Of Mice and Men
 
(Essay #2)
 
The book that I have read that has really stayed with me is
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. I really enjoyed reading
it which is unusual because I usualy don't enjoy reading
too much. There was something about George and Lennie's
friendship that really made me think. Seeing how they were
and how they shared life was really intresting. George
didn't have to bother with Lennie, he could have abandoned
him and gone on his own way. But he did not do that and
chose to stay with Lennie watching over him almost like a
parent watches a child. Even though Lennie always got
Georege in trouble, George never stoped loving him and
always stood by him. The friendship they shared went beyond
what was transparent they each shared a dream and both knew
they meant the world to each other. I felt that if these
totaly different people could get along and look out for
each other, why can't we get along with people who are
different than we. They made me realize that I could learn
something from how to treat people who are different than
I. What I also liked about it was the way they never
stopped trying to reach their dream. This made me think
that if they could work hard for there dream why can't I.
It showed me that it does not matter were you come from or
what you do, it is okay to dream and work as hard as you
can to reach it . For all it shows for friendship and
loyalty it also shows how sometimes you have to do things
you never thought you would do. For example in the end when
George is forced to shoot Lennie in the head you would
never have thought he would do that, but you can see that
under the circumstances he had no other choice. He only had
two choices; let the other people get to him first and
watch them torture Lennie while he died a long horrible
death or do it himself and get it over quickly and Lennie
would not know what hit him. This is also true in life. 
Many times we are faced with tough choices and even though
they may be the hardest ones you will have to go through,
you know that that is the only way. You come to the
realization that everything you thought you were about, can
all change with a blink of the eye.