Life could always be worse…..

“I’d pet ‘em, and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead – because they was so little”

This whole book made me feel sad and almost made me cry. I would hate to live with the mental ability of Lennie…..Especially if I knew that I was smart and able and agile before I became mentally “ill.” But I don’t really think that’s a good word for it….I don’t know what a good word would be…….but I just don’t like thinking it as a sickness…..

 “Where the hell is that god damn nigger?”

 I also hate the prejudice and the dislike of people in this book, because it is very sad and disheartening. Because it really happens and so many people are affected by it….some people even kill themselves or just live unhappy lives. And NO person deserves that. No one on this earth deserves to be treated like animals or worse…..everyone deserves atleast some respect.

“He pulled the trigger……Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand.”

God it must have been hell to have to kill his friend like that. It would kill me. It would be the most agonizing things to do in life. I would probably lose my mind and/or check myself into the psych ward, because I wouldn’t be able to go on. So I feel for George and I cried horribly when I read this…..I just wanted to hug George.

 “’ I thought you was mad at me, George.”

Lennie said this with such innocence that I bawled basically…..Because he doesn’t really understand the severity of what he did…..And he doesn’t realize that his life is about to end, by George’s hand…..It broke my heart……Its like he’s a little kid and he doesn’t know any better…..

I loved and hated this book…..I love it for its well written and its awesome storyline…..But I hate it for the emotions it pulled out of me….This is the only book that has ever really made me cry. So it was that well written….I LOVE/ hated it…….I wish I could go in the book and hug each of them….

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