So with that Sam left from John’s front porch and continued onto his house. The rest of that day all John could think about was their plan. Mary was not to fond of this plan and wanted John to say no. She knew her husband had the chance of getting caught and being killed. Mary could not imagine what life would be like without him
He doesn't ever stop to think if killing the dog is a good or bad idea. Many people would say that is was a bad idea and that he shouldn't have shot it. It was cruel to not give the dog the chance it deserved, and Carlson should have let the dog finish its life on its own. The killing of Candy's dog was symbolic, showed foreshadowing, and was a bit cruel. The dog symbolized Candy in that they both are old useless to the farm.
After Curley’s wife is killed, there is no way George and Lennie can exist peacefully and continue their lifestyle. George has to put Lennie out of his misery. If George doesn’t kill Lennie, he
All three characters experience great disappointment at the end of these
She knows deep inside that her children going to exile will not give them life at all. Even if they stayed with their father, the children will not be treated as royalty and will not have a bright future. Therefore, she knows that her children will not live a happy life. In her defense, she tells Jason that she did not murder her children. She murdered only his.
Justine would never harm anyone as seen through her “mild” eyes, and yet it’s ironic that she was accused of manslaughter. It can be seen through both Elizabeth and Justines’ eyes, literally, that they were both innocent women who were taken advantage of by Victor's monster and thus they were both killed. Victor’s blindness to the monster’s capability to kill his family members makes him realize how he shouldn’t have pursued the action of creating this
When confronted with the problem in Vere’s office, Billy resorts to violence after he is unable to clearly state his thoughts and ends up killing Claggart. Billy lacked the ability to decipher what a full-fledged adult would be able to. We can conclude that without ever having the chance to properly develop, especially with the help of those around him, Billy never stood a chance. For Huckleberry, the Widow Douglas is his authority in the beginning of the novel. But despite learning how to read and being educated, Huck wishes to leave because the Widow is trying to “sivilize” him.
Aforementioned in this paper, Hamlet is of the school of belief that life is essentially worthless in the end- that in all its glory and grandeur, it is simply farcical to even attempt anything that does not provide immediate necessity to the individual because ultimately it has no bearing on society, there is no good or evil, there is only death and its living companions. But Hamlet merits that death too has its uncertainties, and (because of his Catholic faith) acknowledges that he will go to Hell if he kills himself, so he decides to continue, motivated further to at least live long enough to avenge his father’s death by killing Claudius. Here too Hamlet faces a dilemma whereupon he ventures out to kill Claudius only to find that he is repenting of his mortal sin of killing Old King Hamlet and thus clearing his path to heaven. Hamlet resolves to catch him in his whereabouts some other time in which he is not graced by the spirit of forgiveness, so that Claudius is to suffer an eternal torment- which Hamlet decides is the only punishment that will indeed fit the crime. In so choosing to do this, the true madness is revealed in the lapse of judgement Hamlet exercises by choosing to take it upon himself to kill the king- will he not also bear responsibility for Claudius’s death, and therefore susceptible to the same eternal discipline as his
Macbeth and his wife pretend to “look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent undet’t (1.5) Their actions are criminal and evil, which is why they must hide behind lies to appear as righteous rulers. Macbeth’s whole life becomes a lie that is driven by evil and sin. Soon his false persona is seeping through and his actions come back to haunt
Thus, he was not the perpetrator of the incident and accepting the fault is to further his hope that he will achieve capturing Daisy. In the end, Gatsby is left with nothing because he destroyed all of it. After Myrtle’s murder, Gatsby watches the trust that he specifically built break down in front of his eyes. [introduce quote]. “I can’t do it—I can’t get mixed up in it… when a man gets killed I never like to get mixed up in it anyway.
While the regiment managed to fend off another attack, they may have lost soldiers. Henry worried for himself above all and worried that whether if he stayed or not he would still die, regardless of the result of the battle. After the adrenaline rush of the first attack Henry came to his senses and feared for his life, knowing full well his chances of surviving another attack would be low. Especially now that he was caught off guard and was more scared than the first battle. Despite knowing his regiment might survive he was sure he wouldn 't and ran away to save his own life.
In the book of mice and men by john steinbeck killing lennie is never justified. killing lennie is not right because of the problems lennie had. not justifying george is basically letting him get away with it which is not right he needs to to be caught. george never should have killed lennie because it 's not like Lennie can handle his problems. So therefore in this situation killing should be justified.
"I got you! You can't keep a job and you lose me ever' job I get. Jus' keep me shovin' all over the country all the time. An' that ain't the worst. You get in trouble.
When comparing Romeo and Juliet to George and Lennie, many people believe that Romeo and Juliet have a much stronger relationship, regardless of the many great qualities that George and Lennie possess. Proponents of that idea believe it because George kills Lennie in the end of the novel, Of Mice and Men. Sure, it makes sense to think that way initially, but when one understands the reasoning why George did so, it actually shows just one more reason why their relationship is so strong. First of all, George killed Lennie because he did not want to see him suffer a painful death. George and Candy found out that Lennie had killed Curley’s wife before Curley found out.
He is gone. Lennie is dead. He has no future. His goals never to be achieved. George pulled the trigger, shot one bullet to end Lennie’s life.