Was Lennie Justified In Of Mice And Men

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.

Because Lennie was like a child, who is naive, and he could of hurt someone, by accident and caused more trouble. In the book it says multiple times how Lennie had a habit of petting soft things. As well as strong and harsh immeasurable reflexes, on page 9 it states “George scoffed”. Lady, huh? Don’t even remember who that lady was.

The killing of Lennie was done without malicious intent. Throughout the book, George takes care of Lennie by protecting him and providing him with basic needs. Killing Lennie was not an easy choice for George and was an unquestionably

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.

It is important that people understand why George did what he did, and stop focusing on what he did. Yes, George did kill Lennie without Lennie wanting him to, but what he did helped everyone out, including himself. Now he doesn’t need to take care of and look after someone that he doesn’t want to. Also, Lennie wasn’t mad, scared, or sad when George killed him; George made sure that Lennie wouldn’t see him, that Lennie was busy, and that he was happy thinking about the farm and taking care of the rabbits. This act of mercy was a difficult decision for George, but ultimately it was done out of love and compassion for Lennie.

George and Lennie from “Of Mice and Men” In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George made the right decision in shooting Lennie because he was very dangerous and he caused a lot of trouble for George to deal with; however, others could argue that he did not make the right decision because Lennie was innocent. Firstly, Lennie was incredibly strong, and could practically kill anything that moved with the slightest touch. “But Lennie watched in terror the flopping little man whom he held…he stood crying, his fist lost in Lennie's paw… Curley sat down on the floor, looking in wonder at his crushed hand” (Steinbeck 31).

Of mice and men is a story about Lennie and George's adventures as they work on two different ranches. At the start of the story, we have Lennie getting into a lot of trouble because he liked the beautiful dress a woman was wearing. He did not know what to do so he held onto the dress the woman was wearing and did not let go of the beautiful dress, the woman screamed and then the law’s starting hunting them down, after some running Lennie and George got away. Do you think the laws were justified?

Friendship is being able to do the right things for each other. Even in rough times. In the story Of Mice And Men written by John Steinbeck, two childhood friends work and travel together to reach their dream of owning a property together. Lennie, a strong but also kind and down to earth person was also very unaware of his powerful strength. George, who was not as strong as Lennie, knew how to work his way through words.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

“ 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