Payton Vicknair
Mrs. Parkinson
English III
14 March 2016
Of Mice and Men
How far are people willing to go to get what they want? Some people take it to extreme levels to see the limits they can reach in people. For instance, Curley, in the book Of Mice and Men, gets angry about not getting what he wants so he decides to rage. Slim being too strong for Curley to fight, he goes against Lennie and starts picking on him, thinking he won’t do anything. He was wrong. After getting George’s permission to fight back, Lennie grabs Curley’s hand and crushes it. Slim says, “This punk sure had it comin’ to him. But-Jesus! He ain’t hardly got no han’ left.” (Steinback 64) Not only did Curley get mad and try to challenge a guy who didn’t have anything to do with the fight, he got himself into this mess and ended up with a broken hand.
I think this shows off in a lot of people around us. Ever have someone push you to your limits just to get what they want? Maybe it was you when you were younger and didn’t realize it as you pulled at your mom’s pant leg in the middle of Toy’s R Us throwing a fit because she said no to the toy you wanted.
