Consequences Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
Actions have Consequences
Although people may have the best intentions and carefully-laid plans, factors outside their control can prohibit their dreams from becoming reality. John Steinbeck of mice and men, a story of two men George and lennie who come together and form a family. Although they both struggle with money and travel around the country for jobs they both believe that they will be able to live their Dream unfortunately life gets in the way and makes it harder to live the dream. Through the character of Lennie, Steinbeck shows that issues outside the control of an individual often limit the achievement of an individual’s dreams. Lennie has a dream to own a farm with George, living off the fat of the land and wants to tend the rabbits. Lennie has …show more content…
“an’ have rabbits. go on, George! tell about what we're gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that, George.”
“why’n’t you do it yourself? You know all of it.”
“no..you tell it. it ain’t the same if I tell it. Go on...George. How I get to tend the rabbits.”(Steinbeck#14)
Looking at this quote you can see that lennie is always excited about this dream and able to tend the rabbits, that he even has George read it to him as a bedtime story. Unfortunately, Lennie's actions prohibits him from achieving his dream. There's actions throughout the book but the one that settles it all in when he kills curley's wife and his puppy and even Lennie himself knew he wouldn't be able to tend the rabbits.“Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted” Lennie was scared and cannot let go, pg 89
“And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck”, Turning point for Lennie, everything changes, pg 90. This shows that at the point Lonnie knew that he had killed her that he would be in trouble and he didn't know what to
Although people may have the best intentions and carefully-laid plans, factors outside their control can prohibit their dreams from becoming reality. John Steinbeck of mice and men, a story of two men George and lennie who come together and form a family. Although they both struggle with money and travel around the country for jobs they both believe that they will be able to live their Dream unfortunately life gets in the way and makes it harder to live the dream. Through the character of Lennie, Steinbeck shows that issues outside the control of an individual often limit the achievement of an individual’s dreams. Lennie has a dream to own a farm with George, living off the fat of the land and wants to tend the rabbits. Lennie has …show more content…
“an’ have rabbits. go on, George! tell about what we're gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that, George.”
“why’n’t you do it yourself? You know all of it.”
“no..you tell it. it ain’t the same if I tell it. Go on...George. How I get to tend the rabbits.”(Steinbeck#14)
Looking at this quote you can see that lennie is always excited about this dream and able to tend the rabbits, that he even has George read it to him as a bedtime story. Unfortunately, Lennie's actions prohibits him from achieving his dream. There's actions throughout the book but the one that settles it all in when he kills curley's wife and his puppy and even Lennie himself knew he wouldn't be able to tend the rabbits.“Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted” Lennie was scared and cannot let go, pg 89
“And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck”, Turning point for Lennie, everything changes, pg 90. This shows that at the point Lonnie knew that he had killed her that he would be in trouble and he didn't know what to