... when he was getting paid. The evil in the pearl had reached the heart of the doctor. The pearl's evil did not restrict itself to infecting Kino's peers; it also affected Kino himself. He wanted to sell the pearl and use the money to better his family's standard of living. He had dreams and goals that all depended on the pearl. When Juana wanted ... when George is forced to kill Lennie to save him from the mob. George kills a part of himself, the part that was his dream. When George shoots Lennie, he is not destroying only the shared dream. He is also destroying the thing that makes him ...

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... own where they "won't have to answer to no one" and "live off the land". CLIMAX AND RESOLUTION FROM THE CONFLICTS Man against Man: This clearly fits how George feels about Lennie and how he struggles between being a good friend and his own selfishness. At the climax of the novel, Lennie's accidental killing of the women shatters the dream shared by George.George must kill Lennie himself. He alone has ... . EVALUATION The story tries to explaining the importance of a close friendship or relationship between two people. So during the story Steinbach goes into detail about how George and Le...

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... the end, George is forced to kill his best friend, Lennie. George is affected by this in many ways. The fact that George killed Lennie may have freed George from caring for him but he now faces a new type of entrapment. There is also a great significance about how Steinbeck ends the novel. Steinbeck's conclusion is very cynical. Lennie's death may have been necessary but it greatly affected George. Killing Lennie meant George no longer ... each other to survive. George did Lennie's thinking for him and tried to keep him out of trouble. But there is a question about why George needed Len...

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... He knows lots of gossip and tells George and Lennie about how the boss victimizes Crooks. Candy is lonely his only friend is his dog. He has had it since it was a puppy but everybody else in the ranch is threatening to kill it because it is useless. This ... because they were both lonely and they started to become friends. Crooks shares the same dream as George and Lennie which is they will live "off the fat of a land" and have rabbits to tend and look after the acres they hope they will have. Curley's wife she is also a loner. ... to struggle violently Lennie wondered why she had stop...

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... are made, most of the time, in my opinion, to motivate people so they have something they think will come true to look forward to. I have a few dreams. One of my dreams is to sky dive. I have wanted to do this for a long time, and I do think that this dream is achievable. Another dream I have is to be one of the best session drummers in the world. ... Lennie, but George never abandoned Lennie because of pity, because Lennie's Aunt had asked George to look after Lennie, and because George had grown up with Lennie. Many other characters in the novel found George and Lennie's relationship, a...

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... course Candy loves his dog and because the dog was so good once, Candy wants to take care of him until it dies. Carlson asks him repetitively why the dog cannot be shot. He also explains to him in detail how Candy should kill the dog "`If you was to take him out and shoot him right in the back of his head right -' he ... farm. Candy tells them at their arrival, that the boss is very angry with them because they did not arrived the day before, as they were said to by contract. He remarks that the boss "gave the stable buck hell- (Steinbeck 27) and after George's inquiry, Candy begins tel...

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... was in the barn looking after the pups Curly was playing horseshoe and his wife was on her own. She noticed Lennie in the barn and walked over to the barn where she sat down and started to talk to Lennie. This is how I became to kill Lennie. It was a fine summers evening when one of the guys suggested that we play a game of horseshoe outside. I say yes ... Curleys wife walked into the barn. I told Lennie not to talk to her even if she talked to you because I knew she was trouble. She started talking to Lennie about how lonely she was and Lennie remembering what I told him kindly says I ...

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• Grade Level: High School