Comparison Between John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Death, the one thing every person will eventually face, could be seen as an end or an entrance. What is your extent of a friendship? How far are you willing to go to help the person you care for? For many reasons, the majority of people think murder is immoral—especially if it was your own best friend. But sometimes we may have to go to the extreme, as long as we know it was the right thing to do from the heart because that’s how much you know you care. In the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, I strongly believe that George was right to kill Lennie.

In the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie are migrant workers. They have to move around a lot because they run into many problems due to Lennie and his disability. George made a promise to Lennie's aunt that he would take care of him. They travel everywhere together and George cares for Lennie. At the end of the book, Lennie kills a ranch worker’s wife and a group of the ranch workers hunt Lennie down. George goes with them and finds Lennie, before any of them could and kills Lennie. George killed Lennie because he probably would have suffered a painful death. There is dispute over whether George committed murder or if what he did was considered Non- Voluntary Euthanasia. “Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally

To consider murder in absolute terms, murder is wrong. Whether you grew up learning the ten commandments or in a household who valued right over wrong, the act of murder is always going to end up being the wrong decision. However, in the situation with George and Lennie, George was truly thinking of Lennie first. George acts as Lennie’s caretaker and he knew what would be the best for Lennie. Specifically, Mr. Wise, a murder, had killed his wife who suffered from a triple aneurysm. His lawyer, Mr, Adamson, believed Mr. Wise’s wife was suffering in multiple ways so he announced, “But it was not likely that she was ever going to recover to the point where she could care for herself” (Qtd. in Rivera). Even though murder is wrong, mercy killings are sometimes needed to make things right. In Mr. Wise’s case, his wife was suffering and he was thinking about what she would of wanted. George is exactly the same way with Lennie. George wanted Lennie to not suffer the pain that Curley would put him through so he was making a decision with Lennie in mind first. In the end, murder is wrong but George was only looking out for Lennie, as a best friend would

In John Steinbeck 's classic novella, Of Mice and Men, one of the predominant themes that govern the story and characters in the book is friendship. One of the ways in which friendship plays a large role is in the area of mercy killing, which affects the main characters as well as the supporting ones. The two major mercy killings that occur in the book are those of Carlson 's killing of Candy 's old dog, and of George 's killing of Lennie. In both of these examples, the killer kills the other out of mercy and love, not for the usual motives of hatred, rage, anger, etc.

He relies on George for absolutely everything, including when to protect himself, like in the fight with Curley. George has to find himself and Lennie food, work, and is constantly bailing Lennie out of trouble. He also has to give Lennie permission for everything, since Lennie sees George as a father figure. After Lennie killed Curley’s wife, it was clear to George that he had to kill Lennie. Even though it was murder, and murder is never justifiable, George knew that killing Lennie had to be done. George knew that he could not bail Lennie out of any more trouble, and that if he had not killed him, then Lennie would have ended up locked up, or more likely killed by Curley in a much more painful manner than execution. Curley clearly states that he wants to “shoot the guts outta the big bastard myself, even if I only got one hand,” (Steinbeck 98). This quote is semi-ironic because the fact he only has the one hand is because Lennie absolutely destroyed the other. Instead of letting Curley shoot Lennie in the gut and force him to suffer a slow, painful, torturous death, George knows that he has to shoot

A murder is any type of unlawful killing that was planned ahead of time by a person with intent to harm. Murder throughout history has been considered an act of evil and a sinful deed. In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, George killed his best friend Lennie and many readers believe that George’s actions weren’t justified. However, George was justified in killing Lennie because he saved him from the consequences of the murder, and he prevented Lennie from accidentally hurting someone else. George was justified in killing Lennie because George saved him from the consequences he would have faced if he was caught by Curley or sent to jail.

George and Lennie were good friends, so why did George want to solve the Lennie's issue by killing him? Did George get rid of Lennie because he was suffering or he saw an opportunity to not have to deal with him anymore? In John Steinbeck’s novella of Mice and men readers were stunned by the ending. Some readers feel that George deserves some type of punishment for killing Lennie while others feel the complete opposite. However some people don't understand that George committed one of the worst kinds of killing, he technically committed assisted suicide, and that shows that killing is never justified, there is no need big enough to kill someone even if they are in pain and suffering.

In the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, George makes the painful decision to kill his best friend Lennie. If George wouldn’t have killed Lennie, Curley would have eventually found him and killed him brutally. George had good intentions towards the death of his friend and found himself in a position where he could never escape. Mercy killing is moral and is just a way to show compassion for a loved one in need. The killing of Lennie was not done with bad intent and was one of George’s only options.

Imagine watching an innocent man who can not control his actions have his own life taken from him by his best friend in a matter of minutes. In the novel “Of Mice and Men,” John Steinbeck uses dialogue to show that George does not do the right thing by killing Lennie. George and Lennie are two white men living during the Great Depression who are traveling in search of work to support themselves. The men have a dream to own their own farm one day, but because of Lennie’s mental disability the two are constantly nomading to new places for work. At the end of the novel, George is left with the choice to kill his best friend, or allow him to continue to cause harm to himself and others. George decides to murder his best friend, which many will

Choosing someone’s fate is truly terrifying. George had to make the difficult decision by ending his best friend’s life. What George did for Lennie is called “mercy killing”. Mercy killing is putting an end to someone’s life to spare them from pain and suffering. In the book Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, George was looking out for Lennie and decided to end his life.

In life you make many sacrifices, for loved ones, friends and the community… Sometimes there are sacrifices that might hurt a lot, but they are made to protect others. George’s choice to shoot Lennie after he had unintentionally killed Curley's wife, had its own personal reason.

The unique traveling duo of George and Lennie helps add many layers to both characters. George takes care of Lennie because of a promise he made long ago. Lennie would most likely not make it in the world without George. With this being said, was George taking care of Lennie when he decided to put him down? I believe that George made the right decision in killing Lennie because Lennie would have suffered a worse death if Curley reached him, Lennie would almost certainly get into more trouble down the road, and Lennie would almost certainly be separated from George given the circumstances.

mother when she finds money lying on the counter. She takes it not even thinking twice. You can see the desperation in her eyes, along with the lack of remorse or regret.

Murder or Mercy? When someone a person genuinely cares for is in deep trouble, that person would go to great lengths to help them, no matter the consequence. At the end of, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George was morally justified for killing his friend Lennie because other people were looking to kill Lennie. Killing someone who suffers from a disease that is usually incurable and painful is called mercy killing. George does exactly this to his mentally illed friend, Lennie, who murdered his coworker’s wife.

If I was faced with a hard decision to kill my best friend and they have absolutely no pain or not kill them and watch them suffer with a slow death I would take my friends life in order so that he will not suffer. In the novel George had to kill Lennie in order to make sure that he would not kill again and so that Curley does not give Lennie a slow and painful death. This part of the novel is a perfect example of mercy killing. The way that George has to make one of the most difficult choices in his life is to kill someone, but for the correct reason.