George killed his best friend with nothing but sympathy and love. If George wouldn’t have killed Lennie, Curley would have in front of him. If Curley didn’t kill him he would have been put in jail or a worse place like an insane asylum. George killing Lennie was mercy killing and he did what he had to do for Lennie’s sake. George killed Lennie with mercy and love. George had to do what he did or he would have felt awful if someone else killed Lennie in front of him. When George heard that Candy was sad when he didn’t kill his dog when he wished he did it really changed George’s perspective on the whole situation. “I wished somebody’d shoot me, but they won’t do nothing like that.” George was also giving Lennie a good and peaceful death. He
Even if George hadn’t killed Lennie, Curley would of killed Lennie himself, and Curley would of torture Lennie before killing him. Curley had always hated Lennie and he wouldn’t of hesitated to kill him. His anger had excited the other men, making them want to kill Lennie too, “Curley carried a shotgun in his good hand… Whit said excitedly “I ain’t got a gun”(97). They even sent the dogs after him. If George hadn’t shot Lennie, he would of been torn apart by ferocious dogs; it would of been really painful for Lennie. If the dogs didn’t rip him apart, Curley would of done it himself. George knew that and that’s why he shot Lennie himself. He wanted Lennie to have a peaceful death. He made Lennie comfortable and happy, then he slowly raised his gun and shot him, Lennie didn’t even feel a thing. What George did to Lennie was best for him; he
George and Lennie were best friends for a long time, more like brothers. Lennie is about as bright as a 2 watt bulb, so George couldn’t really get mad at him when he accidently killed Curley’s wife while feeling the softness of her hair. “…’I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know’”. The two had planned a future together—a future in their own dream ranch, a ranch where no trouble would ever bother them. “’You…an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em’”. Then after he tells him about the rabbits that Lennie is so fond of, he shoots him in the back of the head where he knows it will not hurt him, and Lennie will not know what hit him. This is the peaceful alternative to what Curley had in store for him. Curley's exact words were "shoot the bastard right in the guts." George's euthanizing of Lennie makes the mentally incompetent Lennie die with dignity. Had Curley gotten to Lennie first, Lennie would have suffered. This shows you how much George cares for Lennie, no matter what he does or the crimes he commits. He’d always be there to help Lennie get right back up to his feet, make him forget all his worries, and move on like nothing happened. I strongly believe George was the right person to kill Lennie, and made the right decision in doing so, rather than to let him suffer in the hands of Curley.
As many people who were out to get Lennie, the only person qualified to kill him was George. George has been there for Lennie, his whole life, “Him and me was both born in Auburn… When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin’. Got kinda used to each other after a little while” (Steinbeck 40). Furthermore, George was only trying to take away more suffering later in the future. Since Lennie killed Curley’s wife,
One of the main reasons why George was actually justified for the killing is because Lennie had hurt others in the past and would most likely continue to do so. When they were in Salinas, Lennie got into very similar trouble when he wouldn’t let go of a girl’s dress. When George was asked by Slim what had happened in Weed he explained, “Well that girl rabbits in an’ tells the law she been raped. The guys in Weed start a party out to lynch Lennie. So we sit in a irrigation ditch under water all the rest of that day. An’ at night we scrammed outta there” (42). This shows us that Lennie is trouble, brings it wherever he goes, and this is why they moved to Salinas. When at the ranch Lennie not only kills his puppy, he also breaks Curley’s hand, showing that the trouble that follows Lennie happens quite often. Lennie smiled with this bruised mouth. “I didn't want no trouble," he said. He walked toward the door, but just before he came to it,
In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie learn to travel and experience the world together as they take on a new job working on a ranch in central California "bucking barley" for the ranch owner and his son. Lennie, not being able to control his actions, hurts too many people and things and men were chasing after the two, so George decides to take action and shoot Lennie. Although some may disagree, George did the right thing by shooting Lennie because he could not have avoided hurting someone else in the future, he could not eventually learn that the things he did were wrong due to his disability, and he could not learn to eventually control his own strength.
