Death In Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Lenny is on track to an early death as a result of his lifestyle decisions. If he continues his habits on a regular basis, he will most likely develop preventable diseases. These are some of unhealthy things which affect his chances: smoking, obesity, stress, environment, having high blood pressure, and his diet (containing high-salt). There are major health problem that all are linked to these choices; cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer are several key ones. Without changing, Lenny will probably live a shorter life—as a result of his own decisions and way of life.

In the letter that Johnny left for Ponyboy,“‘There's still a lot of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don’t think he knows’” (179). The note Johnny left for Ponyboy to tell Dally, but it was too late for that. Ponyboy says, “Johnny worshipped the ground Dallas walked on”(25). This shows that Johnny is just Dally’s pet. Johnny knows that Dally cares about him but he does not show it because is a tough person. All in all, Both characters care for each other.

Two hours after George killed Lennie, George was at the bar with Curley and Slim to get a drink, and the three began talking about Lennie, making George start to think if he had done the right thing by shooting Lennie in the head. After the three left the bar, George walked out onto the street and saw Curley's wife walking down the street. George decided to shrug it off and told himself that it was all part of his imagination, and George returned to his house. Three years later, George had built the house by the lake that Lennie had wanted, and George had buried Lennie's body in the backyard. Later, George had decided to go to the bar to get a drink, when he got to the bar he saw Slim and Carley, and Curley's wife all talking with each other. When the group saw George, he was in awe "I thought that Lennie killed you..." he said to Curley's wife, Curley replied excitedly "Nope, i'm not sure how but she is alive!" George was still confused, then Slim said "Stop asking so many questions and come have a drink" George had then began thinking about how the only reason he killed Lennie was because Lennie went too far to save by killing Curley's wife. After that, George had began disconnecting himself with the rest of the group because he had become depressed after he had learned that Lennie wasn't a murderer. Just as George was thinking about how he shouldn't have killed Lennie, he heard a knock on his door, and he went to see who it was, Curley's wife was at the door with Slim, and both were looking sad. George had opened the door for them, and said "What happened?" Curley's wife looked back at him, and informed him that Curley had been murdered. George beckoned the two inside is house, and said "Come in, do either of you want anything to drink?" Curley's wife shook her head Slim walked her inside. The three sat down at a table in George's house "Tell me what happened" George said nervously, Curley's wife replied, "I was having an argument with Curley and he had gotten angry and stormed off, later, when i went looking for him, I found him in the ranch, with an axe wound in his head." Curley's wife started crying and Slim looked at George, "She came to me and told me the story, then asked

In the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, there are many human and animal deaths all throughout the book. The most significant death was when George went against his will and killed Lennie. Lennie’s death was unjustified since he was never given any opportunity to make up for it or to just run and get away. After Lennie killed Curley’s wife no one could trust him and with that the workers on the ranch believed it was Lennie’s “turn” to die. Over the course of human history there have been many unjustified deaths leading to no charge against the assailants. Such as, death row, self-defense and euthanasia, these types of deaths are all unjustified and there are many reasons to authenticate it.

Another way Johnny and Dally are alike is that they both place little value on their own lives. Dally is always getting into trouble and disregarding the law. He does not care if he gets caught because Dally believes he has nothing to live for. After losing Johnny, Dally pulls a gun on the police. Ponyboy says, “I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted” (154). Dally knew the police would shoot him after he pulled out the gun, but Dally does not see a point to living anymore. He committed suicide due to feeling his life was not worth living. Dally’s action shows he does not value his life. Likewise, Johnny does not find his life valuable either. With all of the abuse Johnny endured in his life, he feels so worthless to the point where he does not want to live anymore. In the letter he wrote to Ponyboy, it is clear he feels this way. Johnny writes, “Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for” (178). Johnny is referring to the kids he saved in the church; he places more value on the kids’ lives than his own because Johnny feels he does not have a purpose for living. An additional example of Johnny placing little value on his life is when he and Ponyboy are in the lot. Johnny says, “‘I’ll kill myself or something’”

Ponyboy is recovering from a lot of emotional things, then his best friend dies. He starts to fail his classes. He doesn’t really care about many things besides that he lost his best friend. The big change Dally has is that he no longer wants to live, so he dies. “But I knew that was what he wanted, even as the lot echoed with the cracks of shots, even as I begged silently - Please, not him . . . not him and Johnny both - I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.” This shows that Dally wanted to be dead. The reason he wanted to be dead was because Johnny was the reason he was still living and when he had no other reason to live, he died. Ponyboy started doing really bad in school because of both of these deaths. Then he reads the letter Johnny wrote in the book and starts to turn his life around and do better in school so things will be at least a little closer to before everything had

Lennie was mentally impaired, so he did not know what he was doing when he killed Curley’s wife. He didn’t deserve to get shot in the head. Lennie definitely did not deserve to be shot by George,his best friend. In the book, George goes to find Lennie before Curley can get to him. He finds him in the brush where George told him to hide at the beginning of the book. Lennie asks if George is gonna give him hell. George responds with, “Give ya hell?” This shows that even George knows that Lennie did not know what he was doing. Lennie was an innocent character who was shot for something he didn’t mean to do.

