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The Similarities Between John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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The similarities between different characters is immense. Lennie and Candy’s dog were not useful for their caretakers and potentially impacted them in a negative way. The dog was old, blind, could barely walk, and was suffering. Candy was keeping him alive is not considerate toward the life of the dog. He kept him alive for his own personal preference. The dog lived just because Candy loved him too much, but it was inevitable he would be put down because the dog was causing problems for other people which was what really led to his death. Very alike to Candy’s situation, George had to make the same decision with Lennie. Lennie is a good and strong worker, but he causes a lot of problems for not only himself, but for George as well.. George and Candy share a similarity by showing compassion toward their “children”. George could have just left Lennie at any time and traveled on his …show more content…

Candy was basically forced to put down his dog because he was dying and feeling every bit of pain. Others told him that he should finally just shoot the dog and bury him because it would be wrong to continue to let the dog suffer. George had a similar situation. The dog symbolizes Lennie when Candy says to George “I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog” (61). This foreshadows the story to when George kills Lennie instead of letting him get shot and maybe tortured by the people in the ranch. He did not want Lennie to go through torture anymore as Candy did not want his dog too. The difference between Candy and George though, is that George put down his own “dog”. It was also a coincidence when Slim said the same thing to George as he did to Candy after killing his dog. He said that it had to be done in both cases because if not, the consequences are full of pain and

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