To George and Lennie, having a friend with them is really lucky, but their luckiness didn 't last very long. At the end of the book, George shot Lennie at the back of his head. That was one of George’s two choices: let Curley kill Lennie or kill Lennie by himself. Like a father, George thought it’s his responsibility to kill Lennie to payback the life of
As George found out about the puppy and Curley’s Wife he immediately ran down to the river. Once he got there he was talking to Lennie and knew he was going to have to shoot him. As he was getting ready to shoot Lennie he pointed it to the back of his head and did it. Lennie’s death is the same as Candy’s dog’s death.
The mice and Men so the prompt that I chose was what would happen if George went with Lennie Instead of killing him .So I think George went with Lennie I think there friend ship would last longer and they would get along more and they would have a great time In some ways . So like George would been cool and not to kill Lennie at all and they would have a lot of great things to talk about other greats thing they knew and I don’t think George would have a really great time with Lennie I don’t think, he would not kill Lennie at all . But however In George's eyes, he was saving Lennie, doing him a favor. He felt that the angry mob would have punished Lennie beyond what he deserved, and he also believed that Lennie may continue to hurt people if he lived.
He knew that it was his responsibility to kill Lennie. He killed Lennie because he was responsible for him. George also killed him because he did not want to feel guilty or bad like Candy. George also didn’t want Lennie to have a painful death by the hands of Curley’s gang. He knew that it would be best for him and Lennie for him to do it himself. He wanted Lennie to feel comfortable and he wanted to tell him how he felt. George says “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want you to know”(Steinbeck 106). George did the right
The death of Lennie was foreshadowed many times. “Right in the back of the head,” was one of the many quotes that led me to Lennie’s death (pg.45). This quote shows in what way Lennie will be shot, George took in everything that they said. The men said the dog won’t feel a thing. George also took that in and pretty much just kept that stuff in his head. Another transition that led to his death was, After the men took Candy’s dog to shoot it,Candy realizes he should have shot his dog himself because he didn’t want a stranger shooting it. Lennie and the dog were kind of similar when killed, cause they couldn’t escape death. When George said he should’ve done it himself, George kept that in his head because later on it the story he went back into the bunkhouse to get Curley’s Luger so he did not have to watch anyone else harm Lennie. Lennie’s death to me was a pretty big surprise.
George made the wrong decision killing Lennie because Lennie is disabled. People that are disabled can not control their actions. Some people would say to put him in a institution. The problem is that they have no money and there was not a lot of institutions back then. Lennie did not mean to kill Curley's wife he got scared and accidently killed her.
Did George do the right thing by killing Lennie? In the book Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck, is a good novel. In the book, the main characters, George and Lennie are migrant workers moving and working from ranch to ranch looking for money. On the way they run into troubles, that they have to overcome. George and Lennie are total opposites, but are always together. George did the right thing because the had to help Lennie after the incident, Lennie made many mistakes at the ranches, and Lennie couldn’t survive on his own.
Should George have killed his best friend Lennie? You really have to think about this question because there can be multiple answers and thoughts. If you think about it, if George did not kill Lennie, he could have suffered an awful death or spent the rest of his life in jail behind bars. Lennie has a mind of a little kid, so he would not understand if he was put behind bars. Also, if George did not kill Lennie Curley could have made him die a very painful death, but George killed him in a way he would not feel anything.
One reason that justified George’s decision in killing Lennie was the fact that he murdered Curley’s wife. In the novella, it says, “And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck,” (Steinbeck 91). Curley’s wife let Lennie feel her hair, he likes to feel things, Lennie’s
He thought he was being gentle, but wasn’t whenever he broke her neck when she was trying to get away from him. Lennie honestly didn’t know any better. When George and the other people found out that Curley’s wife was dead they knew Lennie did it because he was the only one at the farm when it happened. The other guys wanted to kill Lennie and the thought started influencing George to kill Lennie out of pity because he knew what was actually wrong with Lennie. As the end result, George shot Lennie and made it look like Lennie shot himself so he wouldn’t have to suffer a painful death.