Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

In the novel Of Mice and men there are many different conflicts between characters. There is conflict between Lennie and Curley, and there is conflict between crooks and the whole society. There is also many characters that you begin to learn about more as the book goes on. You learn how life has treated them. You learn what has happened to them, and what they have been through.

Lennie hesitated to retort but eventually defended himself. This led to him crushing Curley’s hand to the point where it was completely unusable. (Curley’s fist was swinging when Lennie reached for it. The next minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie’s big hand.) - Steinbeck 63.

(Steinbeck 45). When Curley’s wife tries to call for help Lennie muffles her cries and starts to get angry with her. “ "Look out, now, you'll muss it." And then she cried angrily, "You stop it now, you'll mess it all up. "

He started to fight Lennie. Lennie was just trying to mind his own business, and was telling George to get Curley to leave him alone. “‘Make ‘um let me alone, George’ (Steinbeck 63).” “‘Make ‘um stop, George’ (Steinbeck 63).” This shows that Lennie did not want to fight Curley, he just wanted to be left alone.

Later in the book, Lennie's actions start to get dangerous, so George is forced to kill Lennie. One reason George makes the correct decision is that he keeps Lennie away from society, so now Lennie cannot hurt or kill anyone else. A second reason George makes the right decision is that George prevents Lennie from suffering in pain because Curley (the boss of the ranch’s son) plans to shoot Lennie in the stomach. George does this by shooting him in the back of the head which is a painless, instant death. A third reason relates to Lennie's standing in life.

Curley used this as an excuse to kill Lennie. He really wanted to kill Lennie because he destroyed his hand though. Curley said he was going to blow Lennie's guts out and make him suffer and be in pain. George prevented this by shooting Lennie in the back of the head and ending him quickly. George killed lennie because if he didn’t, Curley would have made him suffer.

George shot Lennie in the back of the head which resulted in a less painful death than what awaited him with Curley. Curley had intentions to get Lennie beat then hanged, therefore this helped justify George killing Lennie. “We oughtta let ‘im get away. You don’t know that Curley.

Essay: Of Mice and Men The novel, "Of Mice and Men," is about George Milton and Lennie Smalls traveling together trying to conquer their dreams, which is to have their own farmland and to tend the rabbits. While trying to achieve their dreams they also build up their relationship and bond as they explore and travel with each other. At the end of the novel, George makes a startling and debatable decision to kill Lennie. George killing Lennie portrayed that as saving him, wanting him to rest in peace, and getting rid of his own guiltiness.

And then about a year later when Lennie accidentally killed Curley’s wife, the whole farm was after him. George shot him in the temple of his head for a quick and painless death. Lennie had to be killed because he didn’t know his own strength. And he was too dumb to realize what he was doing. Also Curley and Carlson would’ve tortured Lennie and then killed

Of Mice and Men was an excellent novel about two migrant workers traveling in Southern California, trying to make enough money to fulfill their dream of attaining their own plot of land. They have trouble accomplishing this goal when Lennie, the big and clueless on of the two, consistently makes mistakes, some of them being vital. The author, John Steinbeck, uses great techniques and literary devices that build up to the climax and resolution. Throughout the story, he describes how several characters all have/had dreams or goals, but none of them truly achieved those dreams. All of these literary devices, techniques, and the entire plot lead up to my thesis statement.

Curley really has it out for him and Lennie has no idea why. Lennie doesn’t realize that the things he does are wrong. He does not mean to hurt or harm anyone but Curley does not see that as a factor in his desire to

A piece of evidence in the book that I found is “ The next minute Curley was flopping like on a line and his closed fist was lost in lennie 's big hand” (Pg63). This shows that when lennie was getting beaten up out of nowhere lennie just grabs Curley 's hand and breaks it. Another part in the book that show how some people are unaware of their powers is when lennie kills

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, is a story about two close friends who are put through difficult times. This book was made into a movie. Throughout the story George and Lennie become inseparable friends, and face many situations together. The guys go into town without lennie. After Lennie does his bad thing he can’t find the “spot” he’s suppose to go to.

In the novella, Of Mice and Men, the author John Steinbeck illustrates a ranch in the 1930’s during the great depression where those who fit into mainstream society run the show, and those deemed “outcasts” are rendered useless. Steinbeck depicts characters with setbacks that diminish their value in the eyes of society, and contrasts them to characters that have no difficulties conforming to the norm. Crooks, being a black man isolated by his race, and Candy, a elderly man limited by his age and missing limb are examples of Steinbeck characters that experience hardships because of the differences. The poor treatment of Crooks and Candy by the other characters, and their chronic unhappiness in a place that doesn’t value them, comments on how

John Steinbeck, the author of “Of Mice and Men” is about two ranch workers who have been together for a long time. The two workers are named George and Lennie. George Milton is described as small and with very sharp features and his partner Lennie Small is huge and a hard worker. Lennie however has a learning disability and George tries the best he can to keep him out of trouble. Sometimes the pair can have some trouble with each other but they always get through it together.