murder my alarm clock, jump into the shower and then, when IÆm back to my room, have to

decide what to wear. Now, for some people this may be a fairly easy decision but for others,

itÆs a painstaking, mind-boggling, headache-causing ordeal that they are forced to go through

every day of their existence. Unlucky for me, I happen to be the latter. But there are so many

decisions that need to be made by each one of us every day, and some are harder than others.

Like the decision whether to kill your best-friend or to let somebody else do it. It may sound

absurd, but thatÆs the decision George is forced to make in the end of Of Mice and Men . At

the end of the book when Lennie is being searched for, there are three choices George had. He

could run away with Lennie, not do anything and let the others kill Lennie, or kill Lennie himself.

He chose to kill his best-friend, Lennie, himself and he made the right decision. If George had

told Lennie that they were going to run away when they met down in the brush, they mightÆve

æproblemÆ that Lennie had with hurting people could be resolved with no loose ends and no

It was clear to him that there was no way Lennie could make it out of this one alive. But George

ending, or one you could really believe in?

heads. George obviously didnÆt want to die, so he couldnÆt choose to run. He just wouldÆve

wrenching thing for him to do, he knew he had done nothing wrong. It was the only way the

dog myself, George. I shouldnÆt ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.o (67) Candy had

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Approximate Word count = 777
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)