The Role Of Faith In Stienbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Having faith is something that many learn in the early stages of their lives. It is a trait that everyone should acquire as it helps shape one's personality and the way they act towards others. After reading Wiesel’s Night and Stienbeck’s Of Mice and Men and watching The Wave, the idea of obtaining the good of faith and about believing in your surrounding people is the most important message to be acquired because faith is an important quality that can teach people how to act better in general situations, and it can help people throughout their lives. If it is not learned the society we live in will be more mistrusting, and the youth of years to come will not be as comprehensive.
In the real life story Night, it tells about the life of Elie Wiesel while living during the Holocaust in concentration camps. In section 5 of the book, a Hungarian Jew also in the camp tells about who he has faith in. “I’ve got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He’s the only one who’s kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people” (87). Expectations of Hitler killing all of the Jews before the war came to an end was in everyone's minds, but this Jew did have a point. His opinion was a direct attack on anyone who believed
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In this story, Lennie has so much”childlike” faith in George, thinking that he will always be there for him. George never tells Lennie that he loves him, but he constantly tells Lennie about the bunnies to make him happy. When George is about to shoot Lennie, his faith is at it’s highest. Lennie at the end of his life says, “you ain’t gonna leave me, are ya, George?” (103). Lennie believed with all his heart that George was going to be there for him until the very end. He had previously told Aunt Clara that if George wanted him gone, that he would leave. Now that his words were becoming a reality Lennie is doing everything in his power and his faith to keep George there with

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