Dally purposely wanted to die from grief over the only person he cared about; Johnny. The similarities between Johnny and Dally kept them as close friends, but also led to their

Curley picked a fight with Lennie. “Curley's fist was swinging when Lennie reached for it. The next minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie's big hand.”(Steinbeck 120) This affected Lennie because he was so frightened of what was happening that he didn’t do anything until George told him to fight back. Now everyone is scared of what Lennie could do now that he single handedly crushed Curley’s hand. Curley’s wife flirted with Lennie which lead to him killing her. “He lifted her arm and let it drop. For a moment he seemed bewildered. And then he whispered in fright, ‘I done a bad thing. I done another bad thing.’“(Steinbeck 157) This made Lennie flee to their shrub because he knew that they would come for him and try to kill him. If she never came over to flirt with the man that broke her husband’s hand they would both be alive. George affected Lennie by being the one that took his life. “ Lennie begged, ‘Le's do it now. Le's get that place now.’“(Steinbeck 187) They had a chance to run away just like they ran from Weed. But, George didn’t want to keep running away because of Lennie’s mistakes so he killed his only family so Lennie wouldn’t have to suffer anymore. Lennie was affected the harshest due to these characters

In our flip book we demonstrated the accidental killing of Curley’s wife, whose true name was never told. During the first panel the scene begins right after she invites Lennie to feel how soft her hair feels. Curley’s wife is pictured next too Lennie while he has his fingers in her hair. There is an obvious show of joy on his face as he feels it. When you venture into the next panel things take a turn for the unpleasant events ahead. She begins to show agitation due to his disregarding her aversion to having her hair messed up. Lennie takes hardly any notice of this until the next panel where he is seen picking her up off the ground while covering her mouth. Curley’s wife is pictured fighting in every panel, except the last three, despite

Euthanasia is the mercy killing of a person suffering from a very painful disease or in a coma.Euthanasia is a problem worldwide many parents don't know what to do with the child that is born with a very painful disease. Like In “Mice & Men” at the end of the novel George kills Lennie all because of something that Lennie didn't mean the death of Curley's wife.Lennie was born mentally ill with the mind of a child at that moment he didn't have any idea that he was going to kill Curley's wife.That is wrong to kill someone who is born with a disease.Nobody should be able to end your life in such a way in this case without knowing.George did not do the ethical or right thing by shooting Lennie.Lennie had the right to keep living and to fulfill his

Killing for mercy might seem honor worthy with a different point of view, I do not see it that way. Life is something that people should have a choice of, it is their own. A person has the right to live. For example in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George should have let Lennie decide, George did not think of what Len¬nie might want. In the book the workers wanted to kill the old dog, Candy did not want to kill him but the other workers pressured him into letting Carlson shoot him, Candy loved the old dog.

Is killing justified if it is done out of mercy? John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is centered around this age old debate, specifically through the quote “Sometimes in life we’re forced to make decisions and take actions we don’t agree with, but are necessary.” This is first demonstrated by Slim after his dog had a large litter of puppies. He realized that the mother couldn’t provide for that many, so he “drowned four of ‘em right off”. If he hadn’t, some of the pups would have died of starvation. His choice saved them from a painfully slow death. However, like many momentous decisions, Slim’s actions were not without consequence. Without basis, the act of murdering defenseless animals sounds completely evil, which Slim surely realized. A decision like his would leave any sane person with a heavy heart, a feeling that a person like Slim would keep to himself.

Would you ever kill your best friend? If you thought it had to be done? In the novella Of Mice and Men, this is what happens. This novella takes place during the Great Depression and is focused on the lives of two migrant farm workers who move around from place to place in search of new job opportunities; specifically being ranch hands. Their names are Lennie and George they are very much the opposite of each other, but George takes care of Lennie no matter what. The theme of mercy killing is illustrated through Slim killing four of the puppies, Carlson killing Candy’s dog, and George killing Lennie.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a novel with such intensity that it really grabs the focus on mercy killing. In the story George has to kill his best friend Lenny because Lenny killed the wife of their boss’s son. So George had to pull the trigger using a method of mercy killing because George knew that the other men were going to give Lenny a slow painful death, so George could not see his best friend di at the hands of another. So George killed Lenny himself.