Lennie Close Friends

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.

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

Some people think that George did not do the right thing by killing Lennie because there were alternative options for shooting him. But, if George and Lennie decided to run away, they would be running their whole life, and if George decided to turn Lennie in, he

George made the right decision killing Lennie because Lennie had harassed many girls and ended up killing his co-workers wife so a lot of men had got together and hunted down Lennie and were going to slowly kill him. George made the right decision killing him because, they were gonna slowly kill him and George just put him out, George would of had a way better life without him, and I honestly think that he deserved it he killed a woman and had harassed others.

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.

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

Some people think that George shouldn’t have killed Lennie because they think that someone like George wouldn’t kill his best friend Lennie. However nothing good was going to happen after George killed Lennie.

Lennie had a long history of getting in trouble, getting fired and making George very mad. Also George would end up getting blamed for a lot of things and If he stuck with Lennie bad things would come into play. So if George still had to take care of Lennie after he killed Curley's wife then they would both probably end up getting tortured by Curly back at the farm. This is the second reason why George should have killed

Secondly, George had to kill Lennie, for he wanted to help Lennie to make his life better. Since Lennie had a mental disorder, he had to avoid talking to people or he would be judged and thought of as crazy because that is how people back in The Great Depression. On page 101 George says, “You… an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be more trouble.” This means that George didn’t want Lennie to be made fun of or thought of as crazy. Therefore, George killed Lennie so he won't have to struggle through life

Lennie couldn’t take care of himself, and he was dangerous. George was saving Lennie from a harder life and/or a more painful death. George had to kill Lennie because he was dangerous. Lennie was not smart, and acted like a child.

Some may believe that George did not have to kill lennie. For those that believe that George did the wrong thing, he could have possibly shot the gun and say that Lennie ran off into the brush. Next, George could have tried to let him just go out on his own for a while until George was done working at the current ranch. Finally, George could have had the guys kill himself instead of killing Lennie.

George’s killing of Lennie was to save him from experiencing a more brutal and painful death in the

George didn't want him to hurt anyone else by accident, so he killed him . Somer people might say that he still killed his best friend and it's still considered murder. But if he didn't killed him quickly, then Curley would torture and lynch him .In the book George and Lennie got a job. George did do the right thing of killing Lennie.

By shooting Lennie, George spares his friend the merciless death that would be delivered by Curley's lynch mob. He also puts to rest his own dream of a perfect, congenial world. George came to the verdict that he should kill Lennie due to his past actions. He learned this when Carlson killed Candy's

George made a good decision when he killed Lennie because he can have a better life, and also stay with the other guys and be safe. When George was forced to kill Lennie, sure it was a bad thing, but it also was a good thing for many different