Have you ever had to make a sacrifice for someone you love? The caretakers of people with disabilities experience this all the time. George from the novel Of Mice and Men gives up many things in order to care for Lennie, who has a mental disability. Shawn’s family from the novel Stuck in Neutral make multiple sacrifices in order to care for Shawn, who has cerebral palsy. Both the novels Of Mice and Men and Stuck in Neutral prove that the caretakers of people of people with disabilities make the most sacrifices.
In the novel Of Mice and Men, George makes many sacrifices in order to care for Lennie. In the beginning of the book, George is frustrated at Lennie because he has to take care of Lennie instead of living the life he wants. “I could get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want… An’ whatta I got … I got you! You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get.” (Steinbeck 6). This is an example of how George has to give up a good life he could be living because he has to look after Lennie. Without Lennie, he would have more money and could keep jobs longer; those are sacrifices he has to make. George’s money and fun aren’t the only things he sacrifices for Lennie; he also has to give up Lennie himself. At the end of the book, George shoots and kills Lennie, so that Lennie doesn’t get tortured by the other guys on the ranch. “And George raised the gun …show more content…
Whether it’s time, friendship, money, or even family, they all know what it’s like to sacrifice something in order to care for someone with a disability. At the end of the day, everyone has had to sacrifice something for someone at one point or another, and the caretakers of people with disabilities know the feeling of it better than any of us can
In the novel Of Mice and Men, George makes many sacrifices in order to care for Lennie. In the beginning of the book, George is frustrated at Lennie because he has to take care of Lennie instead of living the life he wants. “I could get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want… An’ whatta I got … I got you! You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get.” (Steinbeck 6). This is an example of how George has to give up a good life he could be living because he has to look after Lennie. Without Lennie, he would have more money and could keep jobs longer; those are sacrifices he has to make. George’s money and fun aren’t the only things he sacrifices for Lennie; he also has to give up Lennie himself. At the end of the book, George shoots and kills Lennie, so that Lennie doesn’t get tortured by the other guys on the ranch. “And George raised the gun …show more content…
Whether it’s time, friendship, money, or even family, they all know what it’s like to sacrifice something in order to care for someone with a disability. At the end of the day, everyone has had to sacrifice something for someone at one point or another, and the caretakers of people with disabilities know the feeling of it better than any of us can