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.
If Boo Radley was put on trial for the murder of Bob Ewell there would be a fight if he was doing it for self-defense or he was out to get him because he was mad and just kill because he was mad at him. The evidence was shown that Bob fell on his knife. The whole story is that Jem and Scout was on their way back from the school and they were walking in the woods to go home and they were followed by Bob Ewell and that he was attacking them and trying to hurt them but he ended up braking Jem arm. If it was not for Boo fighting back and killed Bob but that was accident. So the argument was that Bob fall on his knife but the other one was that Boo killed him.
Comparison and Contrast: Barn Burning Sartoris Snopes is a young boy with a major conflict in his life; “be true to his blood”? or tell the truth. His father, a shady character with very cruel intentions has had to relocate his family because he is a “barn burner”. After one of Sarty’s fathers pigs gets loose for the second time, one of his neighbors tells him he can have it back for a dollar fee which angers the father so much that he burns down the neighbors’ barn. So Sarty’s father is asked to appear before the Justice of the Peace to settle the matter.
Finally after Charlie about stole her shot, her father asked, "do you want to shoot it, pumpkin?" After a a little hesitation, and another rant from Charlie, Andy says yes, and shoots. After being very hesitant to shoot, she finally stuck him, and while all the men were dancing around celebreating, Andy though to herself "What did I just do." Andy's first step in the coming of age process was complete. Unlike all the men she had tried to not let down, she felt guilty about killing an innocent creature.
The father's protectiveness is very evident many times throughout the novel, however one of the most notable events was when a man threatens his son with a knife and the father shoots the man in the head. Although this action was probably necessary, the fathers downfall is his suspicion that everyone is their enemy. His father's paranoia causes them to move constantly from camp to camp, consequently, never getting the chance to make friends with anyone. His son, on the other hand, is much more sensitive and innocent. He feels very safe with his father but at the same time he questions some of his decisions.
The reflection story I choose is called Why I Hunt: A Predators Meditation by Rick Bass. The short story tells of Bass’s love of hunting for both elk and deer. However, the significance of the story goes far beyond merely killing an animal for its meat, as it tells mostly of the emotional struggle he feels as a hunter. Bass acknowledges the fact that he is a predator but wonders if his insatiable need for meat will somehow affect him in a later life. He questions whether or not he will have to pay for all of the innocent animals’ deaths that he has caused.
They confided in one another after the shooting, about the things Kenny was joking about. Throughout the story Kenny is randomly releasing fire on things he ‘doesn’t like’. First the sign, then the barn, then the old man’s dog. At that point Tub was so irritated by his constant shots and the mouth and shot of the gun that he decided he had no choice but to shoot him. To show him he can’t keep being a bully.
He is very kind hearted and gentle, but he is a physically big man who doesn’t understand how strong he truly is. He tends to get in trouble when he tries to show his affection on animals. At the end of the novel, Lennie accidentally kills the puppy and breaks Curley’s wife’s neck accidentally; George realizes that Lennie is impossible to live with. Lennie later runs into the forest, and when George finds him, he starts reciting their old dream—the farm, the cottage, and the rabbits Lennie will tend. Then George takes out a gun and shoots Lennie in the back of the
To Kill A Mockingbird Outline 1. Atticus A. What do they say about him? After Jem watches Atticus take out the mad dog with a single shot, Jem learns that his father isn't so helpless after all. He also learns a lesson about humility in the process.
(288) O’Brien explains that if “you don’t care for obscenity, you don’t care for the truth” He goes on to explain that when men go to war they will come home talking dirty. He opens telling the story of a soldier, Rat, that lost a close friend. Rat’s friend was killed by an IED. He and Rat had been playing a game, the young man turned to walk away and tripped the detonator on the IED. They were both 19.