Lennie's Sacrifice

Nevertheless, Steinbeck did his audience hints towards Lennie’s demise through foreshadowing. Candy mournfully tells George, “I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog” (Steinbeck 61). In this chapter of the story, Candy expresses his regret in not having the courage to put his dog down and having someone else do it for him. When Curley starts the search to hunt down Lennie, George most likely remembers this and decides to end the problem of Lennie always causing trouble wherever they

In Of Mice and Men, George was right to kill Lennie. In the novel, Lennie killed a mouse, a puppy, and a woman. Lennie could have been charged with rape on two separate occasions. In Weed, Lennie grabbed a woman and ripped a part of her clothes off. At the farm, in the barn, Lennie stroked her hair and accidentally killed her. George killed Lennie, because Candy told George he wished he would have shot his own dog, Lennie killed Curley’s wife, the puppie, and the mouse, and the lynch mob would have done worse things to Lennie.

In the foreshadowing Carlson shoots Candy’s dog. Carlson's reason for doing this is that it’s too old and doesn't have fun anymore. When Carlson does it Candy say “ I ought to have shot that dog myself George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.” (61).George probably took this and put it in perspective with Lennie. If he would’ve let Curley shoot him then things would've been worse because he would've suffered more. Another reason the reader thinks he did the right thing is because of what slim says.

In John Steinbeck's classic novella, Of Mice and Men, George makes the decision of killing Lennie because he knows it is in Lennie's best interest. His act of killing Lennie is not considered criminal. George has good intentions in killing his companion. George is trying to prevent Lennie from being tortured and from his constant desire to please George and not cause trouble. Additionally, Lennie repeatedly places himself in difficult situations, and as a result, brings George into the circumstances. There is a close friendship between George and Lennie, and George had carefully thought out whether or not he

In the book of Mice and Men George and Lennie are good friends but towards the end things change, “ He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and the settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering” (Steinbeck 106). George was the one responsible for Lennie so he should’ve been the one to shoot him instead of curley or carlson making him suffer. Earlier in the book the curley said, “I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big bastard myself” (Steinbeck 98). This shows it would've been less painful and quicker on Lennie the way George did

Of Mice and Men In the Novel Of Mice and Men, George kills Lennie. The question was mentioned up if George was justified by killing Lennie. George was justified in killing Lennie because Lennie was careless and dangerous.

In Of Mice and Men George's ability to reach his goal is hindered by having to deal with Lennie. Lennie throughout the book gets in trouble "just wanted to feel that girl's dress,-jus' wanted to pet it" (Steinbeck 11) Lennie is constantly making bad decisions because of his stupidity. because of this George gets dragged down and affected. Lennie continues to make bad decisions which lead me to his own death. " he pulled the trigger, Lennie Jarred and then settled down slowly forward.

In 'Of Mice and Men' the resolution of the plot is a very unfortunate. Steinbeck wanted to emphasize the complication with the 1930’s. Lennie's mental handicap, due to the lack of knowledge led to many predicaments in George and Lennie's lives. These complications eventually led to George having to shoot in order to protect him from Curley and the others. George, being Lennie's only friend and vice-versa, was heartbroken over what he had to do. However, it was what was ultimately best for the both of them. The ending, no matter how sad, was in fact a parallel to what might have actually happened it that situation were to have happened in real life.

In the novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, there are two main characters. Lennie and George. They are migrant workers, who worked on a farm originally but Lennie wanted to feel a girl’s dress, and she tried to run and scream, so he grabbed her. They then had to escape that farm alive.

After this action, Candy feels empty, as well as, regret wishing he shot his dog himself, “I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog” (Page 61). Even though this was a tough decision, it would have been easier to let go had Candy done the deed

Of Mice and Men was a striking book about a few men simply endeavoring to get by in the Great Depression. George and Lennie had known each other for quite a while and had developed to rely upon each other. All through the book Lennie got some information about them, about how they would get a place and live respectively, they never got the chance to do that, as life would have it, reality acted as a burden. The most questionable point from this book was the reason George killed Lennie. It was the best choice for numerous reasons, the first being that Lennie was a threat to people around him and additionally himself, the second is that Lennie couldn't make do without George and the last being that if George didn't, Curly would have.

Candy loves his dog and does not want to part with him, but he kept getting pressured into it that finally he gives in; “At last Candy said softly and hopelessly, ‘Awright-take ‘im’” (47). Candy is very upset about the death of his dog, but he allows them to take the dog anyway because he knew the men would not give up about it; therefore, he let them take his dog so they would not complain anymore. This is very difficult for him because he has had that dog for a very long time, and the dog was like a family member to him so he did not want to part with it. After this, the deaths begin to increase in importance. George has

Eventually Candy agrees to put the dog out of its misery in shoot him. Once the deed was done Candy tells George that “I oughtta shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog” (60). This shows Candy feeling lonely because the one thing that has been with him all his life is now gone.

Yesterday afternoon tragedy struck a local ranch. One of the migrant workers Lennie Small killed a woman on the ranch. The victim was a new bride and the daughter-in-law of the boss. The ranch swamper, Candy found her lying in the barn with a broken neck. He ran to tell the other men as soon as he found her. As the men stepped into the barn, they immediately knew who had killed the victim, Lennie Small. Lennie was not the smartest, according to the victim’s husband, Curley.

Throughout the novel, Lennie is shown to love and care for various animals and people, however in each instance Lennie is shown to be unaware of his own strength, and inadvertently hurts the things he loves. This builds towards the final tragedy in the novel, as Lennie unintentionally kills Curley’s wife, leading to George and Lennie’s worst fears to be fulfilled. This is also shown through George’s constant precautions and his fear which stems from what Lennie was accused of in Weed. George is paranoid that Lennie will do something bad again which is why he specifically tells Lennie to meet him in a special place if anything bad happens. This also foreshadows that the ending is going to be tragic as George is constantly thinking of the worst case scenario. The first example of Lennie’s unawareness of his own strength happens at the beginning of the novel, as it is revealed that he had killed a mouse. George seeing this as a stepping stone to what will happen explodes saying “you always kill ‘em” (Of Mice and Men Steinbeck. J, 2006 page 14) During the novel, Lennie gets a puppy at the