Why Did George Have Shot Lennie's Death

If lennie would of ran off into the woods he would have died of starvation or even worse. Letting lennie off would have been in a bad spot either way, so by ending lennie’s life it took a load off of george and the crew. George took lennie's life quick and painlessly and it was almost tit for tat if you look at it, Curley’s wife for lennie's life makes it justifiable. He basically Puts lennie in a better place so lennie and george wouldn't have to run away any more and cause trouble. If he wouldn't

The mice and Men so the prompt that I chose was what would happen if George went with Lennie Instead of killing him .So I think George went with Lennie I think there friend ship would last longer and they would get along more and they would have a great time In some ways . So like George would been cool and not to kill Lennie at all and they would have a lot of great things to talk about other greats thing they knew and I don’t think George would have a really great time with Lennie I don’t think, he would not kill Lennie at all . But however In George's eyes, he was saving Lennie, doing him a favor. He felt that the angry mob would have punished Lennie beyond what he deserved, and he also believed that Lennie may continue to hurt people if he lived.

If George decided against killing Lennie, Curley would have shot the giant instead. Curley’s hate for Lennie

Another reason George had no other choice was that Lennie was not fully aware of his mental abilities as he was his physical strengths which often lead to Lennie getting in trouble like his one one incident that happened in weed before they came to the ranch. Also, aside from Curley’s Wife Lennie has killed other things before such as a mouse that he found, and a puppy on the ranch so Lennie could be a danger or potential threat to others on the ranch which would make sense to why George would have simply no other realistic choice but to kill him.

George made the right decision killing Lennie because the people that were looking for him and were going to slowly kill him and inflict as much pain as they possibly could. They were upset that he killed curley's wife so they were out to get him. George would of been doing him justice by just putting him out right then and there. He did the right thing because he just put him out without Lennie even knowing he was going to die. With George going ahead and killing him showed that he didn't want the guys hunting Lennie to hurt him and torture him. There was Really nothing he could have done to help Lennie so by just by killing he right there saved him a lot of pain he would of gone through if he had not done what he had

I think that George had to be the one to do it, to shoot Lennie. There are a few reasons for this; he did not want Curley to torture and hurt Lennie, he knew that Lennie going to jail was not an option because of the mob, he may have been angry at Lennie, and possibly because George knew that his life would be simpler without Lennie, as he had made clear throughout the story. Lennie’s death in the end of the book reminds me of the death of Candy’s old dog. The situations are very similar. The main similarity being that Candy had to take care of his dog, just as George had to take care of Lennie.

Lennie would never be able to survive without George, Lennie would be miserable alone and scared.Lennie would have been tortured by Curley if George had not killed Lennie.Before George killed Lennie says "I remember the rabbits,George”.George and Lennie would not been able to get away since last time they had a head start . Lennie would suffer regardless with George even if he came to see him in prison.Lennie has no way out in this so George did the right thing by putting Lennie out of his misery by killing him.Curley would not just kill Lennie he would have made him suffer by torturing him because Lennie had humiliated Curly twice.

John Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife at the start of the story as an irrelevant character because she has no relation with George and Lennie. At the start, Curley is one of the most important characters (besides George and Lennie) because he has the power to crush George and Lennie’s dream of having a farm of your own. But as the story goes on, to end, we see the importance of her character and that everything that has happened on the ranch is caused by her presence; even though she is not in the story as much as others, she has a long lasting effect on the other characters. She is mentioned in the story a lot because of how she would acted around the men working in the ranch. In the end, we knew Lennie and George were not going to get a

“Curley’s faced reddened. ‘ I’ m goin’,’ he said. ‘ I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big bastard myself, even if I only got one hand. I’m gonna get him’.” (98). The way Curley said it look like he is really angry, and is going to lynch Lennie. So, george should decide whether to turn him to proper authority, or let him get lynched by ranch men or kill himself. Some argue that George shouldn’t kill Lennie because he is his best friend,but other may agree that he is justified of killing Lennie because George was tired of running,getting Lennie out of trouble, and they both can live peacefully. Thus, George decides to kill Lennie himself to a peaceful death rather than let him get killed brutally by ranch

There was no more point of living for Lennie. While George would have loved to keep his best friend alive so that they could eventually achieve their dream, there simply was no point. In the situation where George and Lennie eventually did reach their dream, who is to say that the manhunt still would not be after them? Curley would have either found and killed Lennie by himself, or he would have brought him to justice, where he would be subjected to horrid abuse by the law. It was a lose-lose situation, and George had found the only way out for the two of them.

