Choices In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Life is split into paths and choices that one makes in order to impact or change one's course of life. For these important decisions, one must choose or have no choice but to make them. In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, the characters experience crossroads and forks that not many could or could not choose between. The many paths and roads that these characters have chosen were long and difficult as a result. George must protect and take care of Lennie at the cost of getting Lennie away from harm's way, due to Georges promise with Lennie's aunt, Clara. Candy hears the shot of Carlson's luger and is left with regrets as candy did not kill his dog. Curley's wife, left with the only option of marrying Curley, made the choice of leaving her

Anyone can become who they want to be, but the harder part is when life gives one the hardest options. George, tasked with the promise of taking care of Lennie, now has to make important decisions for the both of himself and Lennie. George left with no alternatives, “I told his old lady I’d take care of him,” (Steinbeck 22), has to take care of Lennie. George has known Lennie for a long time and thus created a bond through hardships and choices. George knowing that Lennie now has no one but George beside Lennie, George has to make the ultimate choice of abandoning Lennie or killing Lennie. Although their dreams have been lost, George with all hope gone now has to decide between the fates of his friend

If no choices were made, one would be worthless, for they have done absolutely nothing with one's life. Curley's wife, no longer able to pursue her dreams, is stuck on the ranch with Curley, feeling remorse about her badly chosen choices. Curley's wife could have been in the movies, but that path quickly flew away, leaving Curley's wife no choice but to marry Curley.”Nother time I met a guy, an’ he was in pitchers.… He says he was gonna put me in movies.… he was gonna write to me about it.… So I married Curley.” (88). Curley's wife struggled as the choices were out of her her reach, crushing her dreams of becoming someone she could have been. Society is always moving, and in this cruel world, when nothing goes the way you planned, one finds society leaving many behind, moving forward without missing a