The Role Of Sunlight And Darkness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Later on in the story Lennie kills his new puppy and Curley’s wife. “‘I done a really bad thing,’ he said” (pg.92) this was after he had killed both the puppy and Curley’s wife. George killing Lennie meant that he was putting Lennie out of his misery and preventing him from making even more

Lennie is a sweet caring guy who wants to help George get their dream house and own lots of animals, so they can own the fat of the land. In one part of the book Lennie kills his puppy by smacking him, just like if you mess with a dog they will get mad at you and nip you, but when they realize they are doing something wrong, they will feel bad and try to hide the evidence, just like when Lennie tried to hide his puppy from Curley’s wife. “We’ll have a cow,” said George. “An’ we’ll have maybe a pig an’ chickens… an’ down the flat we’ll have a… little piece alfalfa----” “ For the rabbits.” Lennie shouted as said on page 105. George did the right thing by killing Lennie. George killed Lennie because he killed Curley's wife, and so he can have a happy death before Curley makes him suffer for what he done to his wife.

As we get more and more into the novel, the things Lennie hurts and kill get bigger and bigger. Lennie knows he has done wrong when he kills the puppy, but is even more scared when he

George killed Lennie because of what he did not only to the puppy but what he did to Curley’s wife. Lennie would never have done these things on purpose but with the disability he has, he doesn’t know the difference. George did what he had to because he wanted to protect Lennie from what everybody else would have done to him. In the book Candy was talking to George and said that he should have shot his own dog. Which foreshadowed what would happen to lennie at the end of when George did what he knew had to be done.

Secondly, George had to kill Lennie, for he wanted to help Lennie to make his life better. Since Lennie had a mental disorder, he had to avoid talking to people or he would be judged and thought of as crazy because that is how people back in The Great Depression. On page 101 George says, “You… an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be more trouble.” This means that George didn’t want Lennie to be made fun of or thought of as crazy. Therefore, George killed Lennie so he won't have to struggle through life

In the end George regretted and also did not regret his choice of killing Lennie because he would have got killed if he did not shoot him, but George also did not want anyone else to shoot his best friend. The three main reasons the decision was well made was because Lennie was violent, killing Lennie would save him from a long and painful death, and everyone would live a better life without him. From the start of the book to the finish, Lennie was violent. At first and throughout the novel he kept killing the mice. Lennie stated in the book after he killed some mice, “you ain't so little mice.”

Before George kills Lennie, he reassures him that they will be there for each other forever. Lennie doesn’t want George to ever leave him, and that is shown by this quote in the book, spoken by Lennie. “You ain't gonna leave me, are ya George? I know you ain't.” George then answers, “No” (103). Even though George did not want to kill Lennie, it was the best choice for the both of them. George was still Lennie’s best friend, but he would look out for him till the end. Even if the end meant

Lennie symbolizes ignorance. More specifically, he is the American dream. Lennie is an inadequate thinker, and more importantly, has little common sense. In this section of the book, Lennie killed a pup by playing with it too harsh, his ignorance and stupidity doesn't help: “Why do you got to get killed? You ain't so little as mice. I didn't bounce you hard” (Steinback 85). This justifies Lennie’s ignorance. Lennie's mind troubles to process little everyday issues, therefore, he has to have George to help him survive in a society of snobs. He’s incapable of doing things on his own, George is his mind and tells him everything of what to say and do. Lennie went back and looked at Curley’s dead wife. The puppy lying close to her. Lennie picked

Throughout this novella Lennie struggles with the aggressive thoughts overcoming his brain. When left alone with ''soft things'' he can get very violent without intending to be, in the book he hurt a puppy without even knowing of it. Lennie has one person that he depends on and it is George – the man who has been there for him throughout his life. Lennie's mental retardation is foreshadowing of the events that will take place, tragic and blood

In the novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, darkness indicates something bad is about to happen. This is demonstrated one evening when the ranch workers are in the bunkhouse having a heated discussion concerning Candy’s dog’s fate, “although there [is] evening brightness showing through the windows of the bunkhouse, inside it is dusk” (38). The bunkhouse, having been described as darker than the night helps add to the built up negative connotation associated with it throughout the novel. In this case, the exaggerated emphasis of the darkness suggests that something particularly bad will soon occur.

Then George shoots him sending him to the farm. George and Lennie’s dream represented more than just a farm. It represents after all the difficult times, and hard work  they will finally get to that happy peaceful place where they can be free. When George shoots Lennie he sends Lennie there leaving himself in a cruel world without

Darkness. The uttermost unfavorable feeling in the world. Dark, dark, dark. One looks to the right to the left up and down and one sees nothing, just pure black. This darkness is only found because one is lonely, desperate, and dispirited.

First, Steinbeck makes Lennie’s mentality not as well as others. Lennie acts like a toddler throughout the story. He constantly forgets important information, looks out to George for help, and whines about certain situations. For example, when George learns that Lennie finds the dead mouse again, even after George throws it away, George hears “Lennie’s whimpering cry” (Steinbeck 10) when he throws it away for the second time. George sees “Lennie’s lip [quiver] and tears [start] in his eyes” (10) just because a dead mouse gets taken away from him. Lennie resembles a child in this scenario because of his sad emotions he expresses over an object that has little value to him. Lennie can also be compared to a kid when he wants to leave

George even uses Lennie’s need as leverage to keep him under control. Lennie strives to hold responsibility. Unfortunately, Lennie tends to hurt the animals that he does receive. He is too strong for the animals that she cares for. During their journey from Weed, Lennie tends to a mouse, only to end up killing the fragile creature. Later on, George gets Lennie a puppy that Lennie regretfully kills with his power. Lennie’s good intentions fell short in comparison to his power. Lennie was looking for responsibility in pets but took on too much when the animals would be killed by his overwhelming strength.

At this point George knows what he has to do and the dream starts to fade away for him. During the ending of the book, George and Lennie are talking at the point where the book started and the dream is brought up again. While George is telling the story of how they are going to tend the rabbits and going to plant alfalfa (105), he shoots Lennie. This is a physical killing of a person but it is also the death of their dream. This expresses both the friendship between George and Lennie because he wanted to put Lennie down before he was attacked by Curley’s gang; and it also expresses how Lennie was Georges hope and he kept the dream alive for George and with the killing of Lennie, the dream died along with