How Does Steinbeck Respond To Lennie's Death

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1.In the case with George and Lennie in Of Mice and Men, lead the hero ( Lennie) to his fall. “he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head. The hand shook violently,but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.” (Steinbeck 53). Tragedy does not always have to be something negative. It can be something positive. Based on this definition the novel is not a tragedy. The conflict is finally resolved, because George gains his freedom that he always wanted and can move on without having to look after or take care of Lennie."I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn't have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl." (Steinbeck 4)

2. Crooks is excluded from the rest of the …show more content…

Lennie’s death was necessary and inevitable, because of Lennie's mental disability and violent tendencies they never found stability. Steinbeck invoke the dream in this scene when George and Lennie talks the farm dream to as proof to their friendship. "We gonna get a little place," George began. He reached in his side pocket and brought out Carlson's Luger..” (Steinbeck 52) Placing the dream directly prior to the shooting of Lennie shows that the dream of this farm only worked if Lennie would have been there. Steinbeck set the death of Lennie in the same location as the opening scene, because in the beginning Lennie and George left Weed cause of Lennie; and now again they are there again, because of Lennie. The setting represent george and Lennie, because it is where they talked about their dream. It is ironic, because the pond was peaceful place in the beginning , but at the end it was not calm. This suggests that society is mean to the weak. Lennie’s death could be considered symbolic, because it represent heaven to him and George’s dream farm. "Me an' you.”... "You... an' me. Ever'body gonna be nice to you. Ain't gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from 'em." (Steinbeck 53). Lennie’s weakness dies. His value of …show more content…

Crooks is entrapped based on his color. " 'Cause I'm black. They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black. They say I stink.” ( Steinbeck 34) This shows that Crooks isn’t respected and that Black men weren’t respected in the 1930s. Crooks is considered a lower class and he can’t change that. The American dream for him is nonexistence. Curley’s Wife is as well entrapped based on her gender. “She put her hands behind her back and leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward.” ( Steinbeck 15) When she is faced with the limitations imposed upon them by society she lives up to these stereotypes and assumptions. This also implies that the possibilities of the American Dreams for women were limited and

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