Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck †Main Character Essay

In the countersign Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the main character is approach with an extremely difficult situation and decision. George Milton ends up killing Lennie Smalls, the man who he had been traveling with for years. He is forced to kill Lennie for his own good. It is arguable that George had selfish reasons for the reach but Lennie was his family, his confrere. He would never do such a thing for personal gain. Lennie was a nice guy, and he never meant any harm. However, he everlastingly ended up getting into trouble or doing bad things. All of this often angered George, who fantasizes about(predicate) what he could have been doing if Lennie werent weighing him down. For example, when the men were working in Weed, Lennie had them hiding in an irrigation ditch overnight because he frightened a woman.He gripped on to her dress, giving her the impression that he was toilsome to hurt her. Lennie of course didnt mean any harm, he just enjoyed petting soft things. Al l of the inconveniences to George would give the impression that Mr. Milton would actually want Lennie dead. This was non the case. George misgivingd for Lennie like he was family. The promise he made with Lennies Aunt Clara is just what brought them together. This can be seen when George and Lennie talk about their dream, Lennie says because I got you to look aft(prenominal) me, and you got me to look after you, and thats why(14). At the end of the novel, George is left with only two choices allow Lennie be tortured and killed by the other men, or kill him on his own a quick and painless death.Of course he does not want Lennie to suffer, so he does it on his own. And it clearly was not easy. The quote from the book George raised the gun and his hand shook, and he dropped his hand to the ground again(105) further supports this. Georges shaking hand proves how difficult it was to let go of a long time friend. Slim is one of the few people who understand their relationship. He was the only one who George confided in telling about what happened in Weed. At the very end, after the shooting, Slim says to George You hadda, George. I swear you hadda(107). Slim knows what a hard decision it was for George to go through with such a terrible task, but it had to be done.They both knew that poor Lennie would have otherwise suffered through the torture and slow death brought about by Curley. The character George Milton from the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck was not selfish. Any reason he had for the killing of Lennie was definitely not devoted to himself, but instead out of care and love for his friend. Both mean often spoke of how lonely it was to live the life of a rancher. So Lennies being as Georges companion and basically family overruled any want that George would ever have to hurt him. The death brought about to Lennie for his own good.

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