Before Curley started physically hurting Lennie, Curley yelled at him. Curley had developed a look of pure rage and then started screaming; “Curley stepped over to Lennie like a terrier. ‘What the hell you laughin’ at?’ ‘Huh?’ Then Curley’s rage exploded. ‘Come on, ya big bastard. Get up on your feet. No big son-of-a-bitch is gonna laugh at me I’ll show ya who’s yella’” (62). This proves that Curley didn’t like him very much. Crushing his hand only made him more upset. Curley seemed upset enough to kill him but couldn’t because he didn’t have a legitimate reason yet. Lennie was hanging out in the barn when Curley’s wife walked in. The two of them talked and then Lennie started petting her hair. A moment later, Lennie had realized the he touched her a little too hard and he had accidentally killed her. When Curley found out, he was extremely upset with Lennie; “Curley came suddenly to life. ‘I know who done it.’ he cried. ‘That big son-of-a-bitch done it. I know he done it. Why ever’body else was out there playin’ horseshoes.’ He worked himself into a fury. ‘I’m gonna get him. I’m going for my shotgun. I’ll kill the big son-of-a-bitch myself. I’ll shoot ‘im in the guts’” (96). This proves that Curley just used his wife’s death as an excuse to kill Lennie. When Curley found out his wife died he cared more about killing Lennie than about his wife’s death. He was

He would’ve been killed anyway and it would have been crueler to die in the hands of a stranger. George may have had two other options. He could have told Lennie to run far away to be safe from the angry farmhand mob coming after him, but since Lennie has the brain of a small child, he would not be able to survive without George. Lennie left alone is like a child without their parent, and you would hope that no parent would let their child survive on their own in a situation like this. Lennie would end up in trouble again with no one to help him out and he would either get locked up in jail or killed. Just like Lennie said, “I got you to look after me, and me to look after you.”(Page 15) Alternatively, George had the option to reason with Curley and explain to him that what Lennie did was an accident, but because Curley is so stubborn and hardheaded he would have thought George helped Lennie commit the crime. Curley was already suspicious of George and demanded that he stay by his side, “So we don’t think you had nothin’ to do with this.”(Page 95) Any attempt to change Curley’s mind was meaningless because he had already made his decision when he told the farmhands, “I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big bastard myself, even if I only got one hand. I’m gonna get ’im.”(Page

To George and Lennie, having a friend with them is really lucky, but their luckiness didn 't last very long. At the end of the book, George shot Lennie at the back of his head. That was one of George’s two choices: let Curley kill Lennie or kill Lennie by himself. Like a father, George thought it’s his responsibility to kill Lennie to payback the life of

George and Lennie were best friends for a long time, more like brothers. Lennie is about as bright as a 2 watt bulb, so George couldn’t really get mad at him when he accidently killed Curley’s wife while feeling the softness of her hair. “…’I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know’”. The two had planned a future together—a future in their own dream ranch, a ranch where no trouble would ever bother them. “’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’”. Then after he tells him about the rabbits that Lennie is so fond of, he shoots him in the back of the head where he knows it will not hurt him, and Lennie will not know what hit him. This is the peaceful alternative to what Curley had in store for him. Curley's exact words were "shoot the bastard right in the guts." George's euthanizing of Lennie makes the mentally incompetent Lennie die with dignity. Had Curley gotten to Lennie first, Lennie would have suffered. This shows you how much George cares for Lennie, no matter what he does or the crimes he commits. 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 strongly believe George was the right person to kill Lennie, and made the right decision in doing so, rather than to let him suffer in the hands of Curley.

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