The Role Of Choice In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

I’m arguing why George should have killed Lennie in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.Curley was going to make Lennie’s death painful anyways. Curley was mad about his hand and losing his wife so he thought he would shoot Lennie.”Ill shoot him in the guts”(Steinbeck).Lennie was going to die either way so why not just get it over with.George should have shot Lennie because he may be slower but being slower does not get you out of murder.George should have killed Lennie when he saw Curley’s wife’s dead body because he got nervous and scared for him because George knew what the guys were going to do to him .”I know what I have to do” (Steinbeck) I think the quote proves my point because George knows he is going to have to kill Lennie.Lennie

In the book Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, the character George shot and killed his friend Lennie for killing Curley’s when they were in the barn together. Sooner than later, Lennie snapped her neck and ran away to a hiding spot he and George came up with. A mob of their associates, Curley, Candy, and Slim went to go lynch Lennie. George made a start to Lennie’s hiding spot to shoot Lennie. George didn’t want his friend to suffer for his mistakes, therefore he killed Lennie. Thus George was justified in his actions when he killed Lennie. George did the right thing.

Justice! What does it mean to be justified? Tricking your best friend? Betraying and ending his dream? Gunning him down from behind? Well, in the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, two men, George and Lennie, shared and worked for the same dream until several problems occurred, when eventually their dream lead to Lennie's demise. It was justified when George shot Lennie because Lennie made multiple poor mistakes, it was the only necessary thing to do. Many people argues it was unjustified to kill Lennie because they could have escaped together, however Lennie is a nuisance and tends to cause trouble

Some people have to face difficult decisions in their life. In fact, some people have to make decisions between life and death. In John Steinbeck’s, Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are best friends and migrant workers during the Great Depression. Many characters face discrimination in the story including Lennie, Crooks, and Candy. Lennie is a tall guy who has a mental disability which makes it hard to distinguish between right and wrong. Crooks faces racism everyday, while Candy deals with ageism. On the other hand, Curley is a small man who is very intimidated by men bigger and stronger than him. George acts as Lennie’s caretaker and best friend. But, George realizes he has to make a life-changing decision when Curley threatens to hunt

When Steinbeck describes the barn at first it was quiet and nature taking its course, but after it had a more darker atmosphere and everything was more sad and depressing. Steinbeck also talked about the horses because no matter what environment they are in they did the same thing they always did. I think the author is trying to portray Lennie as a horse as he put it in that way in chapter 1 and no matter what he does the same mistake over and over again no matter what it is.

In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, turmoil and difficulties are not a rare occurrence, but the question is what types of difficulties happen to each character and how does it affect them. Hardships are present throughout anyone’s life and come in different forms. Lennie’s portrayal in this novel is being a gigantic man that has a mental disability and is unable to care or depend on himself. To demonstrate, after Lennie says he will go live in a cave and George responds back what he will eat, Lennie replies, “ I’d find things, George. I don’t need no nice food with ketchup.

Analyzing decisions made in Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, shows how characters can make harsh decisions that are extremely impulsive and not justified at all. George has always been spared of the loneliness, but because of his rush into making decisions, he will now live the same way as all the other migrant workers. Lennie has always been a friendly giant, he means no harm and many times he will cause unwanted drama because of his strength. Lennie did not try to kill Curley’s wife, it was simply a result of his strength. Additionally, George will forever lose hope of having the American Dream, something that Lennie has kept burning in both their minds for a long time.

Every day people make decisions, what to have for breakfast, what shirt to wear, or what activity they should do during the day. It is rare that a person is presented with the choice to take someone’s life, or preserve it. In the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George Milton kills his best friend, Lennie Small and there is controversy over if this was the right course of action for him to take. Lennie’s tragic death by the hands of his best friend could arguably have been the right decision considering the circumstance Lennie inadvertently placed them in, their lifelong friendship, and the terrible death or sad life that could have befell Lennie had George not killed him.

People shouldn’t let their choices be made for them, but instead should make their own decisions and not listen to everything they hear or everything they see. With the guidance of a homeless man, Willie found the key to happiness was to believe in himself and make his own decisions. Willie is talking to a homeless man, and he is asked his names. “‘What’s your name’”... “‘Willie’”... “‘That’s a boy's name, what’s your grown up name’” “‘William’”(Avi 214). This quote means that Willie is getting treated like he is mature and can make his own decisions. He doesn’t need his mom to choose for him. This is important because it makes Willie feel more grown up, and he feels like he no longer needs him mom to choose for him, and he doesn’t need the people on the box to tell him how much to eat.

In 2014 there were 415,129 children in Foster Care in America. This is a 4% increase in foster care since 2012. Likewise 264,230 children entered foster care which means one child entered care every two minutes. Furthermore even though many foster care homes are very abusive and most children do not graduate high school, foster care can be a good option for people who feel like they have no other choice because foster care takes a child from a bad situation and it allows a child to feel like they are loved and not unwanted.

In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie learn to travel and experience the world together as they take on a new job working on a ranch in central California "bucking barley" for the ranch owner and his son. Lennie, not being able to control his actions, hurts too many people and things and men were chasing after the two, so George decides to take action and shoot Lennie. Although some may disagree, George did the right thing by shooting Lennie because he could not have avoided hurting someone else in the future, he could not eventually learn that the things he did were wrong due to his disability, and he could not learn to eventually control his own strength.

The long, hard war of human equality in society, has been a war since the beginning of civilization. The Great Depression, a tragic time in America’s history, reflects American determination, but also social inequality. In the fiction novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses symbolism and characterization to address ableism and sexism in society. Steinbeck addresses these flaws in society in an attempt to ultimately bring awareness these riffs before society falls.

In the following passage, George is frustrated with Lennie and his previous actions, “I got you! You can't keep a job and you lose me ever' job I get”(Steinbeck 11). The text showed how Lennie has no value to George and yet he takes him in. What is important here is that George says Lennie is a “problem” because he can never do anything for himself. This makes him a burden to himself and to others by showing that he wouldn’t benefit the lives of many. It also illustrates that Lennie can't make it on his own if he doesn't change his ways to have some type of value to George. The reason that George ends up killing Lennie is because Lennie couldn't find anything valuable about himself and was no longer worth the trouble to George. If they really wanted to they could have ran but then what would George do for the rest of his life? This exemplifies how if you are no longer valuable or had none to begin with, you are as good as dead. The characters in the book accept that and the consequences that arise are heinous but seemingly necessary to the men. The value of Lennie was not great enough for George to stake his life for, therefore, Lennie had to pay the ultimate price of his life, showing that if you have no value there is no way you can make it in the

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.

In life human nature can be known to be thought of as a high quality and/or low quality. Naturally, human nature is there without thought about what it actually is. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the author sprinkles clues and evidence of how human nature was and still is today. The themes that Steinbeck used throughout the novel were, for example friendship, loneliness, and weak vs. strong.