Sacrifice In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

However, he doesn't know when to let go so, he kills everything he touches. In the beginning of the story George and Lennie are running away from their previous work up North because Lennie wanted to feel a girl's dress, but he wouldn't let go so the girl flipped out and thought he was going to hurt her. Lennie also was given mice by his Aunt Clara, but killed them because he would pet them to hard so, she stopped giving mice to him. "Lennie sat in the hay looked at a little dead puppy that lay in front of him."(Pet it like it was a Mouse). As Lennie sat there he took a moment to cogitate the incident that had happened, but he still knew he did kill the puppy by accident, by bouncing it too hard. Curley's wife met up with Lennie in the barn and she wanted to show Lennie how soft her hair was. Lennie started to stroke her hair and fell in love with the softness it had. Lennie wouldn't let go so she started to freak out and then Lennie jerked her too hard and snapped her neck. In conclusion, Lennie kills everything he

After Lennie has inadvertently murdered Curley’s wife, Curley’s lynch mob go out in search of Lennie. George’s decision is almost inevitable to spare Lennie’s life, rather than let Curley and his gang destroy the bit of life Lennie has.

Throughout the novel, Lennie is put to the test against obstacles he has to overcome; he always turns to George for the right answer. Lennie trusts George to make the right decision for him. When Curley was fighting Lennie, Lennie was covering his face with his hand until George screams, “Get ‘im, Lennie” and instantly Lennie puts his hand on Curley and breaks the bones in his hand (Steinbeck 63). Lennie can’t think for himself and never truly means to be mean. Lennie doesn’t know how to control his own body, “He was so little… I was jus’ playin’ with him…an’ he made like he’s gonna bite me…an’ I made like I was gonna smack him… an’…an’ I done it. An’ then he was dead” (Steinbeck 87). In other words, it foreshadows that he is too strong for his own mind and that something potentially worse could happen. Sadly, George made the right decision for Lennie by killing him to prevent future suffering and

But Lennie, perfecting his craft one incident at a time, messes everything up. Lennie’s biggest fear was not being able to tend the rabbits when they get their own land, and he loved those rabbits. Lennie grieving over killing his puppy starts conversing with Curley’s wife, a decision he should have never made. Lennie got caught in an unbelievable predicament with Curley’s wife, he was holding her mouth shut while pulling her hair, getting angry at her tell her to shut up, because he does not want to get in trouble. Because, if he did he would not be able to tend the rabbits. As she continued to scream, louder and louder as seconds went by, Lennie with his harmless intentions did not know what to do, so he shook her to get her to shut up but unintentionally broke her neck (Steinbeck, 91). Lennie knowing what to do if he ever did something bad, escapes to the hideout that only him and George know about. Eventually, everybody finds out about Curley’s wife when Candy found her dead body in the barn. At this moment, George knew he had two decisions that would change his life forever. He would either side with his new friends and find Lennie, or escape with Lennie and find another place to work. George makes the right decision and sides with his friends, but he knew they wanted Lennie dead, so he decided to do it himself. George met up with Lennie at their hideout and told him to look the other way and envision everything good about the farm, not wanting to harm Lennie he made sure he was as happy as he could be at that very moment. As George started to describe the farm to him, he put the gun to the back of his neck and pulled the

Oftentimes, we must sacrifice the most important things in our lives for the greater good. This idea happens in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. In this novel, two migrant workers, Lennie and George, arrives at their new ranch to earn some money. Lennie is a mentally disabled man, who often gets into trouble. George takes care of Lennie, acting as a parent for him. Both have dreams of living together and owning private property. But their dream gets ruined when Lennie accidentally kills the owner’s daughter-in-law. Before anyone finds Lennie and torture him, George decides to kill Lennie himself. Here is the excerpt from this scene:

While friendships is one of their close features, loyalty is also an important trait that impacts their relationship. George and Lennie show great examples of being loyal to each other. Some examples George shows his loyalty to Lennie is by whenever they come across trouble, George still stays with him and never abandoning him. George makes the ultimate sacrifices for Lennie, he chooses to help Lennie escape from town. Lennie basically needs George to survive. Steinbeck shows that the loyalty and sacrifices between them will show people that no matter how much it it takes, you can do whatever it takes to help your friend. George stays with Lennie through thick and thin.

Lennie was talking to the boss’s son's wife, known as curley's wife Lennie killed curley's wife by accidentally snapping her neck. George and Candy were talking and george realizes that curley and boss would want to kill him or lock him up but they don't understand that lennie can't survive on his own. Georges debating whether to let the guys kill lennie or if he should,. George was telling Lennie a story and his hands were shaking and the gun drops. He continues to tell him the story but he hears the guys coming in the distance. George shoots Lennie and he

If George decided against killing Lennie, Curley would have shot the giant instead. Curley’s hate for Lennie

In the Book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, it shows that in order to have a good relationship it requires sacrifice. George had to make a sacrifice when he decided to shoot Lennie so he would not die a painful death. After unintentionally killing Curley's Wife Lennie runs off to the secret meeting place that George instructed him to get to when he gets into trouble. Curley and an angry mob of farmer went off to find Lennie so they could kill him. George knows that if he lets Curley kill Lennie, he would suffer a painful death so George had to sacrifice Lennie’s life himself so he wouldn’t have to see his friend be brutally murdered by Curley. Steinbeck writes “And George raised the gun steadied it, and he brought the muzzle to it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently ”(101-102). This quote shows how hard it was for George to make

However, George had to shoot Lennie because Lennie was unpredictably violent. As stated before, in Chapter 5, Lennie unintentionally killed Curley’s wife. When he finds out that she’s dead, he comments, “I done a bad thing. I done another bad thing”(Steinbeck 91).

He is also like a child, waiting for George to answer for him and is mentally handicapped, with no ability to understand some words. Basically, Lennie is focused around George, just like a dog to it’s master. He always thinks about what George will do to him if he does something wrong. When Curley was looking for his wife, he saw Lennie still grinning about the memory of the farm so he began to attack the big guy. Lennie had no idea what was going on, so he just put his hands up to defend himself.

The importance and affects of loyalty is different for everyone. In the historical fiction Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck shows his views on the values of loyalty through the character George Milton. He expresses his perspective on loyalty and the effects it has on a person when George’s character continouosly protects and looks out for Lennie throughout the story. George’s profound loyalty is seen unto the very last paragraph of the book. The first time Steinbeck provides the readers with evidence of Georges loyalty to Lennie was when he states “When I think of the swell time I could have without you, I got nuts.

Lennie kills Curley’s wife because she was bothering Lennie. George specifically told Lennie to not talk to Curley’s wife. Curley’s wife was so desperate to talk to someone even if that meant getting Lennie in trouble by George. Lennie obviously did not

In the novella Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, the relationship between Lennie Small and George Milton is complex. Lennie and George are two companions who look for work and brave the hardships of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression together. Although Lennie and George are both grown men, their relationship resembles more of a child and a single parent, or a boy and his dog. Lennie is portrayed as animalistic and childish through his behavior and Steinbeck’s comparisons. This reveals the crucial power dynamic in George and Lennie’s relationship.

Climax: When Lennie returns without wood, George suspects he 's found the dead mouse again. George takes it causing Lennie to cry. Lennie mentions how his Aunt Clara used to give him mice. He brings up the event that got them run out of Weed, where Lennie touched a woman 's dress and refused to let go. Later, he was accused of rape. Lennie offers to leave George alone and go live in a cave. Lennie imagines that he could keep mice in his cave if he wanted to, without George.