Was Lennie Justified In Of Mice And Men

I believe that George, in no way should be punished for killing Lennie. He did it for the right reasons and it was best for Lennie in that situation. The closure George and Lennie hot from this ordeal was better, and easier this way for both of them. This is a little bit of information on way I believe George was justified in killing Lennie.

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.

Despite committing several destructive and irrational deeds, Lennie can be exempt from blame because of his mental impairments. When Lennie breaks Curley’s hand it is only because George convinced him to defend himself against Curley’s attack. Even after the attack Lennie cries,”I didn’t wanta hurt him”(Steinbeck, 64) This shows that Lennie’s intentions are always meant to be good and that he would never willfully hurt someone without proper justification. Lennie other eccentric acts such as incidentally killing mice and a puppy can be credited to the lack of voice of reason in Lennie, which is what George attempts to serve as. However, when Lennie is without the presence of George he struggles to make the correct decisions because he doesn’t know any better.

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 my opinion, Lennie Small is the most interesting character in Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck does a very good job describing and characterizing Lennie's personality. Lennie's character is, indeed, quite unique. A large man with enormous strength, yet kind and childlike, he seems to find joy in simple life pleasures like petting a furry animal and making the water ripple. Lennie's greatest difficulty seems to be remembering; and it is the lack of the ability to remember that ultimately leads to his tragedy at the end of the book. In the novel, Steinbeck seems to reinforce Lennie's characteristics of strength, kindness, childlike manner, and somewhat animal-like personality.

First and foremost, George has to constantly continue to repeat rules to Lennie because Lennie is undisciplined. Like, after Slim gives Lennie a puppy Lennie brings the puppy into the bunkhouse with him even though George told him he was not supposed to. For example, after Lennie comes into the bunkhouse John Steinbeck writes that George " reached down and picked up the tiny puppy from where Lennie had been concealing it against his stomach." (Steinbeck) In this quote it shows that Lennie disobeyed the rules that George has set with him so he could get the puppy this means that Lennie is undisciplined because he broke the rules even though he knew that there were specific rules that were not supposed to be broken. consequently, George has to repeat himself many times and treat Lennie like a child by fixing the things that Lennie messes up and disobeyes the rules. So George was justified in his decision to kill

First of all, George was not justified for killing Lennie because they could have escaped as they did in Weed. As talked about in the paragraph above, Lennie has a fascination with feeling soft things. When they were in the town of Weed, Lennie went to this girl and felt her dress. She panicked and he didn’t let go of her, so she claimed that he raped her. George and Lennie then had to escape a mob of people trying to kill them. “ ‘We run. They was lookin’ for us, but they didn’t catch us’ “(Steinbeck 7). If they could have escaped a mob in Weed, they definitely could have escape a group of ranch workers. In the book the screaming of the workers could be heard, but they still were not there.

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 is not guilty for the murder of Lennie. George and Lennie were always best friends so he would not kill Lennie unless it was absolutely necessary, George was protecting society from a killer who killed Curley's wife and many animals, and George was protecting Lennie from being either killed after people found out about what he did or being put away in a horrible asylum. George should not be held legally responsible for his actions because he was protecting others from harm. George and Lennie were best friends and were very close, George would have never killed Lennie unless it was absolutely necessary.

Lennie is a sweet caring guy who wants to help George get their dream house and own lots of animals, so they can own the fat of the land. In one part of the book Lennie kills his puppy by smacking him, just like if you mess with a dog they will get mad at you and nip you, but when they realize they are doing something wrong, they will feel bad and try to hide the evidence, just like when Lennie tried to hide his puppy from Curley’s wife. “We’ll have a cow,” said George. “An’ we’ll have maybe a pig an’ chickens… an’ down the flat we’ll have a… little piece alfalfa----” “ For the rabbits.” Lennie shouted as said on page 105. George did the right thing by killing Lennie. George killed Lennie because he killed Curley's wife, and so he can have a happy death before Curley makes him suffer for what he done to his wife.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about two men, George and Lennie who travel from ranch to ranch hoping to make enough money to buy their own land. Buying the land is what George and Lennie talk about constantly, this is in fact their American Dream. They have recently left a town called Weed because of an incident that happened there and are now heading to Soledad to work on another ranch. John Steinbeck was successful in making Lennie a sympathetic character because he portrays Lennie as a big strong muscular man that has basically no brain, so he doesn’t really know his own strength so when he hurts someone or does something bad you can’t really blame him.

One reason George was right to kill Lennie is because now Lennie will not get into anymore trouble. Lennie says, “You wasn’t big enough… they tol’ me and tol’ me you wasn’t. I di’n’t know you’d get killed so easy” (Steinbeck 85-86). Now that Lennie is no longer alive, nobody else will be accidentally killed by him. Also, George says, “I got you! You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get. Jus’ keep me shovin’ all over the country all the time…” (Steinbeck 11). Without Lennie, George can stay in

We all have plans for the future that may not work out. This is the case in the novel “Of Mice and Men,” by John Steinbeck. George and Lennie are like brothers and always stick together. George looks after Lennie who is mentally handicapped. Lennie, who is unaware of his own strength, kills Curley’s wife. George makes the decision to shoot Lennie himself. George makes the right decision because Lennie could have been tortured, hurt other people, wouldn’t be the same if he had lived.

“ And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck” (Steinbeck 91). This evidence proves that George did the right thing because when Lennie got mad he took it out on Curley’s wife, but what if George had not done that? Then Lennie would have gotten mad again and killed someone else. Another reason is “ The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied” ( Steinbeck 106). This piece of evidence is important because you can tell George does not want to kill Lennie, but George knows in the long run Lennie will be better off. He will be better in a place where he can not get in trouble or kill anyone. George is justified because he knew Lennie and when he killed him he was just trying to help