Has society really made it our job to be our brother’s keeper? John Steinbeck wrote a book named Of Mice and Men in 1937. This book is about two migrant workers who start working on a small farm. The worker’s names are George and Lennie. Steinbeck makes an appealing argument about who are we really in charge of and why are we caring for that one particular person. In this essay I will be talking about why we are not our brothers keeper and why?. In chapter one, page 10 there is a quote about how Lennie is holding back George. ‘God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble.’ This is important because it's telling you how George would live without Lennie. And how it will be if Lennie wasn't around. George can get a job and keep a job without Lennie messing it all up. My point being is if you're not anybody's keeper they won't hold you back. …show more content…
Because if they do something under your supervision they might get you into trouble and you're going to get sucked in their whole situation. And that's just not right because you are trying to do certain things that you want to accomplish and your never gonna do that if someone is holding you back. In chapter three, page 60 it talks about how Lennie gets in a fight with Curley and how George has to be there to defend him. “George yelled again” ‘ I said get him.’ “Lennie suddenly reached for the swinging fists, Lennie was crushing his hand. George ran down the room.” ‘Leggo of him, Lennie, let go.’ This is showing how George has to stay responsible for Lennie time after time