Mother Teresa once said, “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” This quote fits with the novel Of Mice and Men so well because the people are struggling to find a friend, no matter who they are, they are all lonely. George Milton and Lennie Smalls were two men that had the American Dream, but due to the living conditions they had and the metal stability of Lennie, their dream became way harder to accomplish. Lennie was caught for doing something that he could never change. So George had to get rid of Lennie, and their dream became non-existent since Lennie was dead. I believe that George was wrong for killing Lennie because he could have let Lennie run away, he could have found a better way, and he could …show more content…
Although he didn’t want Lennie to suffer, he could have found a way to get him out of it. All he needed to do was try his hardest to save Lennie’s life in the best way possible for the both of them. First, George could have let Curley and the rest of the guys handle getting rid of Lennie. Since Lennie did something to Curley’s wife, and his hand Curley had the motivation to shoot him, and make him suffer. The text states, “‘That big son-of-a-bitch done it. I know he done it. Why-- ever’body else was out there playin’ horseshoes.’ He worked himself into a fury. ‘I’m gonna get that son-of-a-bitch myself. I’ll shoot ‘im in the guts. Come on, you guys.” Curley also said, “‘I’m goin’,” he said. ‘I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big bastard myself, even if I only got one hand. I’m gonna get …show more content…
George could have had Slim help him in getting him to a place that tries helps people like Lennie, because that’s better than him being dead. The text states, “Couldn’ we maybe bring him in an’ they’ll lock him up? He’s nuts, Slim. He never done this to be mean.” George says, “Now listen. We gotta tell the guys. They got to bring him in, I guess. They ain’t no way out. Maybe they won’t hurt ‘im.” Slim add to the conversation, “If we could keep Curley in, we might. But Curley’s gonna want to shoot ‘im. Curley’s still mad about his hand. An’ s’pose they lock him up an’ strap him down and put him in a cage. That ain’t no good,
There are many different justifications one could come up with regarding George killing Lennie at the end of Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men. 1. George knows that if Curley and the other men find Lennie that they will kill him. George also knows that Curley is still angry with Lennie for breaking his hand and that Curley will not be killing Lennie as a "sympathy" killing. Instead, Curley will, instead, kill Lennie as an act of revenge.
The agreement is yes George should have killed Lennie in Of Mice and Men, the reasons are that Curley would have killed him anyway and that they didn’t have enough money for a trail. George should not have killed Lennie because Curley would have killed him anyway. You know this because of this quote “ I’m gonna get him. I’m going for my shotgun. I’ll kill that big son-of-a-bitch myself.
George had to shoot Lennie. If Curley had shot him first, he probably would have died a slow and painful death. The police might have found him, and put him either in prison, an asylum or had him executed. Even if he escaped those fates, he would still be a danger to those around him. None of these outcomes would have been better than the relatively painless death he died.
George did the right thing by killing Lennie for multiple reasons. First off, if George did not kill Lennie, he would have suffered a much worse fate with the mob. He did the right thing by putting him out of his misery in the best way. The mob would have tortured him but George provided an instant and almost painless death
George should have killed Lennie because Lennie could have been sent to a prison, to a mental institution, if George wouldn’t have gotten there before Curley and Lennie would have been tortured by Curley and suffered a very long painful death, another reason that George should have killed Lennie
However this is not right, the way Lennie die should be considered murder. Sure he did do some bad things at some times but he was clueless about everything he was doing. George should be brought to justice for Lennie's death.
They’ll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog,” (72, 3). The “booby hatch” was slang for a mental asylum, where abuse was common. Soon after Lennie kills Curley’s wife, a lynch mob (similar to the one in Weed) assembles to chase and kill him. Curley wanted to “shoot ‘im in the guts” and he instructed the others to do so (96-97). Although the novel goes only this far in description, it is clear that Curley was going to do more to Lennie than shoot him.
Despite the obstacles the two face together, they continue to push on until Lennie does a terrible thing and George is forced to do something just as worse. I believe George was justified to kill Lennie because it prevented torture for the both of them in the long run and Lennie would never learn to understand when enough is enough and how to cope with the bad in life. If George was found with Lennie, he would also be faced with the repercussions of being affiliated with him.
George did not want lennie to die of a horrible death. George had to kill his own friend so he did not die a terrible death by Curley. George and Lennie are best friends and he had to kill his own friend. He did not want to suffer when he is dying, he could just put him out of his misery. Killing Lennie at the end forces for George too either work at the ranch or to have a ranch without his best friend by his side.
In the book of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck we are arguing whether or not that George killing Lennie was a good idea. I think that George made the right choice when choosing to kill Lennie because Curley would have hurt Lennie worse, Lennie was happy when he died and he would not have been if Curley killed him, and Lennie would have done more bad things if he wasn’t stopped. Curley would have hurt Lennie worse because he was still mad about his hand so Lennie would have been sad and he would have suffered. Curley said “I’ll kill him, I’ll shoot him in the guts. ”(Steinbeck 48)
In the book, George and Slim said to each other, “Couldn’ we maybe bring him in an’ they’ll lock him up? He’s nuts, Slim. He never done this to be mean” … “ If we could keep Curley in, we might. But Curley’s gonna want to shoot ‘im. … “An’ s’pose they lock him up an’ strap him down and put him in a cage.
George didn’t want Lennie to die a painful death, so he went up, found Lennie, and he shot him in the back of the head when he wasn’t looking. Making Lennie die a painless death. “He pulled the trigger... Lennie...lay without quivering”. This shows that George didn’t want Lennie to die, but if he were to die, he wanted Lennie to not feel pain.
In the novella, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, George’s decision to kill Lennie at the end of the novel was justified. George and Lennie were best friends, and have been since they were little. They got ran out of Weed(the old farm they used to work at) for harassing a girl and not letting her go. He was just scared from her screaming and kicking. He didn’t mean to harm, or scare her.
Curley used this as an excuse to kill Lennie. He really wanted to kill Lennie because he destroyed his hand though. Curley said he was going to blow Lennie's guts out and make him suffer and be in pain. George prevented this by shooting Lennie in the back of the head and ending him quickly. George killed lennie because if he didn’t, Curley would have made him suffer.
I'm going for my shotgun. I'll kill the big son-of-a-bitch myself. I'll shoot 'im in the guts. Come on, you guys"(48). This quote means that Lennie is going to be murdered no matter what.