What if the only way you could save your best friend was the worst thing imaginable? George had to make a decision that would change the fate of Lennie’s future. Would he be the one to kill Lennie or would he let Curley do the work of ending Lennie’s life. George by the end did make the right decision. It all started when Curley was looking for his wife and wants to pick a fight with Lennie. Lennie doesn’t protect himself at first but then “George yells, ‘Get him, Lennie. Don’t let him do it.’ ” Lennie goes for Curley’s hand and crunches it into small little pieces. Lennie looks at Curley in panic as he holds his broken hand. George rushes over to tell Lennie to stop, he tells Lennie to stop over and over again. Finally Lennie lets go and …show more content…
After they all left Lennie went out to the barn to see his pup but gets sidetracked and stood in Crooks open doorway. Crook is a black man and the stable buck that has his own room unlike the others that share a bunk. Crook wanted Lennie to leave but Lennie just kept talking so he let him come into the room and sit down. After a while Candy came looking for Lennie to talk about the farm that he and George are going to have. Candy asks if he can be part of it and that he will work hard and for no pay. Then Curley’s wife walks in “looking” for Curley, she complains about how Curley is never around. All the workers on the farm believe that she is only with Curley because of money, apishly Candy. Curley’s wife then remembers about his smashed hand and asks the boys what happened. They all panicked in fear and look at each other. Candy tells her over and over that he got it stuck in a machine, but she doesn’t believe it. Crook just kept her quiet after that. Then Candy tells her that she is not welcomed in the barn. As Curley’s wife leaves she asks Lennie how he got the bruises on his face and Lennie admittedly told her “Curley got his hand stuck in a machine.” They all heard sound in the yard; it was the men back from the hospital. Curley’s wife walks out and says she is glad that Lennie beaded up
We can all argue back and forth whether George killing Lennie was wrong or not. But the fact of the matter is—there was no escape. George heard “a
Curley refuses to let her talk to anyone on the ranch, isolating her from everyone and setting the stage for trouble. This trouble happens in Section 3, where he accuses Slim of being with his wife and is completely wrong. He is ganged up on by the ranch workers, and picks on Lennie in order to vent his anger at being picked on. This turns out to be a mistake. Lennie quickly crushes his hand, and Curley has to be taken to the hospital. Luckily for George and Lennie, Slim comes to there aid, telling Curley “your hand got caught in a machine”.
“Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted. She screamed then, and Lennie's other hand closed over her mouth and nose. "Please don't," he begged. "Oh! Please don't do that. George'll be mad." … "I don't want you to yell. You gonna get me in trouble jus' like George says you will. Now don't you do that." And she
Candy had a go at Curley’s Wife and told her to leave, Crooks said that “Maybe you better go
After Curley's wife hearing the men's were back that made her leave and Candys says to Lennie that she was glad that he beat her husband. When George came back from town, he criticizes Candy for talking about
Any good person does not want to watch a friend to be hurt, and George is no exception. George is most worried for Lennie when Curley says ‘“i’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big dumb bastard myself, even if i only got one hand.”’ (steinbeck 48). this is when Curley, Slim and Carlson are getting together to find Lennie and hurt him and kill him. George thought
George didn't want him to hurt anyone else by accident, so he killed him . Somer people might say that he still killed his best friend and it's still considered murder. But if he didn't killed him quickly, then Curley would torture and lynch him .In the book George and Lennie got a job. George did do the right thing of killing Lennie.
George and Lennie’s relationship seems to stand to deter a similar fate. George claims that his life would be much easier and much simpler if Lennie was gone. George claimed that he, “‘Why, I could stay in a cat house all night. I could eat any place I want, hotel
The book "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, foreshadows the imminent failure of Lennie and George, the two main characters. Steinbeck uses 4 key events to foreshadow the failure by writing about early conversations events in Weed, Lennie first laying eyes on Curly’ss wife, Lennie receiving a puppy, and finally when Curly’s wife was lurking around is a pretty colorful dress. The first solid evidence of George and Lennie's imminent failure occurs as the story begins. The main characters, George and Lennie, were walking on a dirt road to their new destination.
When Lennie enters Crooks cabin uninvitedly he quickly tells Lennie that he is not wanted there even though this is the first time Crooks has ever talked to Lennie. Crooks’ behaviour
George told Lennie if he gets in any trouble come here and hide in the brush over there. They meet some new people that are other “main” people in this story, Carlson, Slim, Curley, Mae (Curley's wife), Candy, Crooks. Not to mention Slim's dog had a litter and he let Lennie keep one. One day, Lennie was playing with his pup and Mae came in. Mae is one of those people who just keeps going even when she probably should stop.
Although George appears belligerent toward Lennie. In reality he deeply cares about him, keeping him motivated and being protective of him. Lennie and Curley start fighting and George says "Get him, Lennie.." he was on the side, encouraging Lennie to beat Curley. Then as Lennie thinks about stopping, he looks at George for approval as George yells "I said get him" leading to Lennie losing control and crushing Curley's fist. Curley didn't know Lennie was capable of fighting.
When the boss arrived, he asks Lennie and George about their work history, George answers for Lennie, which causes the boss to question why Lennie is so quiet. Then the boss asks George why they left their last job, and he tells him that the work was finished. Then the boss leaves and tells them they can work after supper, and George gets angry at Lennie for speaking after he told him not to. Then Candy comes in and they talk about his old sheep dog. Curly enters the room later on and ask George and Lennie if they are the new guys and balls his hands in a fist at Lennie.
Lennie doesn't know how to handle bad situations and relies on George to get him out of them.Curley’s fist was swinging when Lennie reached for it.The next minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie’s big hand… You told’ me to George, he said miserably, (Pg.63).Curley desies to pick a fight with Lennie and ends up getting his hand crushed.What was happening during this part was when Curly was attacking Lennie, Lennie starts to panic and quicking look to George to help him. George give him permission to fight back and Lennie ends up completely crushing Curley's hand and the guys have to physically pull him from Curley to get him to stop. He starts the fight with Lennie because he thinks that the was laughing at him but Lennie was really so to say “lost in his own world”, also there's some previous resentment Curley has towards Lennie. Mostly because Curley has a napoleon
After Lennie runs to the hiding spot, George runs ahead to meet him at the bush and gather everything up. They run off together to a different state instead of California and change their names. Or at least Lennie’s. They continue their planning of their dream and about 4 months later they have enough money to pay for the ranch in cash. So, they go buy the ranch. It fast forwards 5 years later and they both are married and they have everything they ever dreamed of on the ranch because of their hard work. The ending conversation talks about how they miss Candy, and Carlson, and Crooks, and Slim. How they wish they could see them again but they know they can’t. Lennie would go to jail and probably get killed. They knew that the boys were with