• 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. …show more content…
Lennie needed to be punished, but at the same time it needed to fit the crime; no torture or humiliation that he would not understand that George with Lennie , I believe George should of killed
In my opinion George shouldn't have killed Lennie, here are are my supporting arguments, he will become a wanted criminal, he may never have a stable future and george will go to prison. Firstly, George shouldnt have killed beause in the previouse chapters lennies left his job because he was accused of rape so i can assume the laws are similar to the current laws in america so the police will be after George,the police would eventually put a bounty on him, posters of him will be put up to beware of him,he will be broadcasted on televison. George will be eventually caught either through posters,bountyor broadcast.
Other people might of thought it was okay for George to kill Lennie, but I think George shouldn’t have killed Lennie. I only say George shouldn’t have killed Lennie because Lennie was mentally unstable. He didn’t know anything. George tried to take away Lennie’s dead mouse saying “Come on give it here.” Lennie said “It’s on’y
Should you kill someone or let them suffer? John Steinbeck the author of the book Of Mice and Men writes a story that takes place in the time of the Great Depression. He writes about two people that have been friends since they were little kids and one relies on the other a little too much. George helped Lennie from their old job in Weed because Lennie was accused of by the townspeople. Then George and Lennie got to their new job at the ranch and George made sure that Lennie knew not to talk to the boss. Lennie killed Curley’s wife and went to the bush where George told him to go if he got in trouble. George went and found Lennie and then shot him. Without a doubt, George did the right thing by shooting Lennie.
George shouldn’t be put in jail for killing Lennie because if your killing somebody or a animal that is usually not legal to kill and you don’t want to see the animal or person suffer then you should take it out of its misery.
Is George guilty of murder? George was protecting Lennie by killing him if George had not killed Lennie, Lennie would have been torchered by the lynch mob. Lennie would have been confused and scared. He might even have have fought back and hurt someone else. If you were in the same position then you would have to weigh all your options. In the end George chose protection over fear.
Seeing how close they were and everything they've been through, it's easy to see why someone would argue that George wasn't justified. Although Lennie needed to be shot because of him making things harder for George and him hurting others, he was going to die either way. He mad all the people around him mad after what he had done to Curley’s Wife, people were out to get him. George just did it the nice way instead of Lennie having to go through probably much worse than just being
Yes, George made the right choice. Regardless of whether George chose to shoot his friend or not, Lennie will be killed. Although Lennie stole Carlson’s gun, Curley was equipped with his own, and was still capable of shooting George’s friend. Earlier in the book, George heard Carlson say, “The way I’d shoot him, he wouldn’t feel nothing. I’d put the gun right there…Right back of the head. He wouldn’t even quiver” (Steinbeck 45). Overhearing this might have influenced George’s shooting style, as Lennie was described as to die without a quiver, similar to how the dog died. This meant that when George shot Lennie, Lennie had felt no pain.
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.
By killing Lennie in John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice And Men, George protected himself, prevented unnecessary harm from coming to Lennie, and ultimately, he let Lennie die happy.
In this book, friends are the only thing that one may need. Sadly at the end George looses a friend that he had to kill for him to have a more pleasant death. To one person, George did the wrong thing by killing Lennie, while others agreed to why George kills Lennie. George was under pressure after Lennie killed Curley’s wife, and with all the threats that came from Curley’s mouth. George did the
George made the right decision killing Lennie because the people that were looking for him and were going to slowly kill him and inflict as much pain as they possibly could. They were upset that he killed curley's wife so they were out to get him. George would of been doing him justice by just putting him out right then and there. He did the right thing because he just put him out without Lennie even knowing he was going to die. With George going ahead and killing him showed that he didn't want the guys hunting Lennie to hurt him and torture him. There was Really nothing he could have done to help Lennie so by just by killing he right there saved him a lot of pain he would of gone through if he had not done what he had
George promises Lennie many things once they get their own farm, “’O.K. Someday- we’re gonna get the jack together… ‘Specially if you remember as good as that.’”(15-16). So George killing Lennie was for his own benefit and it was a very immoral thing to do.
In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are polar opposites that stick together even through all the hard times that they have. Lennie always gets into trouble because he loves to pet soft things. Because of his affection for soft things, it causes him to kill Curley’s wife. Lennie then goes to the place where George says to go when there is trouble. When George meets up with Lennie, George makes him daydream about their ranch; however, while he is daydreaming, George shoots Lennie. George was right to kill Lennie because George saved Lennie from doing wrong in the future and gave him a more peaceful death.
If you had the choice of doing what is in your best friend’s interest, would you consider it? What if the friend’s death was a factor? In the story of Mice and Men, George may have taken Lennie's life, but he made the decision for the better interest of his friend. He knew that Curley and his men would kill Lennie, he would suffer and/or be placed in jail. George made the justified decision of killing Lennie because it was the better choice of Lennie’s foreseen future. Therefore, George was morally justified for shooting Lennie for merciful reasons.
It has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt at this point, Lennie's innocence is not very accepted with the world because of his size, age, etc. He can’t really learn to change his ways due to his disabilities. Lennie can’t even understand why the bad things he has done are bad. Also, the fate he would meet at Curley's mutilated hands is enough to convince George that his only real option is to make Lennie's death as quick and painless as possible. Lennie would have died at the hands of Curly anyways, which would have been a much more painful and dehumanizing death for Lennie. He couldn't be taken to a mental hospital and in the depression, these were basically non-existent and spending a life in jail would be even more torture for a mentally ill person than death itself. George did what was right because he prevented Lennie from doing anything this terrible again, he stopped Lennie from a more painful death, and he really didn't have any other responsible