Cruel or Kind

Sometimes cruel and kind blends with each other. Sometimes being kind is to be cruel, such as sarcasm, trickery, or traps. Sometimes it's the other way, being cruel to be kind, such as protection with strict rules and warnings. Also, a person can both be kind in some ways and cruel in some ways. A person can be cruel to someone and kind to someone. In Of Mice and Man, After Candy know about the situations, or partial situation, of George and Lennie, he decides to help out by telling them information and gossips about the ranch. One act of cruelty from Candy is when they first met, Candy disliked George and Lennie and didn't help them out. An act of kindness toward Lennie from George is basically everything George do with Lennie, taking care of him, feeding him, getting him a job, and accompanying him. However, at times, George would be cruel and mean to Lennie but that wasn't his true intention, all he want to do for Lennie is protection from the cruel world and at times, he has to be mean for Lennie to obey the instructions that is helpful to him. Another example is Crooks. He is sometimes cynical and ignorant to other people and that's the cruel side of him. However, after we learn more about him we learn that he just wants company. In reality, it is almost impossible that an individual is cruel all the way to his core or is kind and only does good things. It is most probably a mixture of good and bad qualities and everyone is like that, this is why if we know a person fully, it is almost impossible to hate someone.