Monday, February 2, 2009

Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
29 January 09
Sad:
An essay about the end of Mice and Men.


There are so many different ways books can make you feel. They can make you happy, sad, and make you think about the book. I felt all of those things in this book Of Mice and Men. Some parts of this book made me happy or sad, and most of all it made me think about the book, and especially the ending.


(TS) As I think about the end to this very sad book, I feel a lot of different emotions. (SD) When I think about the question, did George do the right thing; a lot pops into my head. (CM) I think that Gorge did do the right thing, and he also didn’t do the right thing. (CM) One of the reasons why I think he did do the right thing is because if all the men from the ranch caught Lennie then they would have tormented him and ended up killing him. (SD) When I have a lot of different emotions when I think about the end of this book.. (CM) One of the things that I felt right away was sadness. (CM) If I was sad just reading the words in the book, I don’t know how George would have felt having to kill, someone that was like his brother. (SD) Another thing that I was thinking of when George shot Lennie was that Lennie didn’t mean to do those things. (CM) Even though he killed somebody and that is a horrible thing to do Lennie didn’t understand what he was doing and also didn’t know what he was doing. (CM) “I done a real bad thing,” This quote explains that Lennie really doesn’t mean to hurt anybody. (CM) One of the reasons why he didn’t know that he was hurting anybody was that he didn’t realize how strong he was and didn’t realize he was capable of doing that. (CS) In the end I don’t think Lennie disserved to die.


If I could ask George one question, it would be, Why did you kill Lennie? After finishing the book Of Mice and Men I would understand, but also wonder why he killed Lennie. After feeling happy in this book, but at the end feeling very sad I could imagine the situation George was in. This was definitely a book that made me feel sad, happy, and also think about the story at the same time.

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