Lennie vs his society

Beatrice Zulu
Mr.Sutherland
English period 2
10.19.10 Of mice and Men Essay




In Of mice and men, there are two important characters George and Lennie , they are two men who are in California during the great depression, when most people were very poor and need to go on field to work in order to get money. Even though both men know each other very well and been to gather, they still has lots of differences. George is the small and skinny, he is also the smart one. George is like a big brother to Lennie, because he always tried to tell him what is right and wrong, he help him every time he gets in trouble. George is a good friend anyone can ask for, he sometimes sacrifice his job and ran away with Lennie when he do something wrong. He is also the one who do the speaking when they are getting jobs and he even answer some of Lennie question when he has one he can’t answer. Lennie is the huge and tall one, but he is mentally disabled and he’s a trouble maker.His brain is slow, so he always do bad things and don’t realized what he has done, till someone tell him and then his brain get caught up. These two character were faced with many conflict in this story. They had a job first in this place called Weed, but they had to ran away, because Lennie made a big trouble there, and he can go alone on his own, so he had to go with George.

The central conflict of Of mice and men, is character vs society, because Lennie is face with all the characters in the book. He got in a fight with most of them or don’t get along with most of them.Lennie always end up in a mess and even George who knows him all his life can’t still get along with him. In this story Lennie is vs his whole society.The main reason Lennie is vs all these character is because either they don’t understand him, or he also misunderstand them. Lennie is mentally disable, so lots of people decides to pick on him, or he do something wrong to them without knowing that it’s wrong. I pick two quote from the story that will support my central conflict of the story.

“I got you, you can’t keep a job and you lose me ever job i got. just keep me showing all over the country all the time. and that ain’t the worse. You get in trouble. You do bad things and i got to get you out. You crazy son-of-a-bitch. You keep me in hot water all the time”.

I chose this quote, because that was when George got really mad at Lennie and he could not take anymore of him getting in trouble. This was when they first got came from Weed and Lennie kept playing with with a dead mice. George love Lennie, but Lennie is always getting his self in trouble with something else.The reason why they had to leave Weed, was because Lennie wanted to touch a girl red dress, because he thought it was nice and he wanted to feel it.While he was touching the dress the girl got scary and started screaming, so now George and Lennie had to ran and find another job.

“You stop it now, you'll mess it all up, you let go”

I chose this quote, because this is the mean conflict of the story. Lennie was always playing with fury things and like touching soft things, so when curly wife said he could play with her hair he was happy to do it. Then he started pulling her hair. When she started screaming, he got angry,because he don’t want George to hear her screaming and get mad at him, saying that he can’t play with the rabbit anymore, so he close her mouth and pulled her hair hared. Lennie was a huge guy so his hand also covered her nose making hard for her to breath, so she die. George try to save Lennie, but he know that Lennie will never stay out of trouble so the best thing was for him to go to a place where he will be happy and don’t make anymore trouble, so George killed Lennie.

In conclusion, as i said before this story is central conflict is character vs society, because Lennie is vs George, Carly's wife, Carly, and even the bus drive that took them out of Weed. Lennie was always against his society from the beginning to the end.

I just saw another poem on the internet that i loves so much and i want to share with everyone. I love this poem, because its about my homeland and the way i feel about it is what the person wrote.

THE PRIDE TO BE AN AFRICAN

My Africa My Africa My Africa
My Africa of which everybody imitates
My Africa of which culture exceed the Greek
My Africa of which everyone is jealous of

My Africa My Africa My Africa
My Africa of enormous natural endowment
My Africa of Non-Violence
My Africa of Amorous populates

My Africa My Africa My Africa
My Africa of patriot men and women
My Africa of shelter and vintage hospitality
My Africa of great ancestral mythology

My Africa My Africa My Africa
My Africa that bore fruits of black diamonds
My Africa which is a gift to the whole world
My Africa of great leadership

My Africa My Africa My Africa
My Africa of learned youths
My Africa of a bright generation
My Africa true tradition

My Africa My Africa My Africa
My Africa of black pageant women
My Africa of strong men
My Africa from who we all hail from
For every African deserves a Nobel Prize in
Existence.
Fasan Paul

This poem is very touching and i believe every parts of this poem. This poem talk about the real Africa and not the one they show on TV that everyone is poor and dieing of HIV when that is not the truth.What do you think of it?!!!!!

poems that i like

I always be reading poems and while i was reading i found somethat are very interesting to me, here they are.
Never Have I Fallen

Your lips speak soft sweetness
Your touch a cool caress
I am lost in your magic
My heart beats within your chest

I think of you each morning
And dream of you each night
I think of your arms being around me
And cannot express my delight

Never have I fallen
But I am quickly on my way
You hold a heart in your hands
That has never before been given away

- Rex A. Williams - ,
Love Is ...

Love is the greatest feeling,
Love is like a play,
Love is what I feel for you,
Each and every day,
Love is like a smile,
Love is like a song,
Love is a great emotion,
That keeps us going strong,
I love you with my heart,
My body and my soul,
I love the way I keep loving,
Like a love I can't control,
So remember when your eyes meet mine,
I love you with all my heart,
And I have poured my entire soul into you,
Right from the very start.

- Meghan - ,
When I'm with you,
eternity is a step away,
my love continues to grow,
with each passing day.

This treasure of love,
I cherish within my soul,
how much I love you...
you'll never really know.

You bring a joy to my heart,
I've never felt before,
with each touch of your hand,
I love you more and more.

Whenever we say goodbye,
whenever we part,
know I hold you dearly,
deep inside my heart.

So these seven words,
I pray you hold true,
"Forever And Always,
I Will Love You."

- Chris Engle - ,
Love Defined

What is love, but an emotion,
So strong and so pure,
That nurtured and shared with another
All tests it will endure?

What is love, but a force
To bring the mighty low,
With the strength to shame the mountains
And halt time’s ceaseless flow?

What is love, but a triumph,
A glorious goal attained,
The union of two souls, two hearts
A bond the angels have ordained?

What is love, but a champion,
To cast the tyrant from his throne,
And raise the flag of truth and peace,
And fear of death o’erthrow?

What is love, but a beacon,
To guide the wayward heart,
A blazing light upon the shoals
That dash cherished dreams apart?

And what is love, but forever,
Eternal and sincere,
A flame that through wax and wane
Will outlive life’s brief years?

So I’ll tell it on the mountaintops,
In all places high and low,
That love for you is my reason to be,
And will never break or bow.

- Matt Dubois -
These are all the poems that i really enjoyed reading and they also help me have ideas of my next poems. Do you like them?