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Differences Between Of Mice And Men Movie And Book

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In the book Of Mice And Men, compared to the movie was a little different but also very similar. Something I was glad to see stay in the movie as well as the book was, the dream farm. One of my favorite parts from Of Mice And Men, was when Lennie got to pick out his puppy from Slim. A very sad part of the book and movie is when Lennie kills Curley 's wife, after that you just kind of know something bad is about to happen. Then, it happens and George finds Lennie and instead of the guys finding him and torturing him George makes a bold move and shoots Lennie. The way George kills Lennie is a nice gesture, he makes him happy and doesn’t let him know that he is about to die. The movie and book also had some differences, like in the beginning of
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In the movie George finds Lennie just walking down the river. He couldn’t find the “spot”, George told him to go. While in the book George finds Lennie in the brush. He sits there next to Lennis and tells him that he’s not mad at him, for what he did. George actually has a heart to heart conversation with Lennie, where it looks like he cares about Lennie.

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Even though shooting Lennie wasn’t planned I think George knew it was going to have to be done sometime in the future because, Lennie ruins all of George 's chances of keeping a steady job. With all of George

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2. George knows that it would only be right for him to be the one to take Lennie's life. One could justify that George has been taking care of Lennie for a very long time and he wishes to be the one who took care of him up until the end. 3. One last reason why George could be considered "right" in killing

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Of Mice and Men was a book written by John Steinbeck in 1937. It is a story about two young men, George and Lennie, who travel around together trying to get enough money to get their dream ranch together. They enjoy each other’s company but Lennie is always getting in trouble. As a result, George has to take care of Lennie and he often gets mad at him. The story goes through the young men’s journey and the struggles they face with their life on a new ranch.

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It does not directly state that George is doing this in order to end Lennies suffering like with Candy’s dog, it is implied that George shoots Lennie to end his suffering and to make his death

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Of Mice and Men is about Lennie and George in which Lennie decided to feel a girls skirt because he liked the type of material. So George went with Lennie to escape and not get in trouble and decided to go to a bunkhouse where they work and are provided with food and a place to live. George and Lennie are best friends and so they went together. Lennie has the mind of a 6 year old and needs to be with George. When quit their jobs, George planned out a dreamland of how they will live when they get enough money to move to their own house.

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"Of mice and men" a novel by John Steinbeck which will be discussed in this paragraph evaluating two specific points, one of them is that George did the right thing by killing Lennie for many circumstances to be discussed later; and the second is about George was not supposed to kill Lennie under any reason because the life of every human being must be respected by every person in the world. George, seeing that Lennie did not have the ability to live on his own, always got into very serious problems and seeing that neither of them could get ahead because of those motives as you can see in the next quote: "I done a real bad thing," he said. "I shouldn 't of did that. George 'll be mad.

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At the end of the book when Curley went to search for and kill Lennie, George did the right thing, even if it meant he had to kill Lennie. George was there to make sure that Lennie had a peaceful and painless death instead of what Curley would do to Lennie if he saw him first. What George did showed lots of respect, even though he really didn’t want to kill him. This part in the book allows the readers to understand that

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We have read two books this year: ´Of mice and men´ and ´The curious incident of the dog in the night-time’. The books differ a lot, however they also share some similarities. ´ Of mice and men´ is about two men, named Lennie and George, who live in the time of the Great depression. They are looking for a job, but this isn’t easy because Lennie is mentally disabled so George needs to look after him the whole time.

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This is extremely important because in the movie it seems like George could careless about Lennie and killing him seems easy to him where in the movie he doesn’t want to do it even though he does and he also tells him a story which shows a compassion and regretful side to

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George was a good worker, but Lennie was an amazing worker with a tenacious work ethic and stamina. Lennie had incredible strength, but sometimes he did not understand just how massive he was. Many times throughout the book Lennie is caught hurting people or killing animals on accident. The biggest reason Lennie should not have been killed was because he was a major asset in the working force. That means he could have helped continue to bring in money towards the farm they dreamed about operating someday.

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Lennie with his simple mind, always gets into trouble. This time, Lennie gets himself in a bind once again, that George can’t save him from. George decision to kill Lennie in the story, was due to his responsibility, sympathy, and love for Lennie. George’s decision to kill Lennie was out of sympathy for him.

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Of Mice and Men; A Literary Analysis “I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that 's why,” says George in the book Of Mice and Men. John Steinbeck wrote this book about two boys who took care of each other mentally and physically throughout. They endure many journeys together and are able to suffice over very little. They show the strength in friendships in many dissimilar ways and make diligent decisions that some may never be able to make. Of Mice and Men is not only about two friends and their journey together, but as well as giving one a deeper meaning of the book, such as showing the nature of their dreams, the characters as archetypes, and if the killing of Lennie is justified in the end.

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Although, Lennie’s actions probably weren’t his fault, with him not being able to learn from his actions and remember that his own strength is too much for him that he became a threat. George, pained to do it, knew what was best for Lennie and other people/animals, and had to end his life. Overall, even though George had to make some pretty drastic decisions and someone’s life got taken away, it was all for the best and nothing bad will no longer happen and who knows, maybe George will get to live his

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A Song Without Lyrics * The American Dream is like “a song without lyrics.” * Every American Dream is different. In both John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and in S.E Hinton’s

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