Of Mice And Men
According to the anonymous proverb, “character, like tea, reveals strengths in hot water,” meaning, what does the character do when faced with conflict. In the novel, , by John Steinbeck, George shows his strengths in two ways, one was taking on Lennie and the second was to slay Lennie at the end. And in the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Romeo is also considered to be a strong character for two reasons also, one was against all odds, falling in love with his parents worst enemies’ daughter. The second was killing himself out of pure love for the women he loved.
George shows strong characteristics in this novel. One of these ways is taking on Lennie as a ...
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was taking the life of a friend, out of love and compassion. He also did it out of respect, so Lennie could die with dignity.
“George was quite for a moment. “But not us,” he said. “Because____” “Because I got you an’____” “An I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us,” Lennie cried in triumph. George cared, he cared a lot about Lennie.
“And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he bought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. His hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger, The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and back down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering. George shivered and looked at the gun, and then he threw it from him, back up on the bank, near the pile of old ashes.” George was very upset and shocked that he did that. But he also did not want to see Lennie tortured by the guys. Lennie meant to ...
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