Powerless

Powerless

     Lennie feels powerless throughout the novel because he isn't very intelligent. He also feels powerless because his decisions are always being  judged or criticised by George. George controls Lennie's actions all of the time so he rarely gets to think for himself. The only time Lennie felt powerful is when he killed Curley's wife. Lennie made a mistake when he did that and he would have gone to jail if George wouldn't have killed him. Even though Lennie dies, it was probably the best thing to do. If George didn't do it, Curley would have.

     The only time i have ever felt powerless was when i fell from the air during a stunt at cheer practice. I cant catch myself when I'm 10 feet above the ground so i was depending on my bases. They didn't catch me so i tumbled to the floor very hard. I felt very powerless because i couldn't do anything to save myself from falling. It was my bases job to catch me and they didn't so i couldn't do anything but wait until the ground caught up with me.

     I was truly powerless during my fall. When your falling from the air you cant do much but wait until you hit the ground. I had no options but to close my eyes and hope i wont break anything.  It was very frustrating for my to have to wait until i hit the ground. My bases , whom i depended on didn't do their job and that made me very mad. It wasn't my choice to fall but it was my choice to get back up. When you fall in life you have to always get bakc up and try again. :)