This was the complete opposite of the books ending because George didn’t care as much for killing Lennie as he did in the book. The themes were also different. For example, the friendship Lennie and George had. The two characters, George and Lennie, had a very trustful and kind relationship. In the book, George cared for Lennie and was always there for him.
Although George sees him as a frustration without him he wouldn’t be George. When Lennie and George are apart a bad terrible thing happens, Lennie kills Curley’s wife and causes his own death as well. George kills Lennie out of love and even though he didn’t want to at least he didn’t let some stranger do it. Throughout the book Lennie always knows at least one thing to be true, he always has George. In a couple of spots in the book Lennie remembers and repeats, “Because I got you, and you got me”.
Lennie needs George, but it is equally true that George needs Lennie as well. George was also a harsh, mean and derogatory to Lennie, however, it is also very evident that George never left Lennie despite his life would have mean much easier without him. Lennie is George's hardship, but George loves him regardless. Since the death of Lennie's Aunt Clara, George took it upon himself to take responsibility of him and his special needs by finding him jobs, feeding him, and making sure he is safe. Their mutual dependence on one another is what keeps George and Lennie together.
Friendship and Human Morality in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men There comes a time in our lives when the harder decisions we have to make are also the moral ones. In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men George is faced with the most dreadful decision on whether or not to end Lennie’s life and chooses the moral solution on behalf of Lennie’s own good and well being. George’s decision in killing Lennie is a true definition of human morality and friendship, because not only does he give up his own happiness for Lennie but gives him a much happier and painless death and freedom from the world Lennie truly couldn’t succeed in, giving off,” A sense not of realism but of reality” as stated in R.W.B Lewis’ article “John Steinbeck the Fitful Daemon” (512). Throughout the novel readers come to learn that Lennie and George have been together for years, George being Lennie’s primary caretaker. He goes about living a life it seems he doesn’t want and goes without little reward for the task he has taken (besides friendship and a friend in Lennie).
The friendship that George and Lennie share forms the core of the novella, and although Steinbeck idealizes and perhaps exaggerates it, he never questions its sincerity. From Lennie’s perspective, George is the most important person in his life, his guardian and only friend. Every time he does anything that he knows is wrong, his first thought is of George’s disapproval. He doesn’t defend himself from Curley because of George’s stern instruction for him to stay out of trouble, and when he mistakenly kills his puppy and then Curley’s wife, his only thought is how to quell George’s anger. He has a childlike faith that George will always be there for him, a faith that seems justified, given their long history together.
‘I ain’t mad. I never been mad an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing i want you to know.’ (pg.106, Of mice and Men. John Steinbeck. 1993) Its is evident that there was no choice for George but to do it himself than let any of the other strangers kill Lennie, he knew that there was no chance left for Lennie and it was for the best, because George was able to do it, that shows how deep his friendship goes and how much he cared about Lennie.
Even though Gimpel’s wife, Elka, was never faithful to him, he was still a happy man. The townspeople and even the Rabbi told him of her infidelities, but he placed his faith in his wife. He did not have a reason to not believe her, so he trusted that she was faithful. Gimpel defeats the bitterness buy having a steadfast belief in human goodness and accepts his life as it is. ( Britannica) In today’s
Fifth, mutual respect is one of the greatest strengths of my family. We value each other very much and do not intrude with each other’s very personal businesses. Even though we are family, we still respect each other’s civil rights. Fifth, my family is resilient. In times of failure or hardships, we always tend to be happy and be positive.
In “The Lesson”, Wolff says that even though it wasn't their choice, they felt what they did was justified. “The process by which we helped lay waste to My Tho seemed not of our making and at all times necessary and right.” In contrast, the narrator in “The Man He Killed” seems to think that it was pointless and if they only met at a bar, they would have had a grand time. “You shoot a fellow down/ You'd treat, if met where any bar is,/Or help to half-a-crown.“ (Hardy, lines 18-20) 3. “The Man He Killed” makes me think of the American civil war. There were families that were fighting against each other.
In "Of Mice and Mens" conclusion George shoots Lennie in the back of the head. Some people believe that George made the right decision, by killing Lennie mercifully, I am among those people. Others negatively judge his actions because they don't think it was his decision to make. I have to disagree with the people that say it wasn't his decision because he was Lennie's sole care-taker following Lennie's aunts death. George is really the only person that could make that heart-wrenching decision.