Of Mice And Men Character Analysis

Even though George sometimes says how much better his life would be without Lennie, he will always protect Lennie. George is devoted to watching out for Lennie. He is always telling Lennie not to talk because that will probably lead to trouble. If Lennie gets in trouble that will block the both of them from living their dream. So George is inspired to keep Lennie out of trouble.

George, while not a selfish man, certainly had something to gain from Lennie’s death, particularly if he carried it out himself. Lennie had only made his life more difficult, from losing him jobs to getting them run out of town. As George says multiple times over the course of the novel, “If I was alone I could live so easy. ... I could get a job and not have no mess” (Steinbeck 103), going on about how he would spend his time and money without Lennie.

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

If George had not killed Lennie, he would have continued to do bad things. This is first shown when he grabbed the girl in Weed and him accidentally killing Aunt Clara’s mice.When Lennie killed the puppy and Curley’s wife it showed that Lennie was incapable of not doing bad things. Lennie did not understand his strength or why both girls tried to get away from him when he grabbed them. Steinback showed that Lennie was not aware that he was hurting the mice, the puppy, or Curley’s wife when he said, “All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of em’ mean.”(Steinback 95). George knew that even if he and Lennie ran away that Lennie's past would continue to follow them.

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

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

George says he wants Lennie to stay with him because george is trying to keep lennie from getting hurt or even killed. “Lennie never done it in meanness,” he said. “All the time he done bad things but he never done any of ‘em mean - (95). This quote shows George sticking up for lennie because lennie did something he wasn't supposed to. George is always looking out for lennie as if he were his little brother.

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.

George kills Lennie because he poses a threat to society since he does not know his own strengths. In Weed, Lennie harassed a girl, but George was there to stop him before he could cause any serious harm. However, at the ranch, George was not there to stop Lennie when he grabs onto Curley’s wife’s hair and does not let

Later on in the story Lennie kills his new puppy and Curley’s wife. “‘I done a really bad thing,’ he said” (pg.92) this was after he had killed both the puppy and Curley’s wife. George killing Lennie meant that he was putting Lennie out of his misery and preventing him from making even more

George starts to dehumanize Lennie as he treats him like a dog. He makes sure that he remembers what he is told, and praises him like a dog whenever he repeats what was told to him to remember. With this, George was justified in killing Lennie because people would often make fun of Lennie for not being normal. So George had done Lennie a favor of taking him out of a world that would hurt him in the long run, than later for maybe Lennie to take his own life hating the world he once lived

“At some point, you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life” (Anonymous). Killing Lennie at the end of the book was probably the hardest decision that George has made and will ever have to make. But, Lennie was one of those exceptions that was better off living without, while instead living with a memory of him. George realized this and made the decision to kill Lennie himself. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George made the right decision to kill Lennie because more people would’ve been harmed, other people wanted him dead, and George could be much more successful without Lennie holding him back.

Lennie really looked up to him and was loyal to George. Killing him just didn't seem right or fair. George created loneliness for himself by killing his best

Lennie was a little bit slower than most people but he kept george company. Lennie really loved soft animals but he could never keep them alive because he was so strong he would just strangle them. Lennie ended up being the one that killed Curley’s wife and broke many bones of Curley,For some reason i think Lennie wanted to go after Curley and his family

Due to the potential danger Lennie is to his peers, he requires constant care from George. Lennie is in some ways a parasite to George as he gets significantly more out of the friendship. Admittedly George gets advantages from their relationship, most importantly companionship which was highly uncommon for ranch hands as it’s far easier to get work as a solitary traveller. But Lennie on the other hand arguably owes his livelihood and his life to George for without him vouching for Lennie’s work ethic, the ranch owners would never risk hiring him. Also, without George he would not have been able to escape Weed as he doesn’t have the mental capacity to look after himself. Finally, as the last act of loyalty to Lennie, George shoots him, as he