Why Is Lennie Justified

Even though George sometimes says how much better his life would be without Lennie, he will always protect Lennie. George is devoted to watching out for Lennie. He is always telling Lennie not to talk because that will probably lead to trouble. If Lennie gets in trouble that will block the both of them from living their dream. So George is inspired to keep Lennie out of trouble.

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.

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

Some people think that George did not do the right thing by killing Lennie because there were alternative options for shooting him. But, if George and Lennie decided to run away, they would be running their whole life, and if George decided to turn Lennie in, he

Secondly, George had to kill Lennie, for he wanted to help Lennie to make his life better. Since Lennie had a mental disorder, he had to avoid talking to people or he would be judged and thought of as crazy because that is how people back in The Great Depression. On page 101 George says, “You… an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be more trouble.” This means that George didn’t want Lennie to be made fun of or thought of as crazy. Therefore, George killed Lennie so he won't have to struggle through life

What if a man walked outside and walked to a friends house. Now once he got to this house, he learned that this friend accidentally harmed someone because he doesn’t have mental control over his strength. So this man kills his friend. This is what happens at the end of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men.

By the end of the book Lennie has killed more things such as, a mouse, a puppy, and a woman, so George realizes that Lennie will probably kill again even if he does not mean to, so in George’s situation killing is justified because he was protecting the world from the wrath of

George is an honest man taking care of what seems to be sort of like a dumb son and him killing Lennie was justified because it is something that is a personal decision and you cannot judge his decision because his decision was justified. Also he has to kill he does have a choice of Lennie dieing slowly and painfully, or quick and painless but he does not want to make the same mistake Candy made. Yet George did not keep his promise with Lennie’s Aunt Claire but he had no choice. Another reason is George wanted to be with Lennie on the Ranch the rest of his life with Lennie and them but he didn’t get the chance because of how strong George was. Still Lennie had so much to offer because of George and how he helped Lennie. Then killing Lennie is George's decision and point

George starts to dehumanize Lennie as he treats him like a dog. He makes sure that he remembers what he is told, and praises him like a dog whenever he repeats what was told to him to remember. With this, George was justified in killing Lennie because people would often make fun of Lennie for not being normal. So George had done Lennie a favor of taking him out of a world that would hurt him in the long run, than later for maybe Lennie to take his own life hating the world he once lived

George is basically your average guy and he has known Lennie for a long time and he knew Lennie’s aunt and he promised Lennie’s aunt that he would take care of Lennie and make sure nothing happened to him, Well George did this for a long time and well over the time he should have had to take care of Lennie and there are those times where you have to break a promise as long as it’s for the right reasons. And as said in the story by George “’if I didn’t have you at the end of the week I could take my fifty bucks and

Even though George and Lennie have strong relations, George was justified in shooting Lennie because Lennie was problematic and forgetful. To start, Lennie killing the puppy and Curley's wife are two out of four bad things we know of, and every time George tries to fix things. In the beginning, still at the river, George comments on how Lennie better not do anything like in weed. George

In addition to George being protective he is also fair. He never does or says anything to Lennie without a reason. In chapter two, George told Lennie not to talk. Now some may see this as telling Lennie he is too dumb to talk but all George wanted to do was to get a job to help provide for Lennie and himself. In chapter one, George says that he wants Lennie to stay with him so George can take care off him, ""I want you to stay with me, Lennie. Jesus Christ, somebody'd shoot you for a coyote if you was by yourself." (13) George and Lennie are sitting by the fire and Lennie said that he could go off into the woods and find a cave to live in, George wouldn't let him because no matter how much of a nuisance Lennie is, George will always care for

George denied how dangerous Lennie had become and eventually it came back to bite him. As it is explained in the poem ‘Harlem’ by Langston Hughes, things suppressed will eventually explode. When a problem is ignored, then left to the catalyst, it will then be brought to action. This is exactly what happened with Lennie. George ignored Lennie’s dangerous ignorance, then allowed him to be around unstable people, and as a result: Lennie harmed someone else when provoked.

Also, he decided to kill him at his happiest moment, while he was thinking about their plans for their piece of land. Maybe it was a for a good cause to kill Lennie, so he could move on with his life, and also, so he could to pursue his dream. But, yet George knew that if he was to cause any more problems that something bad was going to happen to him. As a result, George prevented Lennie from causing harm to himself or anyone else. What if George wasn’t around ?

Lennie was a very important character as well as being known for being violent. He never knew it because he never admit it because he never felt that he had hurt someone until it's over. When it was over he felt bad but blamed it on someone else… usually the person who got hurn. After all of that george and the others still like him in some way and became very known till he had caused too much violence he was in trouble so george put him out of his misery. This ruined their dream of having a farm but george went on with his like like nothing