OMAM+Essay

Of Mice and Men Life has many difficult situations that deal with hard times. What if a friend is in trouble and the choice is to let him die a painful death or giving him a quick and painless death. Could you do it? When George killed Lennie in the book Of Mice and Men, George did the right thing. George killed Lennie because he cares for him. They traveled everywhere together, and they’re always looking after each other. In the book George said that Lennie was his cousin, his exact words were, “Yea, we’re cousins” (which is not true but that meant a lot to Lennie) (Steinbeck 23). Also they have the idea of there American dream, “We’re gonna get a little place of our own and have rabbits for you to tend” (Steinbeck 14). George said to Lennie. It is like they are joined at the hip. George should not feel sad about killing Lennie, because he did him a favor. If it were not for George, Lennie would have died a slow and painful death. Curly said it himself that he was going to shot Lennie in the stomach and watch him bleed to death, his exact words were, “I’m gonna get him. I’m gonna get my shotgun. I’ll kill the big son of a bitch myself. I’ll shoot ‘im in the guts” (Steinbeck 96). When he shot Lennie, in the back of his head, it was a quick and pain free death. If George did not kill Lennie, Lennie would have died a slow and very painful death from a shot in the stomach. Exact words that curly said was “I’m gonna get him. I’m gonna get my shotgun. I’ll kill the big son of a bitch myself. I’ll shoot ‘im in the guts” (Steinbeck 96). George made it that that was not going to happen, so he shot Lennie in the back of the head with a Lugar. Then instead of getting in trouble he told the guys that Lennie had Carlson’s Lugar and he got it from him and shot him in the back of the head. Exact words “How’d you do it? I just done it. Did he have the gun? Yeah. An’ you got it away from him and you took it an’ you killed him? Yeah.” (Steinbeck 107). George cared for Lennie in the sense that they were like relation. That's why, when George killed Lennie, George did the right thing, because he killed Lennie be cause he cared for him. He should not feel sad about killing Lennie, because he did Lennie a favor. Also if he did not kill Lennie, Lennie would have died a slow and painful death.

I. Intro: Life has many difficult situation that deals with hard times, but what about if a friend is in trouble and the choice is to let them die a painful death or you giving them quick and painless death. Could you do it? Thesis: In the book //Of Mice and Men// when George killed Lennie, George did the right thing.

II. Topic Sentence#1 George killed Lennie because he cares for him. In the book George and Lennie travel every where together. It is like they are joined at the hip. One of them is always looking out for the other one.

III. TS#2 George should not feel sad about killing Lennie, because he did Lennie a favor. If it was not for George, Lennie would have been shot in the stomach and left to bleed to death. When he shot Lennie it was quick and painless.

IV. TS#3 If George did not kill Lennie, Lennie would have died a slow and painful death. Curly said that he was going to shot Lennie in the stomach and let him bleed. George just made it that, that was not going to happen.

V. Conclusion: That's why when George killed Lennie, George did the right thing, because he killed Lennie be cause he cared for him. He should not feel sad about killing Lennie, because he did Lennie a favor. Also if he did not kill Lennie, Lennie would have died a slow and painful death.

Two quotes per paragraph

Ordering Paragraphs 1. Chronological order- the order in which things occured. 2. Least to the most significant 3. Cause and effect

I. INTRODUCTION · Begin the introduction with something exciting to catch the reader’s attention. · The thesis should be the last sentence in the introduction.

A. THESIS: (Write the thesis statement here. The thesis is the main point of your entire paper.)

II. Topic Sentence #1: (Write the first topic sentence here.) · Topic Sentence = the main idea of that paragraph. It should be the first sentence in each body paragraph. EXPLANATION: Elaborate on the topic sentence. Go into more detail with the explanation). A. Supporting details, examples, facts, etc. B. Supporting details, examples, facts, etc.

QUOTATIONS: List any quotes that support the claims. Be sure to include endnotes: (author's last name pg. #) Example: (Steinbeck 54)

III. Topic Sentence #2: (Write the second topic sentence here.)

(SAME SET UP AS IN BODY PARAGRAPH II) EX



IV. Topic Sentence #3: (Write the third topic sentence here.)

(SAME SET UP AS IN BODY PARAGRAPH II & III)

V. CONCLUSION · The THESIS is the first sentence in the conclusion, but it should be restated in different wording. · Restate the topic sentences (in different wording). · End with something really exciting!