Of Mice and Men - Dear Journal, I am so lonely without that that big bastard, Lennie.

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Alex Paraskeva

Of Mice and Men

Dear Journal,

        I am so lonely without that that big bastard, Lennie. I know it was the best thing for him but I really loved that guy. He was just a harmless giant and I should never have shot him, We could of run to the mountains and tried to live there until the whole commotion of that tramp’s death died down, He never deserved to die he just did not know his own strength, and Curley the son of a bitch just had it in for him right from the start. I cannot believe how badly I am taking his death, I guess spending all those years together I made a real friend, yet I was so horrible to him like that time I told Lennie to jump into the Sacramento River and he did it, except for when I had to jump in and save him the idiot was so grateful that he had forgotten what I had just made him do. I really feel like I let down his Aunt Clara she would expected me to be more responsible and take better care of him.

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            I remember the way his huge shapeless face would glimmer with joy whenever I told him about the dream, to hell with that idea now, having our own place really did not seem that far off from a reality back in his last couple of months yet now that dreams all but finished, especially since I started work at this new ranch where everybody treats me like dirt and have me bucking more crops than even Lennie could of carried. I just wish I could see his face light up again, when I said ...

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