To be our brothers and sisters keeper means that we have to watch out for them and care about even if it 's not our favorite thing to do but we do it because we care about them.John Steinbeck wrote this book in 1937, The book is about two farmers who had dreams of having their own farms and one of the characters named george looks out for Lennie because he has a mental disability. He wrote the book to show that if you are your brothers keeper you will do what 's best for them. A brother 's keeper watch out for them, does what 's best for them, and it 's part of their responsibility because we care for them. First, A brother’s keeper is always watching out for them. For example “ With us it aint like. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don 't have to sit in no bar room blowin’ in our jack jus’ because we got no place else to go. If them guys get in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us! And why? Because… Because I got you to look out for me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” This shows that they don 't need to have no one else when they have each other because Lennie and George have eachothers back. …show more content…
Second, A brothers keeper is always doing what 's best for them. For example " George raised the fun and steadied it and he brought the muzzle or it close to the back of Lennie 's head. The hand shook violently but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger." Pulling the trigger might have been a hard thing for George because killing Lennie would ruin their dreams this shows that George thought the best thing for lennie now was for him to die because he was already in so much trouble because of what he did in weed with the girl in the red dress and now he killed Curley 's wife so George didn 't want him to get himself into anymore problems so it was the best for him , this is why he killed Lennie it would be the best thing to do to not do anything more like hurting