True friends should remain loyal to one another no matter the circumstances. This especially applies to situations where they are each other’s only family. Two famous underwater buddies that pertain to this are Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick Star. These animated characters star in the cartoon “Spongebob Squarepants,” which follows them through their crazy life adventures. Patrick isn’t the “sharpest knife in the drawer” so he is always causing some sort of predicament, resulting in some insane plot-twist, and leading to a conclusion where Spongebob either helps him out, or makes matters worse. The point of this is that they never abandon each other though. Since neither of them live with families of their own, they stick together through
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Earlier, Slim had compared Lennie’s innocence to a child and George agreed by saying, “There ain’t no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he’s so strong” (Steinbeck 43). Being the harmless man that he was claimed to be, Lennie deserved more compassion when he made these catastrophic events; he obviously was not entirely there mentally, so he was never aware of his wrong-doings. Also, to support the inoffensive personallity of Lennie, George acknowledged how, “Lennie never done it in meanness… All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of ‘em mean” (Steinbeck 95). Since George was mindful of how harmless his friend was, he should’ve brought that even more into consideration at the end of the novel. Why didn’t he fight for the other men to realize this? Wouldn’t a true friend take more action in creating a sort of “protection.” Therefore, George could have misled the angered men away from his friend’s location after Lennie had done the terrible deed. In that moment, he would’ve made an enormous preventive effort in making sure that Lennie’s last breathe would not have to be taken away any time …show more content…
In addition, George was well aware that Lennie never meant to hurt anyone while he ended his friend’s life. This then supports how he never deserved death. If only George had weighed his options a little bit more carefully, he could’ve thought of a way to protect his friend and he would’ve allowed their visions of a brighter future to not only live in their dreams. But… he didn’t. He was just at his breaking point and did not want to have to deal with the future troubles that Lennie would have caused. The novel now had to result in an unnecessary death that would haunt Lennie’s friend/killer
Earlier, Slim had compared Lennie’s innocence to a child and George agreed by saying, “There ain’t no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he’s so strong” (Steinbeck 43). Being the harmless man that he was claimed to be, Lennie deserved more compassion when he made these catastrophic events; he obviously was not entirely there mentally, so he was never aware of his wrong-doings. Also, to support the inoffensive personallity of Lennie, George acknowledged how, “Lennie never done it in meanness… All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of ‘em mean” (Steinbeck 95). Since George was mindful of how harmless his friend was, he should’ve brought that even more into consideration at the end of the novel. Why didn’t he fight for the other men to realize this? Wouldn’t a true friend take more action in creating a sort of “protection.” Therefore, George could have misled the angered men away from his friend’s location after Lennie had done the terrible deed. In that moment, he would’ve made an enormous preventive effort in making sure that Lennie’s last breathe would not have to be taken away any time …show more content…
In addition, George was well aware that Lennie never meant to hurt anyone while he ended his friend’s life. This then supports how he never deserved death. If only George had weighed his options a little bit more carefully, he could’ve thought of a way to protect his friend and he would’ve allowed their visions of a brighter future to not only live in their dreams. But… he didn’t. He was just at his breaking point and did not want to have to deal with the future troubles that Lennie would have caused. The novel now had to result in an unnecessary death that would haunt Lennie’s friend/killer