D.J. Shedd
Mrs. Christian
World Literature & Composition
22 February, 2018
Of Mice and Men Persuasive Essay Would you kill your best friend if it was all that kept them from being locked up or tortured? What if they had a mental disability and could not remember what he had done? Factual evidence from the book helped me decide and I will provide you with the choice I made and the reasoning I have done to make the decision. George made the correct choice killing Lennie in the conclusion of the book. The book “Of Mice and Men” was written by John Steinbeck and was based on two men trying to make a living during the 1930’s, all after one of the characters ran them out of a town named Weed. They once worked in Weed, but Lennie, a large man with a child’s spirit, got them into some deep trouble by grabbing a lady’s soft, red dress, and not letting go. The men that were chasing them out had assumed that he had tried to rape the young lady, but he had only scared her. Lennie and his friend, caretaker more than less, George, helped him escape and make their way to the new ranch they planned on working for. Curley was the son of the boss there at the new ranch, and he was small but handy with his fists. He did not like Lennie at all simply because he was a large man. Later they got in a fight because Lennie was laughing at him, and he ended up crushing Curley’s hand by grabbing it and squeezing it very tightly. Curley was told by Slim, another main character, to say his hand was caught in a machine if anyone asked, or else everyone would tell his father (the boss) what really happened. Later in the book near the conclusion, Lennie had got himself into some big trouble. He accidentally killed Curley’s wife, by shaking her, causing her neck to break. He ran to the brush where they hid after the incident in Weed and waited for George, meanwhile the men at the ranch had just discovered Curley’s wife’s body and were planning to go find Lennie and kill him. George ran way ahead of all the men, and got to Lennie before the other men did. He talked to Lennie, and began telling him the story about the ranch, and then ended it all right there. George killed Lennie in the end, with a quick bang and a bullet in the back of the head. First of all, George …show more content…
He was unable to disern the difference between the importance of the two, which gave George another reason to end his life, along with the fact that he would only continue to be a threat to animals and other people around him if he had stayed. He was unawarely a dangerous man. George and Slim know how Lennie is. In the book Slim said “He ain’t mean,” “I can see Lennie ain’t a bit mean.” and George responded with “Course he ain’t mean. But he gets in trouble all the time because he’s so God damn dumb. Like what happened in Weed-” George says. This indirectly states to the reader that they know that Lennie honestly doesn’t mean any harm towards anyone or anything, but he doesn’t know any
Mrs. Christian
World Literature & Composition
22 February, 2018
Of Mice and Men Persuasive Essay Would you kill your best friend if it was all that kept them from being locked up or tortured? What if they had a mental disability and could not remember what he had done? Factual evidence from the book helped me decide and I will provide you with the choice I made and the reasoning I have done to make the decision. George made the correct choice killing Lennie in the conclusion of the book. The book “Of Mice and Men” was written by John Steinbeck and was based on two men trying to make a living during the 1930’s, all after one of the characters ran them out of a town named Weed. They once worked in Weed, but Lennie, a large man with a child’s spirit, got them into some deep trouble by grabbing a lady’s soft, red dress, and not letting go. The men that were chasing them out had assumed that he had tried to rape the young lady, but he had only scared her. Lennie and his friend, caretaker more than less, George, helped him escape and make their way to the new ranch they planned on working for. Curley was the son of the boss there at the new ranch, and he was small but handy with his fists. He did not like Lennie at all simply because he was a large man. Later they got in a fight because Lennie was laughing at him, and he ended up crushing Curley’s hand by grabbing it and squeezing it very tightly. Curley was told by Slim, another main character, to say his hand was caught in a machine if anyone asked, or else everyone would tell his father (the boss) what really happened. Later in the book near the conclusion, Lennie had got himself into some big trouble. He accidentally killed Curley’s wife, by shaking her, causing her neck to break. He ran to the brush where they hid after the incident in Weed and waited for George, meanwhile the men at the ranch had just discovered Curley’s wife’s body and were planning to go find Lennie and kill him. George ran way ahead of all the men, and got to Lennie before the other men did. He talked to Lennie, and began telling him the story about the ranch, and then ended it all right there. George killed Lennie in the end, with a quick bang and a bullet in the back of the head. First of all, George …show more content…
He was unable to disern the difference between the importance of the two, which gave George another reason to end his life, along with the fact that he would only continue to be a threat to animals and other people around him if he had stayed. He was unawarely a dangerous man. George and Slim know how Lennie is. In the book Slim said “He ain’t mean,” “I can see Lennie ain’t a bit mean.” and George responded with “Course he ain’t mean. But he gets in trouble all the time because he’s so God damn dumb. Like what happened in Weed-” George says. This indirectly states to the reader that they know that Lennie honestly doesn’t mean any harm towards anyone or anything, but he doesn’t know any