The novel Of Mice and Men poses a moral dilemma; is murder ever justified? Should George have murdered Lennie? George should have killed Lennie because worse things would have awaited him if he went to trial. George felt justified in killing Lennie because he felt he was saving him from a worse things.
Of Mice and Men Chapters 5 and 6 Paragraph George is justified for shooting Lennie in the back of the head because, Lennie was only doing harm to himself and others, George was saving him from a slow painful death, and Slim reassuring George that he had to kill Lennie. Throughout the story Lennie was doing a lot of harm to other people, including in chapter three when Slim said, “Looks to me like ever’ bone in his han’ is bust”(Steibeck 70). Lennie crushed Curley’s hand because Curley got in his face and hit him. Also Lennie in chapter five killed his puppy, he explained this to Curley’s wife by saying, “I was jus’ playin’ with him…. an’ he made like he was ganna bite me….
However, in this particular situation, I believe that George 's decision to kill Lennie was acceptable due to the fact that it would have been easier for Lennie to die from George then having Curley
Partners in Crime “Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” Throughout this book Lennie and his partner in crime George encounter many problems and contradictions that shakes things up a notch. After reading John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George is justified in killing Lennie because; Lennie is a liability and he is already suffering mentally enough. George is justified in killing Lennie because he is already being punished enough mentally. One quote that explains Lennie’s confusion and mental illness is, “they was so little," he said apologetically.
George killing Lennie was justified. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, it tells a story of two migrant workers, George and Lennie. As the story progresses, it gives Lennie the characteristics of a big strong man who has the mental capacity of a child, and George being a small sharp attitude man. Though in the end, George has to kill Lennie for before the other migrant workers on the ranch come after him in a more harsh/brutal way. The men are after Lennie for killing the ranch owner’s son’s wife.
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
Come on you guys.” If Lennie wouldn’t have shot Lennie before Curley got to him then George would have had to deal with the guilt thinking that Lennie died in a very unpeaceful way. George believes Lennie needs to die peacefully he doesn’t want him to be in pain and not realize why George wasn’t there to help him out of this situation. Another reason behind why George chose to shoot Lennie was because Lennie was suffering. Lennie was suffering because Lennie also suffers in a few ways, he suffers financially, mentally and socially.
In the book Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, I believe that George did make the right decision to shoot Lennie, because of the relationship that they had. Previously learning from the experience Candy had when he let someone else shoot his dog, George knew that shooting Lennie was his job to do. In chapter three Candy says "I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn 't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog." , (John Steinbeck, 1973, p.58), this really impacted Georges decision on giving someone else the ability to shoot him.
One reason George should not have killed Lennie because everything that happened, was an accident. Lennie did not mean to kill Curley’s wife or the puppy. In the passage, Of mice and men, lennie says “I don’t want ta hurt you” (Steinbeck 91). This piece of evidence from the passage shows that Lennie did not mean to hurt Curley’s wife. Lennie only meant to keep her quiet , not kill her.
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.
Was George Justified for killing Lennie? George is not justified in killing Lennie, Lennie would have gone to court and gotten prison. The fact that Lennie was mentally disabled, would have changed his sentence, also George could've protected Lennie from Curly so that he would get a proper trial.
Lennie small was murdered near a creek outside of Soledad many days ago. He was killed by one gunshot wound to the back. The accused, George Milton is being charged with his murder. He is being charged with voluntary manslaughter because he killed Lennie while in a time of passion and out of sympathy for him.
George protects Lennie from painful deaths, protect Lennie from others, and from the law locking him up. George’s decision to shoot Lennie is not justified. However, he knows it was an accident. Lennie likes to touch soft things and Curley’s wife told him he could touch her hair.
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.
George killing Lennie and if it was justified or condemned is a very controversial discussion and could go either way. So think about these factors and ask yourself the question if what George did was justified or
