At the end of the story Of Mice and Men George makes a decision that can be looked as criminal and or selfish. Why does George make this decision for a cold blooded murder? George faces this similar situation at the end of John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men. Some people may take George killing Lennie was acceptable. However , they do not realize the death was an act of murder and selfish act with Lennie out of hate. George should feel guilty for committing the act himself, and he won’t have to worry about Lennie anymore. One reason George’s killing should be justified is because Lennie is kind of a harmless to George, and sometimes other people. Even though he causes George a lot of trouble he has the best interest in mind for himself
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
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.
In the novel Of Mice and Men George is Lennie's caretaker and best friend. They have a friendship that has grown into so much with all the events that have happened to them. Lennie needs the care of George and without George Lennie would have died a lot sooner. Lennie gets into trouble and George always found a way out of it for Lennie. Taking care of Lennie has challenged George's life. He could of had a normal life but now he is a full time babysitter. George has taught Lennie lessons and has helped him grow. George killing Lennie is justified because George only meant it for the better, Lennie harmed people and help George back. George did as the good of his friend and didn't want Lennie to suffer in future experiences.
George’s decision at the end of John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men can be defended in two ways. One sense is that George’s action to shoot Lennie was justified because George wanted the best of his friend. George knew that Lennie wouldn’t ever be happy locked up in jail, which led George to the decision of taking Lennie’s life. He also knows that Lennie is overly dependant on him, and he knows that if they were somehow separated, Lennie wouldn't survive. On the opposite end, George may have done this for his own benefit. George wanted to get rid of Lennie from the very beginning of the novel, because he wanted to live a free life without having to constantly have to Lennie’s problems.
George Milton and Lennie Small have traveled around the country as migrant farmers. George has been known to look over Lennie, similarly how a parent looks over a child. Lennie, for the most part, has to be watched and taken care of for the majority of the day. When Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife, George decides to take matters into his own hands and take Lennie’s life. Although Lennie and George were good friends, George was justified in his decision to shoot Lennie because Lennie’s death decreased George’s responsibility and Lennie’s suffering.
George’s Decision of Killing Lennie In the novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Georges decision of killing Lennie was a good choice. George could not control anything in his life considering his strength. The author somewhat built up that the ending would be George shooting Lennie, because Lennie could not control his actions.
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
Imagine you had to spend a great part of your life taking care of someone that is completely useless and is preventing you from completing your goals and is just pulling you back and keeps getting you into trouble. George was in that situation. His life was harder than it had to be because of Lennie’s troubles. This time, Lennie got in a real bad situation. Either he was going to be murdered on the spot by Curley, or George will have to end his troubles. George is justified for mercy killing Lennie. This novel, Of Mice and Men, is written by John Steinbeck.
George’s greatest concern was to provide Lennie the safety he needed. There was never a point in the story where Lennie was abandoned by George for money, hookers, or living a better life. Although George dreamed and complained about of how life would be without Lennie, his conscience always told him otherwise. George cared for Lennie like if they were brothers. As a result of Lennie’s actions, George came to the tragic decision of putting Lennie down. In order to truly protect Lennie, George made the correct decision of executing him.
George is left with the tough decision on whether or not to kill Lennie. He chooses to kill. George does the right thing because Lennie could be kept in prison, beaten or killed, and he has no use. To begin with, Lennie has committed a crime and could very well be kept in prison. For a guy like him, prison is no place to spend.
Although the killing of Lennie at the end of Of Mice and Men could be seen as a cold act of murder that George committed to free himself of Lennie, it was actually an act of kindness that George did for the benefit of Lennie. George was close to Lennie, maybe even like a brother. It was probably hard for him to do what he did, but it was what he thought he should do, the right thing to do. He knew that if Curley or Carlson did not kill him, or if he went off by himself, his life may have turned into one that he would not want to live.
George should not get in trouble for murdering Lennie. George was only doing Lennie a favor so he did not get a slow and painful death in the book of (mice and men) written by (John Steinbeck). George was never meant to ever hurt Lennie, but he knew he had to do it before someone else did. I believe that George doesn’t deserve to get punished for helping Lennie out and making sure that it comes fast and from someone that he knows it is the least that George could do and it was hard enough for George to do that and to be punished for it he doesn’t deserve that because if Curley got a hold of him he would be dead but slowly.
At the end of mice and men, George needed to kill Lennie to prevent the suffering that was soon about to come. George shot Lennie, but George did it out of fear for Lennie? George was afraid what will happen to Lennie and he had no idea what was going to happen. George distracts Lennie with the dream farm and Lennie was expecting hell in spite of what he had done, but George was not mad and he wanted for Lennie to feel happy before his final moments. George cares for him, and George had been with him to the heart so it would be obvious for George to have such an ordeal in ending his only companion's life. But George used his strength to do what was best for him.
Near the end of the novel, Lennie accidentally kills a young woman; due to his lack of understanding and his immense strength. George then shoots Lennie to keep Lennie from the consequences of his actions. George’s choice was ethical because Lennie would have either been treated inhumanely or killed without remorse if George hadn’t killed him, and George killed Lennie peacefully and lovingly.
At the end of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men George shoots his best friend, Lennie, in the back of the head. He didn’t have very many other options. He couldn’t turn Lennie into the sheriff because he didn’t think Lennie deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison. Also, he felt like it should be him who killed Lennie, and not the other men who might make his death more painful. What he did, though, could also be seen as evil.