Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men is a novella written by the author John Steinbeck. It was published in 1937. It tells the story of George Milton and Lennie, two displaced ranch workers immigrants, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States. They are good friends. George is small, quick and smart, and his friend is the opposite. He is huge, stupid and crazy. George loves Lennie so much to the point that he killed him.
To begin with, George cares a lot about Lennie. He always reminds and tell Lennie if anything bad happens to come back to a spot by the river and he will come to him. “Look, Lennie. I want you to look around here. You can remember this place, can’t you? The ranch is about a quarter mile up that way. Just follow the river?” and he continues to say …show more content…
Lennie’s stupidity leads him to kill Curley’s wife. After he kills Curley’s wife he goes to the deep pool near the river waiting for George to come. George comes and kills Lennie himself because he does not want him to suffer or be killed by Curley. Before he kills Lennie, he tries to persuade himself to kill his friend because it is not an easy thing for him. “George shook himself. He said woodenly, ‘If I was alone I could live so easy.’ His voice was monotonous, had no emphasis. ‘I could get a job an’ not have no mess.’ He stopped.” Lennie was killed by George and the other men heard the gun shot and came running, but only Slim understood what happened. He came directly to George and said to him “Never you mind, . . . A guy got to sometimes.” And he told him they should go for drink and he said “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on with me.”
In conclusion, George loves Lennie a lot because he takes good care of him, tolerates his mistakes, and even kills him so that he does not suffer. George is a good friend. He did all of that with a good
Of Mice and Men is a novella written by the author John Steinbeck. It was published in 1937. It tells the story of George Milton and Lennie, two displaced ranch workers immigrants, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States. They are good friends. George is small, quick and smart, and his friend is the opposite. He is huge, stupid and crazy. George loves Lennie so much to the point that he killed him.
To begin with, George cares a lot about Lennie. He always reminds and tell Lennie if anything bad happens to come back to a spot by the river and he will come to him. “Look, Lennie. I want you to look around here. You can remember this place, can’t you? The ranch is about a quarter mile up that way. Just follow the river?” and he continues to say …show more content…
Lennie’s stupidity leads him to kill Curley’s wife. After he kills Curley’s wife he goes to the deep pool near the river waiting for George to come. George comes and kills Lennie himself because he does not want him to suffer or be killed by Curley. Before he kills Lennie, he tries to persuade himself to kill his friend because it is not an easy thing for him. “George shook himself. He said woodenly, ‘If I was alone I could live so easy.’ His voice was monotonous, had no emphasis. ‘I could get a job an’ not have no mess.’ He stopped.” Lennie was killed by George and the other men heard the gun shot and came running, but only Slim understood what happened. He came directly to George and said to him “Never you mind, . . . A guy got to sometimes.” And he told him they should go for drink and he said “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on with me.”
In conclusion, George loves Lennie a lot because he takes good care of him, tolerates his mistakes, and even kills him so that he does not suffer. George is a good friend. He did all of that with a good