Of Mice and Men
By: Jessica • Essay • 415 Words • April 5, 2010 • 1,060 Views
Of Mice and Men
Why do we have dreams? We have dreams because that is what we want in life. With out a dream we would have no reason to live. In the book Of Mice And Men there is lennie an george who share a dream of copanionship. Lennie is a large, mentlly handicapped man. Lennie need George because of his handicap. He would be all alone and probably grow up to be ignorant and may hurt other people. For example in the beginning of the book he drinks some water out of a rivver that isn't running. George tell him he shouldn't drink water that isn't
running because it may have bacteria in it. Lenny had no response to George. This prove lennies ignorance. He is because he had killed Curly's Wife, a mouse, and a puppy. Lennie killed Curly's Wife because she asked him if he want edth feel her soft hair. Lennie felt her hair and got carried away. She had gotten frightend and started screaming. lennie got frieghtend and started to shack here and then ended up breaking her neck. George is a small man. He took care of Lennie since Lennie was a little boy. George needs Lennie because George gets Lennies paycheck. He get Lennies paycheck to help them get closer to their dream. George also needs Lennies freindship. In the book George says "Guys like us, that work on ranches are the lonliest guys in the world. They got no family. They dont belong no place."