Of Mice And Men Be Allowed To Kill Lennie's Death

George and Lennie were best friends for a long time, more like brothers. Lennie is about as bright as a 2 watt bulb, so George couldn’t really get mad at him when he accidently killed Curley’s wife while feeling the softness of her hair. “…’I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know’”. The two had planned a future together—a future in their own dream ranch, a ranch where no trouble would ever bother them. “’You…an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em’”. Then after he tells him about the rabbits that Lennie is so fond of, he shoots him in the back of the head where he knows it will not hurt him, and Lennie will not know what hit him. This is the peaceful alternative to what Curley had in store for him. Curley's exact words were "shoot the bastard right in the guts." George's euthanizing of Lennie makes the mentally incompetent Lennie die with dignity. Had Curley gotten to Lennie first, Lennie would have suffered. This shows you how much George cares for Lennie, no matter what he does or the crimes he commits. He’d always be there to help Lennie get right back up to his feet, make him forget all his worries, and move on like nothing happened. I strongly believe George was the right person to kill Lennie, and made the right decision in doing so, rather than to let him suffer in the hands of Curley.

As many people who were out to get Lennie, the only person qualified to kill him was George. George has been there for Lennie, his whole life, “Him and me was both born in Auburn… When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin’. Got kinda used to each other after a little while” (Steinbeck 40). Furthermore, George was only trying to take away more suffering later in the future. Since Lennie killed Curley’s wife,

One of the main reasons why George was actually justified for the killing is because Lennie had hurt others in the past and would most likely continue to do so. When they were in Salinas, Lennie got into very similar trouble when he wouldn’t let go of a girl’s dress. When George was asked by Slim what had happened in Weed he explained, “Well that girl rabbits in an’ tells the law she been raped. The guys in Weed start a party out to lynch Lennie. So we sit in a irrigation ditch under water all the rest of that day. An’ at night we scrammed outta there” (42). This shows us that Lennie is trouble, brings it wherever he goes, and this is why they moved to Salinas. When at the ranch Lennie not only kills his puppy, he also breaks Curley’s hand, showing that the trouble that follows Lennie happens quite often. Lennie smiled with this bruised mouth. “I didn't want no trouble," he said. He walked toward the door, but just before he came to it,

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

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.

The first reason why George is justified in killing Lennie is because Lennie is worthless like Candy’s dog. Candy’s dog is causing trouble for the men, and suffering while it's still alive “Ain’t nothing left for him. Can’t eat, can’t see, can’t even walk without hurtin’( Steinbeck 47). Like Lennie, the dog is physically impaired. The dog can hardly walk and Lennie has some trouble moving around. Lennie is worthless, because he does

In the story to prove it, it says “They got to bring him in, I guess. They ain’t no way out. Maybe they won’t hurt ‘im. He said sharply, I ain’t gonna let ‘em hurt lennie”(steinbeck 95). This is important evidence because you see why George makes his decision on killing lennie because he keeps killing and now he just killed and human. Another reasoning for killing being acceptable because also in the book it says “le’s go now. He turned suspiciously on George. You're coming with us fella. Yeah said George. I’ll come. But listen, curley. The poor b*****d’s nuts. Don’t shoot ‘im. He didn’t know what he was doin’ “(steinbeck 98). This evidence is important because it shows how George didn’t want them to kill lennie and he wanted to because lennie didn't understand what he was doing and that he knew lennie didn't know that was wrong of him to do. So he needed to kill lennie in order to protect the rest of the community from lennie hurting

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

George's justification for shooting Lennie is to keep him from experiencing the pain that will follow the consequences of his actions. Lennie will be lynched, probably beaten and then killed when he is caught. George also knows that even if they were to escape, it would be just a matter of time before Lennie had another "accident" and killed someone else. He knows he can't protect him from society, as he also can't protect society from Lennie. From George's perspective, killing Lennie before he is caught is the only kind thing to do. It is a quick end--he even protects Lennie from seeing it coming. From George's perspective, it is an act of love. As to whether it is justifiable or not, that is difficult to say. From one perspective, killing

George should have killed Lennie because he hasn’t been able to save a lot of money because of Lennie, Lennie always gets in trouble, and he has killed Curley's wife. One reason why George isn’t able to save his money because he has to watch Lennie. George once said, “ If I was alone I could live so easy. I could get a job and work, and no trouble. No mess at all”.

First of all, George shouldn’t of killed Lennie because, Lennie didn’t mean to kill Curley’s wife. Lennie knew that if someone saw Curley’s wife lying on the floor dead they would tell Curley that someone had kill your wife. (If Lennie hadn’t kill Curley’s wife they wouldn’t be looking for him, Lennie would still be alive, and have a job, roof, and he would still be with George.) Lennie didn’t want to die, and Curley wanted Lennie to suffer a slow and painful death.

George was right in the decision he made to shoot Lennie in the head. He is right because he had to choose between shooting

Some may claim that George shouldn’t have killed Lennie, and could have told Lennie to get out of town or go live in a cave or into the hills. Lennie has even said “Well, I could go off in the hills there. Some place I’d find a cave.” Obviously, Lennie has thought about running off before, or he wouldn’t even threaten George with that statement so, he could do it without much trouble. These other views might also say that then if Lennie lived off in a cave, he wouldn’t be able to bother any more women, because he far away from any other person. This is better for Lennie, because then he can stay out of

For instance as stated on page 91, “And she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck. ‘But George’ll be mad if you yell. I done a bad thing. I done another bad thing.’” This shows that if Lennie had not been shot, Lennie would go down a darker path and would lead a darker life. Lennie also feels bad for his actions so although he may have killed her, he knows what he has done wrong and feels guilty so Lennie was not a bad human. In addition, on page 94 it displays, “I guess we gotta get im an’ ‘lock im up.’ We can’t let im up. We can’t let im get away why the poor bastard starve.” This shows that Lennie would go to jail if George had not shot him. He would get punished for his actions which is a fate far worse than death. George was also thinking about Lennie and his future life and the miserable life he would be living. Lennie would be living a life in “the shadows.” Finally, as stated by Curley on page 96, “Im gonna get him. I'm going for my shotgun. Ill kill the big son-of-a-bitch myself. I'll shoot im in the guts.” This proves that Curley was furious with Lennie and would have shot him himself. However, Curley would make Lennie’s death painful and would show no mercy because he crushed his hand in the beginning and killed his wife. Lennie caused Curley a lot of trouble and would take out all of his anger on him so George decided to shoot him

When Lennie talks about how George has never hurt him, he was proven wrong later in the story.They were both having a conversation of how they wanna live on the "fatta the lan".When George heard the voices getting closer he got the gun and shot Lennie in the back of the head.He shot him in that spot so he wouldn't have to suffer.I think George did the right thing by killing Lennie.He had killed Curley's wife and he had killed a puppy.And George only did it because he didn't want him to suffer or get punished.They would have put him to jail or even taken him to an insane asylum.George did it for his own good.Lennie was pretty upset though but he knew he did the right thing.When Lennie and the imaginary rabbit were having the argument,the rabbit