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Wrong To Kill A Dog In Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

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. Do you think its wrong to kill a dog? The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about George and lennie, who are migrant farm workers are starting a new job and meeting a lot of people. In the third chapter of the novel, there was a fight in the bunker between lenwnie and curley and then candy gets upset about his dog. One of the characters is Carlson; he shoots Candy’s dog because he was smelly, old, dirty, and going to die soon anyway. Shooting Candy’s dog was a good /bad idea (choose a position)bad idea because candy was sad . Carlson should not have shot the dog because candy was pressured to say yes. For example, In response to Carlson offering to shoot his dog, Candy responds, “No, I couldn’ do that. I had ‘im too
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Page 49 paragraph 3 And this harsh conversation goes on until Candy says just take him, as if he has lost all hope. Now why would Candy want to live either he lost his only friend and now inside has a bubbling boil of lava that hurts him. So with Carlson put up with the dog he can’t take it anymore and kills the dog on the spot without Candy saying

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Candy admits to George that he wishes he had killed the dog himself rather than allowing Carlson to do it after Charlson kills it. Given that George is Lennie's closest friend, this statement predicts his choice to shoot Lennie. Carlson criticizes the existence of Candy's dog. He mentions Candy's dog's odor and gently offers to kill the old dog with his trusty Lunger. "I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George.

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Later Carlson followed himself with, “Why’n’t you shoot him, Candy?” (Steinbeck 44). Candy stated that he did not mind the smell of the dog, and that he wants to keep the dog. Carlson became angered by this. He keep trying to get permission from Candy to kill the dog.

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Further into the novel, Candy confided to George about regretting not taking action when he needed to, "'I ought to of shot that dog myself,' he tells George: 'I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog "(Steinbeck 30). This evidence is important because it shows how mortified Candy was at the scene of the incident. Such events will lead to health disorders such as depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder, that were commonly ignored and looked down upon by the public. Secondly, Candy was trying to find ways to delay the shooting, "'You ain’t got no gun.'. ' The hell I ain’t.

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And later on, Candy confesses, “I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog.” And you can clearly see that this quote relates and is similar to what happens to George and

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