Lennie's Death In Of Mice And Men

At the end of Of Mice and Men, George has to make the grim decision to shoot Lennie in the back of the head before the other men kill him because Lennie accidently killed the bosses son, Curley’s, wife. “George said softly, ‘I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would. “(Steinbeck 94). This shows that George has always hoped that he and Lennie would have a farm and live their life together, but when he sees that cannot happen, he becomes very depressed. This makes him learn the self-knowledge that without Lennie, he is the man that he has always said he was not. With this thought, he knows he has surrendered his dreams, and they cannot be sustained without Lennie. This reveals he has found the impossibility of living the American dream despite hard work and that dreams are no place in a harsh, unloving world. As well, in the end, Slim is the only man that can see that George has gone through the terrible loss of his best friend. This event shows George the real need for friendship in the world, which he needed to distinguish himself from other

I would like to thank everyone who has come here today to say goodbye to a dear friend of mine and yours. A friend who was kind. A friend who loved everyone.A friend. Lennie Small was my only friend. He was my family.

One usually has morals that they live by, but in certain cases, he or she may abandon their own beliefs in order to belong. This situation is shown in John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, between George Milton and Lennie Smalls. George always looks out for Lennie and takes care of him. Eventually, George begins to neglect paying attention to him. George had been spending so much time with the men on the farm, thus failing to watch Lennie. George’s absence ultimately led to Lennie’s demise. George went against his morals of taking care of Lennie, like he always used to, then neglected to watch him, leading to his death.

Lennie Small has a very symbolic importance in the novel Of Mice and Men. In the novel George Milton and Lennie Small both migrant workers pursue their dream of someday owning their own ranch by travelling around working as ranch hands to earn a living. The dream they share is to be able to "live off the fat of the land,". Lennie Small is a very complex character, although he may not appear to be at first glance. Lennie is the most interesting character in the novel because he differs from the other is many ways. Lennie Small ironically is a man of large stature and is very strong. He is child-like in his emotions and has a diminished mental capacity. Lennie's feelings are much like that of a normal person when you take into

At the end of the story, George finally kills Lennie and he is comforted by Slim. Slim helps George to realize that he has always done what is best for everyone, and even though he lost his dream and his inspiration towards the future, he does not need to fear what is yet to come. George learns to not be disappointed because he was not rewarded in the way he wanted, and that he will just have to live through the pain and make the rest of his life

In my opinion, Lennie Small is the most interesting character in Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck does a very good job describing and characterizing Lennie's personality. Lennie's character is, indeed, quite unique. A large man with enormous strength, yet kind and childlike, he seems to find joy in simple life pleasures like petting a furry animal and making the water ripple. Lennie's greatest difficulty seems to be remembering; and it is the lack of the ability to remember that ultimately leads to his tragedy at the end of the book. In the novel, Steinbeck seems to reinforce Lennie's characteristics of strength, kindness, childlike manner, and somewhat animal-like personality.

Many people develop mental illness before the age of thirty. Lennie Small a character in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck shows many symptoms of mental illness which lead to his death. Lennie Small's mental state ultimately lead to his death because he was unable to defend himself, he didn't know how to use his strength, and he is unable to learn from his mistakes.

As the defence lawyer for George Milton, I argue that my client should not be convicted for the murder of Lennie Small based on the structure of his relationship with Lennie and his pure intentions.

During the Great Depression, the Western United States was a bleak and dreary place. Much of the working population at the time were migrant workers, who worked as farmhands for wealthier farm owners. These migrant workers often suffered from terrible working conditions, and horrendously low wages. As George and Lennie drift from job to job in search of liveable conditions and steady pay, they experience the cruel reality that moving up in society is near impossible. Even when George manages to find stable occupations for he and Lennie, Lennie seems to inevitably cause a disturbance, forcing them to abscond immediately. With the strength of an ox, but the mind of a child, Lennie is an oblivious destroyer, who gets little sympathy from

Lennie small is a large strong, and un intelligent man. He rarely thinks for himself and can’t hold his own. He does not understand Who you can laugh at or when you can laugh which makes him not have any social awareness. Lennie also never learns throughout the course of this story. He never learns to stay away from some people. For All these reasons we are sympathetic for him.

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

In John Steinbeck’s work, Of Mice and Men, Lennie is compared to an animal multiple times which degrades from his sense of humanity and leads to a greater gap between George and himself causing Lennie to become almost nothing to the reader, and to the other characters in the story as well. While George has sharp figures and is precisely described, Lennie is shown as more animalistic, and not really given a lot of traits and characteristics. Also, the other people in the ranch/farm approach Lennie with fear and caution.

"I just done it ... took [the gun] an' ... killed him" says George on murdering Lennie (Steinbeck 107). John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men takes place at a ranch near Soledad, California during the Great Depression. George and Lennie are two migrant workers who travel together from place to place. Lennie has a mental disability and likes to pet soft objects. One day, Lennie starts to pet a woman’s hair. After the woman starts to panic, Lennie accidentally snaps her neck and kills her. George then hunts down Lennie and murders him. George murdered Lennie because Lennie didn’t wish to die.

Lennie is an individual with great size and strength, much like the fictional character shrek. Lennie has a mind of a child, he does not have the capability to think for himself. Making him quite vulnerable to manipulation, which then could make him quite dangerous. Lennie’s strength goes to the extreme causing him to cause “accidents”. In the book “of mice and men” lennie kills curley’s wife by mistake. After fleeing george had come to the decision to kill lennie to prevent anymore “accidents”. Whether George’s decision was justified or not can be debated and defended either ways. I feel that it was indeed a justifiable decision. His actions were against the law, but weighing the pros and cons I feel it was a justified decision. If had he

A life is very precious and valuable, and taking away one's life is viewed by many as a crime and violation of human rights. However, under certain circumstances, the taking of someone's life may be viewed as acceptable. When one is in great pain or danger, and could no longer benefit from living, killing them might be the best option for them. This is the case in Of Mice and Men a fiction novel by John Steinbeck. In the book, Steinbeck tells the story of two good friends, George and Lennie, who travel around as ranch workers during The Great Depression. After Lennie commits an accidental murder, George finds Lennie and kills him. George kills Lennie because he knows Lennie’s