Sacrifice In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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“ If you had the opportunity, to kill your best friend to make it better for both you and them, would you do it”. The true meaning of friendship is doing what's best for both u and your friend, it doesn't matter if it sounds right or wrong, it's the overall outcome that truly matters. In the story OMM, George had to sacrifice his best friend for the greater good. Doing something like that isn't very easy but he had good intentions. It might have seemed like he did something terrible and wrong but he saved Lennie from suffering a painful death. Although self-sacrifice could see cold and wrong, it was for the greater good. I think self- sacrifice could be a huge theme Of “OMM”. The characters in this book experience so much in so little …show more content…

It first started with a feud between Curley and Lennie which didn’t really make any sense but Curley felt some kind of intimidation from Lennie size. So he got in his face to show that he was the bigger man. But most knew, he wasn't. Another situation where Lennie and Curley had a feud was when Curley did something dumb which made Lennie laugh. Curley wasn’t going to take that from him so he viciously assaulted him. After Curley was a few punches in Lennie finally decided to fight back and break the hand of Curley. This got Curley even more angry and upset with Lennie. What didn’t help it was another situation with Curley's wife. Lennie was minding his own business when Curley's wife walked in. Long story short Lennie ended up killing Curley's wife. He was stroking her hair too hard and when Curley's wife was begging him to stop he wasn't sure what to do. So he just held on. While Lennie was begging her to stop he was also shaking her head back and forth to the point where it broke her neck. Things like this happening just didn't make it safe for Lennie to be around anymore. At the end of the story, Curley wanted to make him suffer a painful death. George did a good thing by shooting him in the head he didn't feel a thing and it ended all the trouble he was

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