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 was not a stranger to Lennie, he was actually his best friend. Both traveled together and George was sort of Lennie’s keeper. George was asked this by slim and he answered “Sure, We kinda look after each other” George said (Steinbeck 34). This means that when George killed Lennie it was in passion and out of sympathy for Lennie. There is no reason why George would kill Lennie other than for a mercy killing. Lennie had no money
Killing Lennie was entirely wrong but to save him from being torchered George did what he had to do to be at peace of mind. The fact that Lennie, a grown man has to have a person to look
He had good intentions and only wanted the best for Lennie because he cared about him. An example of how George didn 't want any real harm to come to Lennie was how when he and Candy were discussing what will happen to Lennie when they find out that he killed Curley 's wife, George brought up the idea of putting him in a mental institution or prison, where he thought they could be kind to him,” Maybe they 'll lock 'im up an ' be nice to 'i 'm”(Steinbeck 93). George cared about Lennie and did not want any harm to come to him so it 's reasonable to why George would want to put down Lennie himself so that he would know it would be as painless as
It does not directly state that George is doing this in order to end Lennies suffering like with Candy’s dog, it is implied that George shoots Lennie to end his suffering and to make his death
While Lennie was in the trance of his happiest thought, George swiftly shot him in a way in which he died instantaneously and painlessly. With this method, one of the last details noted of Lennie is how he “giggled with happiness” upon his death (Steinbeck 105). All in all, George just wanted to make sure Lennie’s life would be spared in the most comfortable way, making his course of action entirely acceptable. It is clear that---
George just wants Lennie to be happy throughout his whole life. However, this does seem like George is trying ti protect Lennie, George wants to kill Lennie himself to be rid of all his problems. In chapter five, George agrees with Slim that Lennie should die. “’I know,’ said George ‘I know’ (97). George was agreeing with Slim that it would be betteri if Lennie were dead.
Even though shooting Lennie wasn’t planned I think George knew it was going to have to be done sometime in the future because, Lennie ruins all of George 's chances of keeping a steady job. With all of George
Another reason Lennie should not have been killed for what he did was because Lennie doesn't know his own strength. George should not have killed Lennie because he should of taught him that he is stronger, when the first accident happened in Weed. George should have taught Lennie how to control himself when he was little.
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.
Lennie was unfortunately killed when he could have possibly lived a better life if George gave him the chance. Lennie should not have been killed because he could have potentially been a valuable asset, a good friend to keep company with, and a kind person at heart.
Some people might think in the opposite side that George should not killed Lennie because Lennie did not mean to anything. He has done it without knowing how strong of himself. Lennie made many troubles this might be because of his disability, but this is the reason that he deserves to live. He has done many thing that make George get into trouble and It is better if Lennie has to die because of George shoot him not the other. "All the time he coulda had such a good time if it was not for you” (Steinbeck).
George has to make the sacrifice that he does. After that Lennie kills Curley’s wife, George knows that he can not do anything for Lennie now. Someone will eventually kill Lennie. He truly loves Lennie, so he shoots Lennie painlessly in the back of the head. Lennie last moments were happy.
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.
In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck many hard decisions were made. In this novel two Characters George and Lennie get kicked out of their last city and travel to soledad to start their new life. Lennie causes lots of commotion at the ranch which turns people against George and Lennie. At the end of the novel George kills Lennie which raises the question if he fairly weighed all of the options and if his choice was justified or condemned. One reason why this was a justified decision is that George only wanted the best for his best friend.
George's justification for shooting Lennie is to keep him from experiencing the pain that will follow the consequences of his actions. Lennie will be probably be beaten and then killed when he is caught. George also knows that even if they were to escape, it would be
It is clear that George did not have the right to end Lennie 's life in such a selfish way. George always talks to Lennie about how fabulous they are when they are together at their own ranch and from day to day I end up with their life in a very cruel way. In conclusion, it can be said that George 's reasons for ending George 's life were enough to do so since Lennie was a very dependent person and could not stand alone. George tried to help him at all times as far as he could, but still Lennie was still in serious trouble, that 's precisely the reason why George wanted to prevent Lennie suffering in the future because he realized that he could not live alone.