Ryan Kite Mrs. Schaut English 11 October 19, 2015 Matthew George Matthew George a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. is an active member of the military. Matthew George, only in basic training in the military, is still a hero. This man has much courage and strength. In June of 2015 as he was driving past a group of people he heard a gunshot. He saw in his rearview mirror someone falling to the ground.
Page 5-6 mr. George sends the dogs to the other animals to steal the food they have saved for and succeed. ( page 5 george send the dogs Page 6 dogs successfully steal food)(5 Text: Mr george:Go dogs go steal their food) (page 6 Text: mr george: Good job dogs “shows dogs with food in mouth”)
“George’s hand remained outstretched imperiously. Slowly, like a terrier who doesn’t want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again. George snapped his fingers sharply, and at the sound Lennie laid the mouse in his hand.” (Steinbeck 9). Lennie is described as a terrier, which creates a connection between him and Candy’s dog.
When Lennie tries to hide the dead mouse from George, George sees the mouse and demands Lennie to give him the mouse. Lennie then approaches George, “Slowly, like a terrier who doesn’t want to bring a ball to its master” (Steinbeck 9). Later, Carlson kills the old dog in the same way that George kills Lennie, by shooting him in the head. As well as using descriptions
Intro Imagine you are stuck, stuck in one town, in one job, and in one place. George Bailey lived in this situation, trapped in his home town, feeling obligated to stay and help. He Loses his money in a crisis and does the heinous act of calling himself a failure. This is when the movie begins to kick into high gear and It’s a Wonderful Life Starts to display ,” One who finds themselves with friends cannot call that same self a failure.”
Paulsen was constantly learning their ways; how they thought, moved, acted. The bond between man and dog is truly understood and explained through this novel.
62 “You will have to take me at my word, however, that His favorite among all the sports was baseball. How did I know this? Because I knew my dog very well and it had To do with the look in his eye when he was around baseball, And also with that particular time and place.”
Gary’s wife Ruth asked if he was going to do the Iditarod . Gary did not think of the Iditarod as he stated but wanted to race them. Gary need theses dogs for his transportation, without them Gary could not get around. The bond that grows over time.
One day he was petting the puppy and it try to bite him. He got nervous and afraid so he hit the puppy. He try to hide the puppy because if George finds out he won’t let him tend to the rabbits. “He unbarred the puppy and inspected it, and he stroked it from it ears to tail. ’But he’ll know.
As the dog lost its serviceability, it lived on with age and suffered, thus had to be put down in order to prevent it from suffering any longer. Contrary to this, Lennie was one of the most useful members of the farm. His strength making it easy to do certain things, his mentality however, was something else, like that of an ignorant, innocent child. Even when a girl screamed, Lennie became “scared all he can think to do is jus’ hold on.” (Steinbeck, 41) Unbeknownst to Lennie and George, his natural innocence and ignorance, will whittle down his usefulness until nothing's left.
Lennie explains to George “ I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along.” This foreshadows the event of Lennie murdering Curley’s wife. The theme is created by showing Lennie's intentions being positive, but in the end his plans went so far askew leading him to murder a man’s wife. Steinbeck uses the event of Candy’s dog being shot to foreshadow George’s struggle
He bent the pup’s head up and looked in its face, and he said to it, ‘Now maybe George ain’t gonna let me tend no rabbits, if he fin’s out you got killed.’ He scooped a little hollow and laid the puppy in it and covered it over with hay, out of sight; but he continued to stare at the mound he had made. He said, ‘This ain’t no bad thing like I got to go hide in the brush. Oh! No.
As the film goes on, his neighbor, Simon, is robbed, severely beaten and has to be hospitalized. This leads Mr. Udall to have to watch his dog because no one else is willing to take care of Simon’s dog. Mr. Udall eventually accepts having to care of a dog and having a friendship with the waitress, Carol Connelly. In order for Mr. Udall to do these tasks, he has to overcome his fears and his mental illness.
Candy´s dog is killed , simply for the fact that he is aging , and ¨ smells bad¨ . Due to his old age , he is rendered useless. Candy insinuates that the same will happen to him when he becomes incompetent of fulfilling his duties . The quote ¨ I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn´t ought to have let no stranger shoot my dog.¨ ( 89 ) symbolizes the companionship you also find in george and lennie.
Mark Twain believes that dogs are superior to man because out of all animals, man is the only one that is cruel enough to inflict pain on others just for the pleasure of doing it. Twain’s short story “A Dog’s Tale”, written in 1903, displays these beliefs and is done so from a dog’s point of view. This unusual take on the story is used to help convey the theme that one shouldn’t assume the others will do the same for them. The story includes literary elements such as characterisation, structural irony and a plot and conflict. It is a story of a loyal and heroic dog which unfortunately ends in an ironic twist of fate.
