How Is George Justified In Of Mice And Men

After going through all the evidence, I still believe very strongly that George was justified in killing Lennie. In anyway someone tries to spin it there's always a counter that justifies George still did the right thing. In our lifetime where there are many cruel people we’re obligated to do the right thing no matter the consequence, even if it's hard to do, it's best for

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.

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.

Some argue that no one, no matter the circumstances, is justified in taking the life of another. They state that George had no right to take Lennie’s life because it was morally wrong. They say George executed Lennie because he is not an officer or a member of the court. Some

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.

The decision of killing should not be looked upon as criminal. George does not have a cruel heart nor does he take pleasure in killing Lennie. George wants what is best for Lennie and he takes the time to set up a nice, peaceful conversation on a topic of interest to Lennie. He instructs Lennie to ?look down there acrost the river, like you can almost see the place? (106). He reassures Lennie that everyone will treat him pleasingly.

And Lennie has to watch what he does himself too. First, George did the right thing by killing Lennie because Lennie held George down. In the article on page 10 it states, “If I was alone I could live so easy. I could get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble.

Did George kill Lennie for a bad reason? Did he do it because he was trying to help Lennie? Or did he do it just to be a bad guy? In John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men, George killed lennie and some people think he should be punished but on the other side some people think he should not be punished because, he did it for a good reason because he wanted to help his friend, so he ended his miserable life before it could get any worse buy the other guys, since the other guys wanted to kill lennie and torture him because he killed curley's wife. But it could also be called murder which is not a good thing because, then someone is taking a life for a reason they do not even know.

Lennie and George were always together especially after Lennie's aunt Clara died. George explained his relationship with Lennie by saying, "Him and me was both born in Auburn. I knowed his Aunt Clara. She took him when he was a baby and raised him up. When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin'. Got kinda used to each other after a little while” (Steinbeck 386). Lennie has always had someone to care for him. George took it upon himself to provide for Lennie after his aunt died. If something happens to George or they get separated Lennie wouldn’t know what to do. George killing Lennie was better off for the both of

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

George killing Lennie was justified because he would rather of done it that Curley, Lennie prevented him from settling down and he wanted to end Lennie’s suffering. To start, George himself would have rather killed Lennie. If George had not killed him, then Curley would have. Curley never liked big guys and had the perfect chance to take one out since that one happened to have killed his wife. George knew Lennie for a long time and knew him better than anyone else ever could have.

Some people may argue that it was not justified because George killed his best friend. This idea is wrong because George was trying to prevent Lennie from dying a painful death. George’s decision was justified because he was trying to prevent Lennie from dying a brutal death.

By George killing Lennie, he’s giving himself a better opportunity to travel and be successful on his own. Because of Lennie’s mental retardation he can not use his brain or think before he does the things that get him in trouble. Mental retardation is defined as "significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period." (“Mental Retardation” 2). This definition of mental retardation relates to Lennie because he has sub-average intellectual problems which is why he is unable to remember things or process them easily.

George thought what he was doing was the best for Lennie, when in reality Lennie could have survived on his own. George thought since he was responsible for Lennie, he could decide huge life decisions for him, but he can not. George was wrong for killing Lennie. We only get one life, you should not take it away from

It was justified when George decided to end Lennie's life because Lennie made many poor mistakes for his own selfish needs, that affected both George and Lennie in an inferior way. Lennie is a big guy, but he isn’t very bright and tends to make bad choices due to his lack of knowledge on comprehending his current surrounding. In John Steinbeck’s novel “Of Mice and Men”, page 41, paragraph 10 it said “’Well, he seen this girl in a red dress. Dumb bastard like he is, he wants to touch ever’thing he likes. Just wants to feel it. So he reaches out to feel this red dress an’ the girl lets out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on ‘cause that’s the only thing he can think to do’”. This proves how not only does Lennie not make the right decision by not approaching a girl and touching her dress in the first place, but when he finally touched her dress for his own interest, the girl screamed and Lennie was in a state of shock and was unable to think properly and grabbed, then held onto the girl’s dress, which later caused a mob to chase after Lennie and George. Additionally, along with Lennie’s deficient mental capability of being more aware, he is also very strong too, causing him to make a fatal mistake. In the novel "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, on page 91, paragraph 4 it said "She struggled violently under his hands. Her feet battered on the hay and she writhed to be free; and from under Lennie’s hand came a muffled screaming.", it also said " He shook her then, and he was