizing of Lennie makes the mentally incompetent Lennie die with dignity. Had Curley gotten to Lennie first, Lennie would have suffered. This shows you how much George cares for Lennie, no matter what he does or the crimes he commits. He’d always be there to help Lennie get right back up to his feet, make him forget all his worries, and move on like nothing happened. I strongly believe George was the right person to kill Lennie, and made the right decision in doing so, rather than to let him suffer in the hands of Curley.

Lennie would never be able to survive without George, Lennie would be miserable alone and scared.Lennie would have been tortured by Curley if George had not killed Lennie.Before George killed Lennie says "I remember the rabbits,George”.George and Lennie would not been able to get away since last time they had a head start . Lennie would suffer regardless with George even if he came to see him in prison.Lennie has no way out in this so George did the right thing by putting Lennie out of his misery by killing him.Curley would not just kill Lennie he would have made him suffer by torturing him because Lennie had humiliated Curly twice.

The American Dream is based off of the Declaration of the Independence. The Document presented the idea of “pursuit of happiness.” This promotes the idea of Lennie and George's dream of a perfect farm for them in the future. This means that through hard work and dedication, they will eventually find happiness for the both of them. For Lennie, this happiness comes from tending to the animals. For george, it comes from creating an advanced idea of a farm that he had pictured since he was a kid and the thought of being able to live strictly off the farms produce and land, away from society.

In Mice and Men during the end George could of helped Lennie escape, or did what he had done which was killing him. I think George had no other choice, but to kill Lennie. I say this, because Lennie is in danger to everyone around him, Lennie won’t have to suffer, and George didn’t have to run away anymore.

Lennie ran off, and George had to make a tough decision, should he kill Lennie to save him from Curley or should he let Curley and Carlson get to Lennie. In the end, George makes the ultimate decision, to euthanize, or to mercifully kill Lennie to save him from Curley’s wrath. In my opinion what, George did was wrong. Everybody has a life, and everybody deserves to live theirs out.

With all of the foreshadowing in the book it showed that George did the right thing. When you foreshadowed with the death of candy’s dog it helped me and everybody else realize that George did the right thing. When Carlson put down candy’s dog candy said, “ I wish I would of put her down.” That made George realize that he had to be the one to kill lennie. George didn't want lennie to suffer so he shot him in the head so that it would

end of the book. George learns how Candy felt because Candy couldn’t killed his own dog he had for too many years and didn’t have the urge to kill him. I think George felt that way towards Lennie and it makes him feel better the fact he kill Lennie because it would be better than letting someone else kill him. Candy told George,“I ought to of shot that dog myself, George i shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.”

When they were at the creek, George thought of what to do. He knew that he couldn’t run forever and eventually they would catch up. He began to think of the future. He knew incidents like this with Lennie would come back and besides there was no point in to keep running with Lennie because they would eventually be caught. More and more incidents would come, so George decided to shoot Lennie.

In John Steinbeck’s novel 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 to the 1930’s depression where civil rights for minority groups had not yet been addressed. Almost all of the characters who, in

Lennie and George, polar opposite bestfriends in terms of build, strength, and intelligence open the mesmerizing production of Of Mice and Men, directed by Mark Clements at the Milwaukee Rep. On the 18th of February, the cast and crew put on a successful show, stage adapted from the book Of Mice and Men by author and playwright John Steinbeck. The play, co-produced by the Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Arizona Theater Company, takes place in the era of the Great Depression, depicting the life of two unique, itinerant ranch workers, Lennie and George. Though dealing with a few heavy topics such as racism and sexism, the two and a half hour long show managed to sweep the audience in and keep them on their toes through their exceptional use of

Mice and Men, in my opinion had a very surprising conclusion. In the beginning of chapter five, it starts out with Lennie in the barn petting his puppy, which is now dead. He becomes very sad and even a little angry because he remembers how George told him that if he had done anything wrong that he would not be allowed to tend the rabbits. Curley’s wife entered the barn and saw Lennie. Lennie noticed her presence and tries to hide the deceased animal by covering it in hay.

4. Why does George order Lennie not to talk when they arrive at the ranch?

The worker contacted Cliff Carekker who is a co-worker of Gheorge Gurley. Mr. Carekker stated “I’m really concerned with Gheorge’s financial situation. He never seem to be able to make end meet, but he works a lot and he’s always picking up extra shifts and coming in on weekends but it seems likes he and his family are always struggling. Me and my wife have bought groceries for them and told them about some free food pantries they can use.

The 1940’s had people so against communism, that they were willing to sacrifice judicial and political rights of those that professed a belief in this system. This was an erosion in political freedom that Orwell was no doubt fully aware of while he was writing. While they were not actively surveilling people with cameras, they were intruding on personal rights. This had a witch hunt like feel to it, and included getting people to testify about personal, private conversations. It also had people being jailed and punished simply for political beliefs.