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Tough Decisions In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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John Steinbeck’s novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a tragic story that takes place during the great depression where two workers/companions ,George and Lennie, work on a ranch together. There they overcome many obstacles to get closer to achieving their dream of living on a farm together; More so tending the rabbits for Lennie. Because Lennie has a mental illness, George is obligated be by his side and make sure he doesn't get himself into any trouble. In order to do the right thing in life, one must make tough decisions that may not seem understandable. Candy who is a fellow worker at the ranch owns a very old dog that depends on him to live.” Why’nt you get Candy to shoot his old dog and give him one of the pups to raise up? I can smell that dog …show more content…

As mentioned earlier, Lennie loves to touch soft things such a mice and rabbits. When they lived in Weed, Lennie touched a girl's dress and when she asked for him to stop he didn't. He didn't let go of the dress which made it end up looking as if he was trying to rape or sexual harass her. Of course he didn't mean to hurt her, it was just in his instincts."Jus" wanted to feel that girl's dress—jus' wanted to pet it like it was a mouse—Well, how the hell did she know you jus' wanted to feel her dress? She jerks back and you hold on like it was a mouse. She yells and we got to hide in an irrigation ditch all day with guys lookin' for us, and we got to sneak out in the dark and get outta the county.” (Steinbeck 19). His illness causes his thinking process to be very underdeveloped and childlike. He doesn't know from right and wrong. Because that incident happened they had to escape the town. That was a hard decision for George to make since they wouldn't have anywhere else to go however, they had to because they knew it was the right thing to do. If they stayed, they would have killed Lennie and George just wants to protect

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