The Paths We Choose Essay -- John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men

To take someones life is it truly wrong? This is not that simple of a question, because every time a life is interpreted it isnt out of shivery blood. Sometimes it is just the opposite of that thought. The portrayal of George and Carlson in the book Of Mice and Men is of life takers. They differ by moral standings the bonds they dower with the character is life they take, and how take that characters life affects them. While George takes a life out of mercy, Carlson did what he thought was necessary. They made the same decision for opposite reasons and different earnings of why it had to be done. George is hot tempered older br separate figure to Lennie who is a big and gentle but deadly guy on the other hand, Carlson is a ranch hand with no really close connections. George was asked by Aunt Clara to promise to take care of Lennie. He sees Lennie as a gull brother that doesnt know any better George is li fe bound to Lennie, not just thought the promise he made, but Georges feature love for him. When Lennie is sad to calm him down, he invented a story of a ranch with bunnies with the promise that they leave, and go there when they are old. He cares for Lennie so overmuch he starts to believe his own story Skip town leaves jobs just for Lennie sake. Carlson is a selfish man. If something no longer has a use, he gets rid of it that weenie was a great sheep dog in it prime is something Candy would have said to Carlson. If something has no value theres no need for it to live on anymore. Basically Carlson cutting himself off from others, so he wont get attached to them once they are no longer usefully. He will shed them homogeneous a snake shads skin, but while it may soun... ...f a question, because every time a life is taken it isnt out of cold blood. As we see with George, your moral character may say that its wrong, but if its a family member, your brother, your sister, even you r best friend who was in trouble, and a group was after them, and there was no other choice theyre going to die if the group got to them they were going to be torched. Like Clarkson, we also understand the means of necessity if something doesnt work you throw it out, or in his case, kill it. For George victorious a life is hard, even harder when the life youre taking is closer to you, and to put that responsibility in someone else hand is cruel to those you care for .Carlson has no problem with taking life it is not he doesnt care about life, just to him it is necessary for life to be taken, and the outcome is not different no matter who pulls the trigger.