Obstacles In Of Mice And Men

Jumping from a high place as a kid would have been easier if you didn’t fear the fall. Taking a test that will majorly affect your grade would be easy to hand in if you didn’t think about the possibility of failing. There are things in life that would be much easier if you didn’t have something to hold you back. Like a plot in a book, there is a conflict that needs to be resolved. To outline the obstacles of one’s life John Steinbeck the author Of Mice and Men does a good job of putting a spotlight on many obstacles that George Milton the main character in his book faced. George Milton faced the most obstacles in the book because of the economic collapse of the Great Depression and having to move around to find a job able to provide for his

Being friends with Lennie has led to sacrificing things in George’s life. In the first chapter, we get this message clearly when In a forest George goes off on Lennie when he keeps complaining about wanting Ketchup on his beans when they do not have ketchup George goes on to tell Lennie all the things he could do if he didn’t have to take care of Lennie and to finish it off he says “I got you! You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get“ (Steinbeck 11). George chooses to stay with Lennie despite losing things that would make his life more comfortable. He also chooses to kill Lennie at the end of the book because he doesn’t want the Mob looking for Lennie to kill him and his last moments to be filled with fear. George tells Lennie “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain't now. That’s a thing I want ya to know” (Steinbeck 106). Even if it hurts him to kill his best friend he comforts Lennie and makes sure he knows that none of what happened or what will happen is his fault because he doesn’t understand that what he did wasn’t his fault and Lennie’s inability to understand things has caused many issues

Lennie and George’s environment has also left them to feel lonely despite having each other “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family” (Steinbeck 13). There however is a downside to their relationship. As mentioned before Lennie makes bad decisions and doesn’t understand a lot, this makes it hard to have a conversation that doesn’t just make you feel like you are talking to yourself. In the book, it was displayed when Lennie was talking to Curely’s wife the only female on the ranch who was telling a story about their past when all Lennie could like about was bunnies and she even asked him if he only thinks about