How Does Steinbeck Present Lennie's Death In Of Mice And Men

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Thesis: In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses the death of Candy’s dog to show the inevitability of Lennie’s death by exhibiting that the only things that were important during this darwinian time was whether or not it harbored any value.

Topic: In order to show how Lennie is different, Steinbeck compares Lennie to an animal. “And he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws,” (Steinbeck 2)
“Lennie covered his face with huge Paws and bleated with Terror,” (Steinbeck 63)
“He pawed up the heading to apartment covered her.” (Steinbeck 92)
“‘They’ll take ya to the booby hatch. They’ll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog.” (Steinbeck 72).
“Lennie is also symbolic of people who

George keeps telling people that Lennie is a “Hell of a worker.” showing that people. All that matters to the boss and Curley (who represents the elite during this time) only see him as a useful worker. Lennie, like an animal needs someone to take care of him. Lennie would have been seen as a worthless thing, that only creates problems, and therefore should have no right to live, but instead of killing him he would be lobotomized or

“‘Look, Candy. This ol’ dog jus’ suffers hisself all the time. If you was to take him out and shoot him right in the back of the head--’ he leaned over and pointed ‘right there, why he'd never know what hit him.” (Steinbeck 45)
“‘Got no teeth,’ he said. ‘He’s all stiff with rheumatism. He ain’t no good to you Candy. An’ he ain’t no good to himself. Why’n’t you shoot him, Candy?’” (Steinbeck 44) Carlson doesn’t understand why Candy keeps the dog because he doesn’t have any worth, and he isn’t useful.
“‘I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog.’” (Steinbeck 61)
Candy says so because Carlson shot the dog because he smelled, and if Candy shot the dog it would have been because the dog was only going to suffer more (like Lennie).
The dog is seen as worthless, so he is killed. He was worth something when he was a sheep dog, but as he got older his worth dropped and he was seen as an expense. He was thought of some “smelly” thing sitting around. Carlson has to be reminded to bring a shovel.

Topic: Curley’s wife is seen as pariah because of her place in