Of Mice And Men George And Lennie Friendship

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

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

Friendship is the strongest relationship two people can have. John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men,” for example, is about two men who go around California looking for jobs during the Great Depression. The camaraderie between the two main characters, George and Lennie, stands out particularly. Their friendship is similar to that of a parent and a child. George being the parent and taking care of Lennie by keeping him out of trouble; and Lennie being the child, ignorant of the world around him and simple-minded. In the case of John Steinbeck’s classic novella, the friendship of the two men produces risks for both; however, the emotional and physical benefits far outweigh the risks.

Once again, Lennie finds himself in trouble, when he killed Curley’s wife. He remembers what George told him, “...I want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush” (Chapter 1). That is exactly what Lennie does, he runs straight to the camping spot. When everyone finally sees Curley’s wife dead, they all know who it was and set out to kill him. George sets out as well to see if he can reach Lennie before the rest of the men. “I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George, I shouldn't oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog” (Chapter 3). That is what Candy said to George after Carlson shot his dog. “George… reached in his side pocket and brought out Carlson’s Luger…” (Chapter 6) This is when George finally reaches Lennie and decides to go ahead and put him out of his own misery, so he shoots him. John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing by clearly using Candy’s dog to represent Lennie’s

The author John Steinbeck presents the relationship between the two characters, George and Lennie in different ways as they are both different characters and have different personalities. He presents it like a parent and child relationship, with George being the parent and Lennie the child.

George and Lennie were best friends for a long time—more like brothers. Lennie isn’t the brightest bulb in the box, so George couldn’t really get mad at him when he accidentally killed Curley’s wife, due to the soft feel of her hair—which he truly adored too much that he killed her by accident. “…’I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know’”(101). The two had planned a future together—a future in their own dream ranch. A ranch where no trouble they’d cross or cross them. Right before George put him out from the back of the head with the Luger, he made Lennie think of their future home—their ranch and the rabbits Lennie would tend. “’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’”(101). This shows you how much George cares for Lennie, no matter how big the crime is. 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 hereby state that I strongly believe George was the right person to kill Lennie, therefore made the right decision to, rather than to let him suffer in the hands of Curley.

Candy confides in George and shares his regret of not killing his dog himself, “‘I oughtta shot the dog myself, George’” (61). Candy doesn’t want to shoot the dog, but later regrets not having the courage to do so, seeing it as it was his responsibility. This relates to George also because George learned from this that he should be the one to shoot Lennie. After fighting and crushing Curley’s hand, Lennie explains, “‘I didn’t wanta hurt him,’” (64) Lennie shows that he only defended himself. This is the same as when Lennie didn’t mean to kill Curley’s Wife. Pain appears in this dispassionate of others.

After Candy’s dog is shot and all the other guys are gone except for George and Lennie Candy confides in George saying “He said miserably, "You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that I have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs.”(pg 60)

In Of Mice and Men, there is a conflict between Curley and Lennie, and it comes to the point where George decides to take Lennie’s life. Lennie accidentally killed Curley’s wife, when she scared him. This, in turn, made Curley mad, giving him the urge to kill Lennie. Inevitably, the day came when George made the decision to take Lennie’s life.

“I can still tend the rabbits, Goerge? I didn’t mean no harm, George,” quoted from Lennie. That just shows how innocent he really is, which is another reason that George killing Lennie was really a saving of torture for the guy. All he cared about was tending those rabbits and he deserved a peaceful death! George was right to kill Lennie, his intentions were to save Lennie from a worse fate. He really

The relationship between George and Lennie is very complicated because of their personalities and traits. George is a very intelligent man and acts as a parent toward Lennie. Lennie is a strong grown man with the mind of a five year old. Lennie is constantly getting the pair into trouble because he acts like a child. Throughout the novel I feel as if both characters have a huge influence over each other.

Like Candy, Candy’s dog is faced with the ultimate punishment for his age and disability. Candy’s dog is old and said to smell bad and isn’t worth anything, the dog is shot because of its disabilities. This event foreshadows Lennie’s fate at the hand of George. Both of these characters’ euthanasia is rationalized to put them out of their misery and to prevent future suffering from happening due to their disabilities. Which is almost a mirror image of George and Lennie’s relationship where George has known Lennie for a considerable amount of time and George knows that he is completely responsible of Lennie’s well-being and when that well-being is in jeopardy George feels a moral obligation just like Candy did when he gave permission to Carlson to shoot his dog. The euthanizing of Candy’s dog is a “foreshadowing of what will happen with Lennie and George” (Thomas Scarseth) because both Candy and George’s relationship to those dependent to them end with them killing them in order to save them from suffering.

But Lennie understands that he put George in a bad mood even though he doesn’t know why George is angry. Lennie tries to reassure George by telling him that he will go live a cave and never bother him again. But knowing that Lennie cannot take care of himself, George tells him he didn’t mean to say that. Also, when Lennie broke Curley’s Wife’s neck, George finds him tells him to go the place where to meet if anything bad happened. George then goes to Lennie before the mob comes and catches him, Lennie says “You ain’t gonna leave me, are ya, George?

Firstly, in Of Mice And Men, George kills Lennie with honor and respect. George was by Lennie’s side at the end, showing his complete loyalty. When Candy’s dog is killed, Candy later feels guilty about letting his companion die at the hands of a stranger and how he wasn’t by his side until the end. How Candy’s dog is completely dependent upon Candy, Lennie is completely dependent upon George. Lennie is so trusting of George, he didn’t even think twice when being given an order as seen with as when he was

The parallels between Lennie and George’s relationship and the relationship that their workmate, Candy had with his dog reaffirm the power dynamic between George and Lennie. In the novella, Candy must kill his dog because it is old and weak. Candy felt such extreme regret when it came time to kill his dog, that instead of doing