Response To John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
Dear Mr. Steinbeck, I think the ending to the book Of Mice and Men was depressing yet somehow inevitable. Personally I think that it was predicable, and helped me understand the actions of George at the end due to three rhetorical strategies, Characterization, foreshadowing, and symbols.
First of all, I think the Characterization of George played an important part in the end. George is seen as a guardian or parent sort of to lennie. He wants what's best for him, and to protect him. George could've done nothing to lennie and called the others over to get lennie. Instead of that he chose to kill Lennie, because if Curley got there, Curley would've beat lennie until he's dead, but George chose to put him out of his misery. While it was most
First of all, I think the Characterization of George played an important part in the end. George is seen as a guardian or parent sort of to lennie. He wants what's best for him, and to protect him. George could've done nothing to lennie and called the others over to get lennie. Instead of that he chose to kill Lennie, because if Curley got there, Curley would've beat lennie until he's dead, but George chose to put him out of his misery. While it was most