Of Mice And Men Fate Analysis

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6th Period Choices and Regret By Isreal Yancey Have you ever made a choice in life that made you regret it? Did fate made a cruel turn of events in your life before? Can you fix a bad choice that isn’t permanent? Choices in the Mice and Men by John Steinbeck had some cruel decisions for these characters by fate or themselves. Life and fate the three characters of Curley’s wife, Candy/Carlson, and George are the characters I’m going to discuss in this essay.Curley’s wife made some tough decisions in her life and she isn’t too happy with those decisions. Marrying moving with Curley was the first decision that she made because she had no one else she could find for money in the and she had no job. In the 1930s the only way women can make money …show more content…

Another piece of evidence for wanting a social life and attention is Curley’s wife saying, “...I met with one of the actors. He says I could go with show.” and shows have a lot of attention and more people to talk to after the show. The last decision she made was talking to Lennie the barn ALONE with no idea how disabled he is. This was a big turning point in the story for Curley’s wife and Lennie when she let Lennie touch her hair without stopping, which caused her to panic then Lennie starts to panic when she started screaming and after awhile died when Lennie broke her neck.Candy has some regret about some of the choices he made. When the people in the bunkhouse started complaining about the old smelly dog Candy had, Carlson suggested it to be put down. Candy thought his dog was just fine didn’t want him to be put down but Slim said he had to be put down. Candy didn’t have choice but listen even though he wanted to defend the poor old dog, so he told Carlson to shoot it. Carlson said it would be quick and Candy didn’t want to know or put down the dog himself at the time,but later he regrets not put it down

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