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.
Throughout the novel, George showed qualities of leadership, interpersonal and intrapersonal skills, sense of fraternity, sense of respect for others, and sense of human dignity. These character traits of empathy to keep himself and Lennie alive. Lennie had a mental disability that everyone overlooked, he was very tall and broad, and did not realize his actions or strength. George felt guilt over Curley’s wife death and was unsure if the law would find
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George’s main purpose was to protect Lennie from the consequences that were coming his way. George had many scenarios running through his head, contemplating what would be in Lennie’s best interest. After Lennie accidentally killed Curley’s wife, Lennie remembered the designated spot that George told him. This quote is foreshadowing Lennie’s death, “A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shallows. A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically.” (pg. 99). The author is inferring that Lennie is not expecting George to kill
But if the other outcome is worse, you're obligated/called to do the right/more humane outcome. Most people would agree with this statement in almost every other situation, but when you substitute it into context here it's no different. Many people who have read the book agrees George and Lennie had a special connection/best friends and many say friends don't kill each other. When you take a deeper look at this statement it justifies even more why George did the right thing, and shouldn't get punished. Since they had a special connection, George cared for him so much that he knew the right thing to do is to let him go and die happily, peacefully, with no struggle. Also by someone who cares for him, then someone who hates him, no matter how much it would hurt himself to do it.
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.
Throughout the book we see an interesting bond between two very different men. George is similar to an older brother and has become responsible for Lennie. Because of his mental disorder Lennie is dependent on George and does whatever he says. They both had plans to spend their futures together. It was very difficult for George to kill Lennie, but he did it out of him love for him, which made it even harder. In that moment it is clear how much George really cares for Lennie. Though their friendship comes an appealing finish it is evident that both characters are extremely close to each other and would go to extreme lengths for one
Was George justified in the shooting of Lennie? In this book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck we see two men that travel together. Lennie, who is mentally handicap, keeps getting into trouble causing the two men to run. This causes George to have to shoot Lennie because, he does not know what he is doing, and also he cannot learn from his mistakes that he has done in the past.
After Lennie has inadvertently murdered Curley’s wife, Curley’s lynch mob go out in search of Lennie. George’s decision is almost inevitable to spare Lennie’s life, rather than let Curley and his gang destroy the bit of life Lennie has.
In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, George was overall morally justified for shooting Lennie because he had good reasons to do so. George did take Lennie’s life but he did it to save Lennie from the pain of Curley’s wrath. If George did not kill Lennie, then he would have had to suffer through life in jail or an asylum or torture from Curley. Many people think that George was responsible for Lennie, so the murder was not justified. However, George was justified because Lennie had hurt others before and had strong potential to hurt again.
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.
Yes, that is not something a good friend would do, but he had good reason. If George didn’t kill Lennie, the other guys would’ve taken him and torchered him and made him die a painful death. George didn’t want that to happen so before he killed Lennie, he comforted him by telling him the things he wanted to hear and made his last moments enjoyable. George talked to Lennie about the farm that they were going to own together and how much fun they were going to have. Then he had no choice but to shoot him. If they had ran, Curley and his men would’ve chased them until he finally caught them, and being on the run for the rest of your life and having to look over your shoulder everyday for the rest of your life would be
Although George was always Lennie’s paternal/fraternal figure, Lennie’s immense size would protect George physically, from harm that could befall him. At the end of the novel it turned into where George had to protect Lennie from being shot by Curley – which he did in the way that he killed Lennie himself – as if it were a mercy killing. “You hadda, George. I sear you hadda.” If George didn’t want his friend to suffer he had to protect him and his dignity by shooting Lennie himself – this showed tremendous growth in it’s own way.
Would you kill your best friend even though it would be putting him out of his misery.Of “Mice and Men”, told us about a true friendship between two men George and Lennie.George was a smart short mann that always looked out for his best friend Lennie. Lennie was a kind and gentle human being but his mental ability held him back .Lennie was not in control of his emotions.Lennie is always following orders that are given to him, but is never truly thinking for himself. Lennie would be lost without the guidance he receives on a day to day bases.Lennie would never do anything to be mean but there is no telling what he is capable of if he loses it, he could kill someone on accident or severely mame someone with just his bare hands. George would always
I believe that George was justified when he shot Lennie because lennie was going to go to prison anyways,Curly would have done the same thing but he would have made Lennie surfer and George did it quick and painless,the book foreshadows what was going to happen at the end of the book.
The Great Depression affected millions of people in America, two of those people affected were George and Lennie. George and Lennie are migrant workers that struck a job in California. George can be described as the brains of the partnership, while Lennie is more of the muscle. In the story Lennie has a fascination with feeling soft objects. This later gets them in trouble in the town of Weed. Once they get to the job, they go months will no big problems. Until, Lennie accidentally killed The owner’s son’s wife. After this happened Lennie ran off, and all the workers went to go find him and kill him. George does find Lennie before any of the other workers, and even with the chance to escape, he shoots Lennie. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the murder of Lennie was not Justified.
Was George justified with killing lennie? In my opinion it was right and i will tell you why. The reasons is the events leading up to lennie’s death, was it justified, was it an example of euthanasia?
George knew that Lennie would be lynched, probably beaten and then killed if he was caught. Lennie, being more like an animal than a human being, was incapable of understanding his own strength and understanding the subtleties of life. George grasps the fact that he can't protect Lennie from society, as he also can't protect society from Lennie. George felt as though he had no other choice but to save Lennie from a cruel kind of death at the hands of Curley and his followers. It is a supposedly quick end. He even goes as far as to protect Lennie from seeing it coming. It appears to be an act of love. However, if they did escape, George knew it would be just a matter of time before Lennie had another "accident". As to whether it is justifiable
I had a text to self connection at the end of the book when George killed Lennie, and that was when someone or something gets to be a burden or is a bad influence sometimes you have to cut ties for the greater good of you as a person. I here all the time to stay away for people that don’t help me as a person grow and when Lennie killed Curley’s wife he no longer could be considered innocent. For the safety and good of others George cut that tie. In the circumstance George took it upon himself to do it in the fashion he did but in our day to day lives it looks