Cruelty is a plague that infects everybody, no matter how nice or naive they really are and there are no exceptions. Everybody has been the victim of cruelty or the oppressor of cruelty and there are many types of cruelty that one can use against somebody. We see these types of cruelty in Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. Cruelty has always been a problem, and there a lot f examples in the book. The book follows the adventures of George and Lennie as they travel across California trying to find a job. They have just fled from a town called Weed and they are going to work on a new ranch. There, they face many types of cruelty from Curley, the boss's son, and his Curley’s wife. Steinbeck stresses the two ways that make one be cruel towards
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In several of the examples in the book, the action is usually verbal emotional. There are many instances when one implies that they are going to hurt someone, but there is also when someone just explodes and yells to cool one’s anger. In the first example, this is just the case and George vents out his anger at Lennie just for asking a question. George was angry at Lennie for making them flee for Weed, and when Lennie asks for ketchup, George explodes. “‘Well, we ain’t got any,’ George exploded. ‘Whatever we ain’t got, that’s what you want. God a’mighty if I was alone, I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want.”’ (11) This shows how George is angry and wanting to make Lennie realize how much of a burden he is. He would never leave Lennie without a good enough reason, but he wants to show Lennie how much he is sacrificing for him. George does eventually cool down when Lennie tells George that he can go live in a cave, but George replies that he wants him to stay and this supports how George is angry but still wants Lennie to be with him. This way of anger does no harm to anyone and is just venting our anger, but another way that one can
In several of the examples in the book, the action is usually verbal emotional. There are many instances when one implies that they are going to hurt someone, but there is also when someone just explodes and yells to cool one’s anger. In the first example, this is just the case and George vents out his anger at Lennie just for asking a question. George was angry at Lennie for making them flee for Weed, and when Lennie asks for ketchup, George explodes. “‘Well, we ain’t got any,’ George exploded. ‘Whatever we ain’t got, that’s what you want. God a’mighty if I was alone, I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want.”’ (11) This shows how George is angry and wanting to make Lennie realize how much of a burden he is. He would never leave Lennie without a good enough reason, but he wants to show Lennie how much he is sacrificing for him. George does eventually cool down when Lennie tells George that he can go live in a cave, but George replies that he wants him to stay and this supports how George is angry but still wants Lennie to be with him. This way of anger does no harm to anyone and is just venting our anger, but another way that one can