Who Is The Old Dog In Of Mice And Men

One usually has morals that they live by, but in certain cases, he or she may abandon their own beliefs in order to belong. This situation is shown in John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, between George Milton and Lennie Smalls. George always looks out for Lennie and takes care of him. Eventually, George begins to neglect paying attention to him. George had been spending so much time with the men on the farm, thus failing to watch Lennie. George’s absence ultimately led to Lennie’s demise. George went against his morals of taking care of Lennie, like he always used to, then neglected to watch him, leading to his death.

Of Mice and Men is a novel written by John Steinbeck, set in America in the Great Depression of the 1930s. The main characters in the book are the clever, quick George, and his slow, child-like companion Lennie. They are itinerant workers who find work on a ranch in California’s Salinas Valley. There are many characters on the ranch, including Curley, Slim, and Crooks. However, the first ranch worker George and Lennie meet is the general cleaner/handyman, Candy.

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

As the defence lawyer for George Milton, I argue that my client should not be convicted for the murder of Lennie Small based on the structure of his relationship with Lennie and his pure intentions.

The killing of Lennie completely destroyed George. Lennie was his source of hope, since he was responsible for Lennie's well being. Lennie's presence stopped him from going to "cathouses" and wasting all his money. This made him save money to buy the ranch, which was their dream. This also gave George a

In the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, there are many human and animal deaths all throughout the book. The most significant death was when George went against his will and killed Lennie. Lennie’s death was unjustified since he was never given any opportunity to make up for it or to just run and get away. After Lennie killed Curley’s wife no one could trust him and with that the workers on the ranch believed it was Lennie’s “turn” to die. Over the course of human history there have been many unjustified deaths leading to no charge against the assailants. Such as, death row, self-defense and euthanasia, these types of deaths are all unjustified and there are many reasons to authenticate it.

"I just done it ... took [the gun] an' ... killed him" says George on murdering Lennie (Steinbeck 107). John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men takes place at a ranch near Soledad, California during the Great Depression. George and Lennie are two migrant workers who travel together from place to place. Lennie has a mental disability and likes to pet soft objects. One day, Lennie starts to pet a woman’s hair. After the woman starts to panic, Lennie accidentally snaps her neck and kills her. George then hunts down Lennie and murders him. George murdered Lennie because Lennie didn’t wish to die.

George and Lennie’s relationship in the book “Of Mice and Men” is very strange. They have a type of relationship that the world would see in a parent and child lifestyle. George stays with Lennie because he knows Lennie needs him, and Lennie stays with George because he knows he cannot live on his own. There are both positive and negative things about George and Lennie’s relationship.

Two girls died the other day, one sadly took her own life while the other’s life was taken from her brutally. Everybody's upset, putting up suicide prevention posters and talking about how this is terrible and being sorry for the families who lost a loved one. Someone else ended their life through the process of Euthanasia, yet the third death was accepted and was hardly talked about. In Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, one of the main characters, George, is faced with a decision to kill his friend Lennie. George has a hard time doing so because he has known Lennie for so long. In the end George decides that it would be best if he killed Lennie, in a form called Euthanasia, instead of Curley brutally killing him. Euthanasia, also known as mercy killing, is when a doctor kills a patient painlessly because they have no more desire to live. Therefore, mercy killing is cruel and an unnecessary practice that seems to be very similar to a suicide and homicide.

“I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.” - Anne Frank. This quote shows that even in the darkest of times, cruelty will eventually go away. The book mice and men describes the story about how George and Lennie look to find jobs after having Lennie accidentally break the law. Lennie then does another bad thing and gets in trouble with their bosses son. The theme of mice and men explains how cruelty and death differ from another. It can be merciful for the person and for other people to have death than to live.

After shooting Lennie, George couldn’t stop thinking about it. He went with the other guys for a drink, but he couldn’t stop thinking about Lennie. George didn’t get much sleep that night, Lennie was hunting his dreams but not in a wrong way, he was now just a broken memory in George’s heart and brain. No one knew how close they were, that’s why it didn’t affect the others; however, Candy found out and said, “What are we going to do? You killed Lennie as they killed my dog. What about our ranch? Is our dream dead as your inseparable friend?” George just couln’t respond his questions, it was too painful for him. At night, George started seeings shadows that looked like Lennie.

Biases and inequality towards women have been a problem in society since men foolishly decided to give women the stereotype of being housewives and only good for breeding children. Those who refuse to follow the stereotype are considered promiscuous, or unfaithful towards their significant other. This stereotype was highly expected of women during the early twentieth century, and was also exhibited in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men towards Curley’s wife. Of Mice and Men took place in the 1930s, and the plot follows two best friends trying to achieve their dreams, which lands them in a ranch that will do them nothing but harm. In this ranch, only the strongest may survive, and those who do not follow the usual stereotype were considered weak, and will most likely die. Steinbeck’s theme of death is always feared, but to some it is a way to leave the misery that is the world reveals the social injustices in society causes gender discrimination towards Curley’s wife. The hostility and bitterness towards Curley’s wife did not just lead to her death, but also saved her from the loneliness and isolation she had to go through on the ranch.

In the novella Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie must overcome many struggles and issues. Since the story takes place during the great depression, it is written about two men who are trying to make a living for themselves. Although the two are “friends”, they do not always get along, making for a very interesting plot line. In the end of the story, George kills Lennie. This action changes the way that the reader may look at the story.

Death has a ripple effect. Having a loved character in die when in desperate times, is what The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton, and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck both prove this point from some of their main characters. Sadness, loneliness, and desperation connect all of these deaths together because it is something they all share. Guns are a symbol in these books that represents trouble for ones without them. The characters in both books primarily die from getting shot or acting gallant. A few of the deaths came from saving lives or standing up for themselves, but the deaths that came from others being killed are truly the most sorrowful ones. Dally, George’s heart, Bob, Curley’s wife, Johnny, and Lennie are the ones who died in these books

Someday—we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and—""An' live off the fatta the lan'," Lennie shouted. "An' have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell about what we're gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that George.""Why'n't you do it yourself? You know all of it."No…you tell it. It ain't the same if I tell it. Go on…George. How I get to tend the rabbits." This shows how Lennie had a dream to live in a farm and tend rabbits despite his mind of a child he had a dream that he wanted to accomplish.It also states in “Mice &Men (pg.52):”The voices came close now. George raised the gun and listened to the voices. Lennie begged, “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.” “Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.” And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.”This further shows how Lennie had a dream to live in this farm with George,but George decided to end his life and his dream just because of the way he was born. Many people