Analysis Of Sacrifice In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Curley’s wife is a woman who likes to acknowledge she exists when she walks around the man being a “tort”. In Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, he discusses about how life can be cruel. Friendships everywhere can be very complex and become a sacrifice. George and Lennie are close, Lennie believes whenever he is with George, he feels protected. Although, George cares for Lennie, things turn out to be unexpected… Georges and Lennie’s friendship are extremely complex. Lennie loves his life, but he needs Georges help to make it better. He depends on George for everything. “George lay back on the sand and crossed his hands under his head, and Lennie imitated him, raising his head to see whether he were doing it right (Paragraph 1). Lennie’s dream is to live with George and have rabbits and different kinds of animals; George doesn’t want to let Lennie down, so he kills him. “We’ll have a cow… an’ we’ll have maybe a pig… George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle close to the back of Lennie’s head… He pulled the trigger.”(Paragraph 6). However, George did kill Lennie but he did end it well. He didn’t want to hurt him another way. Friendships can be complex and according to Lennie and George …show more content…
Curley’s wife wanted to be known as someone who’s well known, but she married Curley. “Went out to the Riverside Dance Palace with him. He says he was gonna put me in the movies…I don’t like Curley. He aint a nice fella” (chapter 5 page 88-89). She didn’t accomplish her dreams due to marrying Curley. “I married Curley” (Chapter 5 page 88). Although, throughout the story she tells Lennie that she could accomplish her dreams. Curley’s wife says, “you bet” to the end of her sentence could mean that she is trying to make herself believe that her dreams could come true. “If I’d went, I wouldn’t be livin’ like this, you bet” (Chapter 5 page