Of Mice And Men Narrative Analysis

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Of Mice and Men Narrative Writing - Life After Lennie “George, are you gonna’ be okay?” Slim asked quietly. George said nothing as he continued to walk ahead of Slim. The air seemed thin, and as the sun began to set, it had seemed everything had just stopped for a moment. George then took one final look back at pond, and his beloved friend, before he had returned. When he had returned, there was nothing but silence from Candy, and Slim. The next two weeks went on as they always did, until George had received his fifty bucks. Before leaving, George stopped by Candy. “I’ll be back, in a couple of days, then we’re going off,” George told Candy, “let's start over.” “I’m happy we can still do this,” Candy replied, “I’ll let Crooks know just in …show more content…

It was the only thing he thought about, because he still wasn’t able to sleep, remembering the day he killed Lennie. The only person he had promised to take care of after Lennie’s Aunt had died. The next morning Candy, Crooks, and George go to get some breakfast. On arrival to their restaurant, Candy breaks the silence. “Listen George, we can talk about what happened,” Candy stated, “are you sure you're fine?” “Let’s not talk about it.” George replied. While Candy and Crooks had small talk, George remained silent. They then started to build up their dream slowly by getting chickens for their eggs and meat. Later on they were able to get the rabbits that Lennie had always wanted, and made just enough money to be able to survive. Although Lennie was never able to achieve his dream. George was able to achieve it for him. This type of lifestyle went on for years until they became successful and busy workers that made them enough money to go to ball games, buy their alcohol and live happy lives. I believe that John Steinbeck should have put something ending similar to this so at least it makes us feel good that the dream was achieved in the end, instead of just leaving us in the dark to assume what might of happened later on in George’s

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