Of Mice and Men Argument paper John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a story about two migrant workers named George and Lennie, who moved from place to place in looking for new job opportunities during the Great Depression. Both of them had a dream which is to have their own land but due to Lennie’s mental instability and physical strength, their dreams vanished in a matter of time because of Lennie’s unexpected fate. Fate is defined as the outcome of a situation for someone or something, seen as outside their control. Free will is defined as the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion. As the story goes on, fate crossed the path of the characters’ lives which makes them uncontrollable
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Lennie is one of the characters who clearly shows that life is not controllable. Lennie is uncontrollable of his own life due to his lack of intelligence and inability to control the strength within himself. Lennie isn’t able to choose or either face his destiny due to his mental disability. From the beginning, George warned him not to interact with Curley’s Wife, “Don’t you ever take a look at that bitch. I don’t care what she says and what she does... You leave her be.” (32) but the fate cannot be changed no matter what, so, in end, he ended up his life because he interacted with Curley’s Wife. Even though he had so many choices to prevent himself from his own destruction, his ill fate brought him to a point where he got no choice. From the beginning, he knew that talking with Curley’s Wife would get him into trouble. When Curley’s Wife suddenly got close to Lennie, his actions were impossible to control, “Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted. She screamed then, and Lennie’s other hand closed over her mouth and nose… He moved his hand a little and her hoarse cry came out”(91). But once she distracts him, he completely forgets and falls into his ill-fated trap and he was unable to control him himself. It was fated that he was going to get into trouble from the beginning of the story through the foreshadows Steinbeck showed throughout the
Lennie is one of the characters who clearly shows that life is not controllable. Lennie is uncontrollable of his own life due to his lack of intelligence and inability to control the strength within himself. Lennie isn’t able to choose or either face his destiny due to his mental disability. From the beginning, George warned him not to interact with Curley’s Wife, “Don’t you ever take a look at that bitch. I don’t care what she says and what she does... You leave her be.” (32) but the fate cannot be changed no matter what, so, in end, he ended up his life because he interacted with Curley’s Wife. Even though he had so many choices to prevent himself from his own destruction, his ill fate brought him to a point where he got no choice. From the beginning, he knew that talking with Curley’s Wife would get him into trouble. When Curley’s Wife suddenly got close to Lennie, his actions were impossible to control, “Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted. She screamed then, and Lennie’s other hand closed over her mouth and nose… He moved his hand a little and her hoarse cry came out”(91). But once she distracts him, he completely forgets and falls into his ill-fated trap and he was unable to control him himself. It was fated that he was going to get into trouble from the beginning of the story through the foreshadows Steinbeck showed throughout the