Banning Books In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Oscar WIlde once said, “The books that the world calls inmortal are books that show the world its own shame.” If every book had some kind of blood or speak of death etc, we would have almost every book in the world banned because of it. Some books are banned because opinions or religious beliefs are different. Mice and Men has been on the list for banned books on the list repeatedly and some people still believe that it should be a banned book but I believe it shouldn’t be a banned book.
In the book, George and everybody else treated Lennie differently only because of his mental difficulties. When you are reading the middle of the book it is clear the George did not plan on taking care of Lennie and having Lennie travel with him. On page 40, George tells Slim “Used to play jokes on him because he was too dumb to care for himself.” Also, George said “Good boy. That's swell. You say that over two, three times so you are sure won’t forget it.” What those two quotes are telling you is that Lennie is treated differently because of his mental difficulties but in our world we know if they are disabled or not. When people in the 1930s talked to Lennie they …show more content…
At the near end of the book, it describes the shot that rolled up the hills. When you are reading towards the end of the book it clearly shows how George tried to kill Lennie in the most least suffering way possible. However, On page 106, “The crash rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he laid there without quivering.” Also on page 107, “Slim cam directly to George and sat down next to him, sat very close to him “Never you mind,” Said Slim “A got to go sometimes.” When you read those quotes it doesn't describe and blood, shaking of Lennie or anything else of that manner. When Lennie got killed it didn't say anything and also that he didn’t shake