A ‘best laid scheme’ (getting the house) ‘often goes awry’ (Lennie killing Curley’s wife) ‘and leaves is nothing but grief and pain’ (George knowing that he has to kill him) ‘for promised joy’ (George promising to get the house with the rabbits right before he kills Lennie). In conclusion, the title in John Steinbeck’s book ‘Of Mice and Men’ is relevant to the poem written by Robert Burns entitled ‘To a Mouse’. ‘The
Lennie is always hoping to own a ranch with George and dreams to tend rabbits. But it will be impossible because Lennie will forget how important it is to be careful with the rabbits and he will end up killing them. Here is where the author conveys the fact that Lennie destroys everything important when he touches it: “’Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so
Lennie ‘snorted into the water like a horse…’ . He isn’t educated or refined, but rough and ready , showing animal like tendencies. These characteristics sum up the character of Lennie. He uses these hands to stoke soft things like a mouse but because of his awkwardness he kills the mouse, although he protests at George“I didn’t kill it”. Because of his simple mindedness, he does not realise his own strength and power.
George won’t let Lennie “go down alone” because he cares about his friend so much and knows he doesn’t deserve that. George also is protective over Lennie because he “used to play jokes” on Lennie all the time. He knows that even though it is wrong, doesn’t mean someone else won’t do it. George thinks very highly of him and Lennies relationship and won’t let anyone mess with
Lennie’s dream is to tend the soft haired rabbits, whereas George admits that he would like to own a little patch of land and live on it in freedom. Thus, although they all share the idea of the American dream, it manifest in different ways for different characters. Thus it would appear that although the dreams Steinbeck’s characters have in “Of Mice and Men” seem to have been futile in the story, they are essential in order to give meaning to their hard lives, to make sense of their difficult existence and to keep alive the idea that, one day, their luck could
Evelyn Tapia 12-10-12 Period 2 Mr. Sainato Of Mice and Men Essay In Steinbeck’s novel “Of Mice and Men”, George and Lennie go on a journey in search of their dream. After getting kicked out of their hometown, the two men find a job settle at a ranch in Soledad. Both Lennie and George meet nice folks but their dream quickly comes to an end when Lennie accidentally causes another accident. Although people think it was Curly’s wife’s fault, I believe George and Lennie’s dream was destroyed because George didn’t pay much attention to Lennie, Lennie hadn’t listened to George, and Curly was going to kill Lennie, I believe George and Lennie’s dream was destroyed because George stopped paying attention to Lennie. George was a small tough guy that always had to watch over Lennie.
Wart was entering a land he knew nothing about and could have been eaten by animals any minute. Wart disregarded the dangers and put his life on the line to make Hob happy. Wart’s good heart got Cully back to his rightful owner and put a smile on Hob’s face while also relieving Hob from worrying about Cully. Wart lives in the shadow of Kay but he does not let that stop him being who he is. Wart is a very good person, but his actions always seem to go overlooked by everyone.
Admittedly, as sympathetic and understanding as readers are for Lennie, Lennie is still a danger to other lives. In many instances in the book, Lennie accidentally kills many lives but does not realize the significance of his mistakes. Lennie is a man with the mind of a child with an unequal match of formidable strength, hence committing murder without meaning to do so. In the scene when Lennie kills Curley’s wife, he has the same slightly panicked reaction as when he killed the rat and puppy earlier in the book. Readers then realize that Lennie doesn’t understand the difference between killing an animal and murdering a human, therefore putting other lives at risk.
After George says to Lennie,: „Trouble with mice is you always kill 'em. ” Lennie answers to that: „but i don’t wanna kill’em, George.“ This show that lennie again, doesn’t have control about what he’s doing with all his force. He doesn’t want to kill the mice, but he isn’t aware of his force, so he always breaks their necks. Another way how steinbeck relates to nature in his novel is by Georges and Lennies dream. When they speak about their future, they often say things like: “We could live offa the fatta the lan'.” This shows how
Contrasting areas between these two poems include the rhyme schemes. “A Barred Owl” is based on an AB rhyme scheme, whereas the structure of “The History Teacher” does not follow a particular format. In “A Barred Owl”, Richard Wilbur writes about how he knows that the real world is cruel. However in “The History Teacher”, Billy Collins is in denial of this cruel world and insists on saving his children and mind washing them to believe that the world is a perfect place where everyone is essentially good. The title of A barred Owl is ironic itself because