Themes In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Of mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a book set back in the Great Depression. There are scenes that make you happy. There is many themes in this book, but the most important ones are the importance of dreams, the importance of friends, and the importance of sacrificing something that you love. The main characters George and Lennie travel the country finding jobs on ranches and any other work they can do to earn money. They come across a ranch that they can work at. Lennie being in a man's body with a child-like mind can get them into trouble. After a couple of weeks at the ranch Curley's wife comes into the barn where Lennie has just killed his puppy and she let Lennie touch her hair. When Lennie got to rough she said that that hurt so Lennie tightened his grip because he was scared and broke her neck killing her instantly. Then Lennie ran away to a hiding spot. After that George went and found Lennie and shot him. Although George killed Lennie, he still did the right thing because Lennie was going to suffer if Curley would have shot him, and Lennie was going to eventually end up in jail or a mental institute.

This time Lennie killed Curley's wife. So George went and found Lennie and shot him. When George shot Lennie it was the right thing to do because if Curley would have got a hold of Lennie, Lennie would have had a very slow and painful and fearful death. When Lennie was killed he was smiling with happiness and joy. Being so Lennie did not feel a thing which is called euthanasia. Lennie did not deserve a painful death, and George agreed. I can understand somebody thinking George did the wrong thing because he did shoot his friend, but it was a fast death and Lennie did not feel a thing. George made a huge sacrifice to kill his best friend and sometimes in life we have to do the best thing for other people or other things and not the best things for yourself and that is what George