Do You Like Crimes In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Barbara Sher once said, “‘Isolation is a dream killer’” (qtd. in Wishcraft). In his novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck scrutinizes the effects that alienation can have on society. Many characters experience loneliness throughout the novel. He illustrates the results of individuals becoming isolated from their peers. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck portrays characters alienated from society in order to illustrate the harmful effects of loneliness caused by discrimination.

As people may know, George Milton is accused for the murder of Lennie smalls instantly killing him in the back of his head. But George is innocent and there was a method to this behind all this madness. First it must be understood that George had two decisions: To kill Lennie? Or let Lennie live and take him to trial? Since Lennie was George’s best friend whom he took care of all the time because he was mentally disabled so, obviously George did not want to watch his friend be tortured and killed in such an inhumane, harsh manner which explains why George would choose to take the law into his own hands. “Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck explains the story of two best friend’s George Milton a small guy, and Lennie Smalls a big

“He shook her then, and he was angry with her. ‘Don’t you go yellin’,’ he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. (91).These was one of the events that took place at the end of John Steinbeck’s book, Of Mice and Men. After endless catastrophes and tragedies, Lennie small, a giant mental handicapped, and best friend of George. He makes a terrifying mistake of killing of Curley’s wife at the ranch. The men at the ranch try to bring Lennie to justice by killing him brutally. So, George should make a right decision of what to do with Lennie. In the end, George did the right thing by killing Lennie because he killed a woman, Lennie was mentally handicapped, and men at the ranch would have killed him.

“‘Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em.’ ‘Le’s do it now. Let’s get that place now’” (106). These are the last words that filled the air between George and Lennie, their last exchange preceding a pivotal moment in both of their lives. They conversation calms and soothes Lennie, who hopes to finally get the farm that he and George dreamed about for so many years. Yet unbeknownst to him, Lennie would soon be set free from his earthly bonds by his long-time friend; a bullet, shot from the barrel of George’s gun, would enter Lennie’s head and kill him instantly. That bullet was not one of self-gain and moral disrepute, but one of freedom and liberation from worldly restraints. While this remains a hotly contested topic in classrooms reading Of Mice and Men, George’s intentions in killing Lennie were overwhelmingly good-natured.

Why George should not have killed Lennie in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The title of the story is Of Mice and Men. The author of the story is John Steinbeck. Should George have killed Lennie. Yes, I do think that Lennie should have killed lennie because if not he would have been going around killing others and hurting others, Also if he wouldn’t have then they would be out of places to work because he would have been kicked out of everywhere. Also he shouldn’t have because Lennie’s Aunt Clara asked him to keep an eye on him. Yes, I do think that he should have killed him because if not then the other ranch hands would have and had him and it probably wouldn’t be that nice of a death.“If you find him then kill him or I’m going to and it’s not going to be good.” Steinbeck 103. This proves my point because if

“If you was to take him out and shoot him right in the back of the head.” “He leaned over and pointed, “right there, why he’d never know what hit him.” In the book Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck two men named George and Lennie want to own their own house the problem is that Lennie keeps getting in trouble and George has to figure out if he wants to kill Lennie or not. George did the right thing to kill Lennie because Lennie would be in misery if the other men locked him up, Curley would of shot Lennie in the stomach and let him suffer, and if George and Lennie would of ran away Lennie would of done the same thing.

After reading the novel, Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck, I felt relieved and shocked. The novel ends with George shooting Lennie in the head because he killed the bosses sons wife. Lennie was born with a mental disability causing him to look up upon George. When Lennie killed Curry’s wife, a whole lynch mob was on the look out for him. George saw no other choice but to take Lennie out of his misery. I felt relieved because it wasn't the first time Lennie had caused a scene, previously they had to leave town because of an incident Lennie had caused. George already knew Lennie could not control himself and some point he couldn't try to control Lennie forever. In the last chapter is states “George still stared at Curley’s wife. “Lennie never done it in meanness,” he said. “All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of ‘em mean.” He straightened up and looked back at Candy. .. He said sharply, “I ain’t gonna let ‘em hurt Lennie.” George loves Lennie unconditionally, this makes him choose to kill Lennie

In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George did the right thing and his actions were justified for killing Lennie because Aunt Clara told George to take care and make decisions for Lennie. George and Lennie got a job. Lennie has mental disability so George took care of him. But at the end of the book Lennie accidentally kills someone and George has to end up killing him. Lennie already hurt two people and he didn't realize it was so bad.

Even though George killed Lennie at the end of the novella, Of Mice and Men, the act can be seen as being the right choice. Of Mice and Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck that displays strong themes of loneliness, friendship, innocence. The novella takes place in California during the Great Depression. George and Lennie, the two major characters in the novella, display strong connections with each other throughout the whole novella. However, the ending of the novella is unsuspected and is debatable. George is justified in killing Lennie because he was actually benefiting Lennie by killing him and George would not have wanted the other farm workers to kill Lennie instead, since he would have felt

Thesis: As demonstrated in Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, it is the responsibility for those who are able to help those that are less fortunate and less able, and victimized by social inequalities.

the killing is laid. In Of Mice and Men, although George chose to kill Lennie, Steinbeck’s portrayal of their deep friendship throughout his novela proves George’s final actions of pulling the trigger on Lennie is an at of mercy because George had Lennie’s best interests at heart.

Everyone knows, and has heard the following classic story; first, an individual has a problem. They then forge a plan with the aid of their friends. Of course, every essential part of the individual's plan works out, and finally, their dreams come true. However, most know that while this may happen in the stories, it never seems to happen in real life. People’s problems persist, and often no matter how well we plan it out, our dreams just do not come true. This is shown in Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. Through the character of Crooks, Steinbeck shows that issues outside of the control of an individual often limit the achievement of an individual’s dreams.

In our society we have faced many struggles and conflict within our country. Shootings that occur every week, threats putting innocent lives in danger, clowns that spook the minds of Americans who are trying to live a normal life, terrorists who we feel are planning more attacks. At first these actions happened and we would all have sympathy towards the families, now that it occurs so often we see it as normal. Yes it’s upsetting and sad, but it’s just how we have lived for years. In the book Of Mice and Men we are returned to a state of sympathy for the characters the John Steinbeck creates through beautiful strings of words. Although other characters go through their own struggles, Crooks has no one while others have at least one other person.

As the author described how George took the gun out of his pocket, I could not stop reading. I thought that perhaps George would shoot the men as they came to kill Lennie for murdering Curley’s wife. When Steinbeck described how George looked at the back of Lennie’s head, I realised what he was going to