Character Analysis Of Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
To Whom It May Concern; As you may or may not know, I recently shot Lennie Small in the back of his head, instantly killing him. Most people would argue that what I did was terribly wrong and irrational. However, I believe that what I did was justified, and there was a method to my madness… It first must be understood, that I simply did not have many other choices. As a result of Lennie killing Curley’s wife, it had seemed as though everyone on the farm (besides Slim and I) were after Lennie to shoot him down. How am I, as Lennie’s only friend, supposed to let these other people do such a thing to him? I knew what I had to do, and it was to put Lennie out of his misery, and not to allow the Ranch’s residents to blatantly
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The most important realization that I have come to, is that that in some scenarios; it is a hell of a lot easier to be dead than to have to live a life in someone like Lennie’s shoes. As humans, we all lead different lives. What people do not understand, is that some have it harder than others. Nobody takes the time to comprehend the struggles that another man faces, and all the while, only worry about their own. One time when Lennie thought I was mad at him, I replied, “No… I’m not mad… Guys like us… They ain’t got nobody in the worl’ that gives a hoot in hell about ‘em…” (Steinbeck, 104) Lennie exclaimed back, “But not us. Tell about us now.” (Steinbeck, 104) I tried to show him how nobody in this world cares about anyone else, but because of his innocence, it was near-damned …show more content…
These people think that if they want something so bad, that nothing and nobody can come in their way. I, on the other hand, have realized the truth about this matter. People do get in the way of things, and dreams never do come true. Curley dreamed that one day he would find true love in his wife, but she didn’t even love him back. Candy dreamed that one day he would be a legend in the boxing ring, but he hurt his hand. Lennie dreamed that one day he and I would own a farm and be able to live happily, but that didn’t happened, and it was destined that it never would
The most important realization that I have come to, is that that in some scenarios; it is a hell of a lot easier to be dead than to have to live a life in someone like Lennie’s shoes. As humans, we all lead different lives. What people do not understand, is that some have it harder than others. Nobody takes the time to comprehend the struggles that another man faces, and all the while, only worry about their own. One time when Lennie thought I was mad at him, I replied, “No… I’m not mad… Guys like us… They ain’t got nobody in the worl’ that gives a hoot in hell about ‘em…” (Steinbeck, 104) Lennie exclaimed back, “But not us. Tell about us now.” (Steinbeck, 104) I tried to show him how nobody in this world cares about anyone else, but because of his innocence, it was near-damned …show more content…
These people think that if they want something so bad, that nothing and nobody can come in their way. I, on the other hand, have realized the truth about this matter. People do get in the way of things, and dreams never do come true. Curley dreamed that one day he would find true love in his wife, but she didn’t even love him back. Candy dreamed that one day he would be a legend in the boxing ring, but he hurt his hand. Lennie dreamed that one day he and I would own a farm and be able to live happily, but that didn’t happened, and it was destined that it never would