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Examples Of Betrayal In Of Mice And Men

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Perhaps the greatest example of betrayal in modern fiction is when Peter Pettigrew betrayed James and Lily Potter to Lord Voldemort. Betrayal is one of the most devastating things a person can experience. It fills us with grief, suspicion, and anger. People betray one another for a multitude of reasons, such as greed, revenge, envy, or harm. Peter Pettigrew betrayed his friends out of fear. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the characters betray each other’s trust in order to achieve a greater good. One person who betrayed a friend in order to achieve a greater good was Carlson. Carlson and the other farm hands had a long lasting annoyance about Candy’s dog and its stench. They eventually decided to euthanize the dog. However, after introducing
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