Forgiveness
If someone came up to you and asked "A man executes his best friend in order to save him from an angry mob. Would you be able to forgive them?" What would your answer be? Well this so happened in Of Mice and Men when George shot Lennie to save him from a group of men that saught out to kill Lennie. My answer would be in George's defense he knew that the angry mob was going to tourture him and make him suffer. In this situation I would be able to forgive George because he did that out of love. George loved Lennie enough to shot him so he wouldnt have to suffer. Of Mice and Men is an amazing book that everyone should read. In any situation God forgives so why can't we?
I am so proud of the time you spent on this post! With that said, I like your comment that Goerge killed Lennie "out of love." In the book, George made sure that Lennie was happy before he died, whereas Curley's mob would not have. But with that said, George still took a life. Do you think it is okay for someone to take a life under certain circumstances? If so, what would some of those circumstances be? Just curious about your thoughts...
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