Throughout the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the character George was changed by the many conflicts he faced. One example of this is in chapter 2 while George is telling slim about him and lennie he says, “One day a bunch of guys was standing around …show more content…
On page 59 Kino beats his wife Juana because she tried to throw the pearl back into the sea, ”Her arm was up to throw when he leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her. He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders and he kicked her in the side.” Before Kino had discovered the pearl he would have never done anything like that. A little while later in chapter five when a man stole the pearl from Kino, he killed the man in order to get the pearl back. This shows that the pearl and all the conflicts that it has brought have changed Kino into a violent man. Conflicts can change people. This idea was shown frequently throughout the stories Of Mice and Men, War Dance, The Pearl. The characters George, Nancy, and Kino from the stories showed this in their own unique way. The vast majority give up or lash out at those around them, but there are a few that decide to make the world a better