Spoiler Alert: At the end of the book “Of Mice and Men”, George kills Lennie. It was a controversial death, with people from one side saying that George’s decision was justified, while others disagree and say that it was not justified. George’s decision to kill Lennie was justified by the fact that he had always looked out for Lennie, Lennie was going to die anyway, and he couldn’t bear to watch Lennie be tortured by the other workers. First, George had been looking out for Lennie since before the book started. This is told to us in a dialog between George and Slim. George says the he had been looking out for Lennie for a long time. At first he liked to play tricks on Lennie, but after one, Lennie almost drowned, so George vowed to watch …show more content…
Lennie had accidentally killed one of the farm workers wife. The workers banded together to track him down and kill him. When George learned of this, he stole Carlson’s gun and set out with the workers to find Lennie. When George found Lennie, he realized that the workers would not let him go to jail. They would either shoot him on the spot or catch him and string him up on a tree. George weighed all of his options before deciding to kill Lennie in the most humane way possible. He told him about all of the wonderful things that they would do together before he shot him in the back of the head. Lastly, George couldn’t bear to watch the workers torture Lennie. The leader of the workers, Curley, wanted to make Lennie pay for killing his wife. Curley decreed that if Lennie was found to shoot him in the stomach and let his guts spill out. This would make his death long and painful. George couldn’t bear to watch Lennie being tortured by the workers like this so he pulled out Carlson’s Luger and placed a bullet into his head, ending his life in the quickest way possible. All in all, George’s decision to kill Lennie was justified by the fact that George was Lennie’s keeper, there was no possible way to save Lennie, and he didn’t want Lennie’s death to be slow and
Do You think it was alright for George to Lennie? There are many reasons to sway your decision shown in this book. In Of Mice and Men it was ok for George to kill Lennie because he was doing it for Lennie’s good, it showed in the symbolism of Candy’s dog and it was for the betterment of George’s future . If he didn’t Lennie would either been shot or had to rot away in a mental institution. First George shot Lennie for Lennie’s own good.
Although many people may believe George killed Lennie for selfish reasons, George shooting Lennie was actually the right thing to do and put Lennie to rest humanely. There are many reasons why some people believe that George killed Lennie for selfish and the wrong reasons. Some of those reasons are that George did not want to carry around the burden of Lennie anymore. Yes, this may be true
George protects Lennie in many ways within the book. At the end of the book, Lennie committed a serious act which could jeopardize him and George's’ dream of a farm. George had told Lennie to go to and hide in the brush if he’s in trouble. George met him there alone and shot him. George shot Lennie
George articulates and physically shows his protective nature towards his faithful companion throughout the book. Before George and Lennie’s arrival at Weed, trouble that Lennie causes keeps them in a harm’s way. After he allegedly raped a girl on the farm in Maine where they had been working, the fellow laborers search to kill Lennie and George hid in a gutter with him for Lennie’s safety.
While Lennie is out playing with the puppies, George is talking to Slim about George’s and Lennie’s relationship together. George is telling Slim about some of the good memories they have had and says
Character traits shapes how everyone expresses their feelings and simultaneously build up great values within people who makes effort. However, a crisis may crush their identity instantly. Countless tremendous changes might occur during the process. For example, the loss of control over oneself might hurt someone. During the stage of crisis, human beings tend to rely on trustworthy people or else they are clueless on what to do.
Have you ever thought of killing your best friend? No, no one does, that person is supposed to be your everything. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, a main character gets killed by his best friend. George had no reason to kill Lennie. Lennie did not mean to kill them on purpose.
Lennie with his simple mind, always gets into trouble. This time, Lennie gets himself in a bind once again, that George can’t save him from. George decision to kill Lennie in the story, was due to his responsibility, sympathy, and love for Lennie. George’s decision to kill Lennie was out of sympathy for him.
as obvious from his unintentional killing of Curley's wife that he was unable to live in society without doing wrong. George put an end to Lennie's life so that Curly couldn't shoot him in the stomach andIn John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, George made the right choice to kill Lennie. Lennie was a pleasant and well-meaning man, but he had a mental illness that made him hazardous. Lennie had killed a lady and an animal in the past because he was unable to control his own strength. If George hadn't killed Lennie, he might have unintentionally hurt himself more as well as many people George had to make a really difficult choice.
George killing Lennie is “Mercy Killing”. George had to kill Lennie or else he would have killed more people without even thinking. George did not want to do this and did it as peacefully as possible but he felt he had to do this action. Although George loved Lennie, it was hard for him to keep taking care of him. When they went to new farms to work George would have to keep his eye on Lennie at all times and he was scared to leave him alone while he went in town because he did not know what he would do and if Lennie would them both fired or even killed.
George had to kill Lennie, unless he wanted Curley to get to Lennie. Lennie was in imminent danger
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.
The main reason George killed Lennie is because Lennie would have killed somebody again. And the evidence is clearly there, the pet mice that he killed, the poor puppy that he accidently hit to hard, and especially Curley’s wife. He almost killed the girl in weed if he had gone any further. The sad thing is is that he doesn't know how strong he really is, nor does he know what he’s done wrong in the first place.
Another reason is the ranchers would’ve killed him no matter what so this way George ensured it was fast and painless. On the other hand, this was condemned because George had been saying how his life would be so much better without Lennie and this allowed him to be able to live that life. George's decision to kill Lennie was justified because Lennie was going to be killed no matter what. After all of the ranchers find out that Lennie killed Curley’s wife, Curley states that he is going to kill Lennie, "I'm gonna get him.
George’s decision to kill Lennie was ultimately for his benefit. “The hand shook violently, but his (George) face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger” (Steinbeck 106). The quote which states how Lennie dies also shows that George was nervous and hesitant in killing Lennie. Scarseth explains in the article, “Friendship.