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Effects Of Marginalization In Of Mice And Men

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Marginalization has many different effects on people. It helps to shape a person. It also is all based off of people being isolated or thought less of and left out. In the novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie is a man with the mind of a child. When Lennie was born slow meaning when he was born he couldn’t remember anything that would happen and it would take him a long time to process things. George is Lennie’s friend that has to take care of him because of his disability, and whenever Lennie would start to get into trouble George would get him out of it. Lennie having problems relates to marginalization because he is often left out and overlooked because of his disability. Throughout Of Mice and Men marginalization is seen as limiting …show more content…

Lennie was scared and worried in the barn. He was sitting around when Curley’s wife came in and they started talking. Later on they started talking about liking soft thing and Curley’s wife told Lennie to feel her hair; she jerked away and he continued to hold on. She started to scream and he got scared made her be quiet and shook her to death. “‘All right, you guys,’ he said. ‘The nigger’s got a shotgun. You take it, Carlson. When you see ‘um, don’t give ‘im no chance. Shoot for his guts. That’ll double ‘im over’”(97). It as fate that they found Curley’s wife dead because now they have to kill Lennie. It is also fate because Lennie must die and that’s all because he keeps making George stay on the run and fix all his problems. Then, mentioned in the previous paragraph it was George’s fate to kill Lennie. “The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand stedied. He pulled the trigger”(106). It was George’s fate to kill Lennie because Lennie kept causing problems and forcing them to run and find places to work. Moreover, It was George’s fate to kill Lennie because he killed Curley’s wife, left her, and then ran and hid, but he has also caused so many little problems and big problems that George just said I have to do it I have to kill him. This is why it was George’s fate to kill

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Everyone Gets Stereotyped Stereotyping others can lead to problems in the future and can cause people to become upset. When the characters George and Lennie from the book Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck, are first introduced its easy to tell George stereotypes Lennie as stupid. Since Lennie is stereotyped as stupid, he causes problems throughout the book. George is also stereotyped, but as protective of Lennie. Throughout the book George tries to help Lennie as much as he can, even if it leads to a bad situation.

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‘The nigger got a shotgun. You take it, carlson. When you see ‘um, don’t give ‘im no chance, shoot for his guts. That’ll double ‘im over.” (97).

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as obvious from his unintentional killing of Curley's wife that he was unable to live in society without doing wrong. George put an end to Lennie's life so that Curly couldn't shoot him in the stomach andIn John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, George made the right choice to kill Lennie. Lennie was a pleasant and well-meaning man, but he had a mental illness that made him hazardous. Lennie had killed a lady and an animal in the past because he was unable to control his own strength. If George hadn't killed Lennie, he might have unintentionally hurt himself more as well as many people George had to make a really difficult choice.

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One reason George should not have killed Lennie because everything that happened, was an accident. Lennie did not mean to kill Curley’s wife or the puppy. In the passage, Of mice and men, lennie says “I don’t want ta hurt you” (Steinbeck 91). This piece of evidence from the passage shows that Lennie did not mean to hurt Curley’s wife. Lennie only meant to keep her quiet , not kill her.

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Another reason is the ranchers would’ve killed him no matter what so this way George ensured it was fast and painless. On the other hand, this was condemned because George had been saying how his life would be so much better without Lennie and this allowed him to be able to live that life. George's decision to kill Lennie was justified because Lennie was going to be killed no matter what. After all of the ranchers find out that Lennie killed Curley’s wife, Curley states that he is going to kill Lennie, "I'm gonna get him.

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Theodore J. Kaczynski once said, “Our society tends to regard as a sickness any mode of thought or behavior that is inconvenient for the system and this is plausible because when an individual doesn 't fit into the system it causes pain to the individual as well as problems for the system. Thus the manipulation of an individual to adjust him to the system is seen as a cure for a sickness and therefore as good.” How does a society get affected when citizens feel marginalized? Throughout the shocking read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, John expresses the difference between the past and present with marginalization. The two main characters George a small, wiry, quick-witted man and Lennie a large, lumbering childlike man both dream of owning

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Sometimes, the difference between good and bad isn't always black and white. Sometimes, you have to make a decision that isn't bad but, isn't necessarily good. that's exactly what George did when he shot Lennie. After Lennie killer Curley's wife, George realized Lennie would never stop causing trouble. Curley also made it very clear he was going to make killing Lennie as painful as possible.

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The main reason George killed Lennie is because Lennie would have killed somebody again. And the evidence is clearly there, the pet mice that he killed, the poor puppy that he accidently hit to hard, and especially Curley’s wife. He almost killed the girl in weed if he had gone any further. The sad thing is is that he doesn't know how strong he really is, nor does he know what he’s done wrong in the first place.

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Being treated differently based on your physical and mental state is very common in our world. So common, that it is often talked about and written about. Stereotypes are a major focus in Of Mice and Men, particularly stereotypes against the handicapped. There are many instances throughout this book that demonstrates how discrimination against the impaired characters connects to the theme loneliness. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, stereotypes against the disabled greatly impacted the sense of loneliness of the characters.

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Lennie must die because he murdered Curley’s wife. George also knows that without Lennie, the original plan is put to ruin. George knew all along, that Lennie was going to ruin everything, and do something that will put an end to their dream. George said softly, “I think I knowed from the very first, I think I knowed we’d never do her” (94). Since Lennie has to die because of this, George’s dream is ruined, because Lennie has to die, and without Lennie, the dream of living a happier and better life, is put to shreds.

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