another person is in. George killed Lennie because he felt he was doing the right thing. George did not want Lennie to get in trouble and cause George problems. George did not want Lennie to suffer when he died and he did not want Lennie to be confused. There are many cases of mercy killings, but when George killed Lennie, the killing was justified, as so many other cases can be. George and Lennie travelled the country together looking for work and sometimes because Lennie did something he was not…
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Mice and Men, Lennie and George were best friends and traveled together. Lennie lacked intelligence and most likely had a mental disability. George and Lennie were able to get a job on a ranch. Towards the very end of the book, Lennie on accident, killed a young women. The young woman's husband, who is also the boss’s son of the ranch, immediately planned to take justice in his own hands. Lennie ran off and hid in the woods, just like George told him to if anything happened. George was the first…
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Steinbeck George and Lennie have a close companionship with each other. Did George really have the right to choose Lennie’s fate for him. Should he be blamed for killing Lennie since he was only doing it in good intentions. In the story Lennie did something so bad that there was a whole mob coming after him to try to get him lynched, and George thought it would be good if he killed Lennie to save him. The only question is, should George really have taken it into his own hands to shoot Lennie in the…
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their own dogs and cats that are suffering and be seen as doing the right thing, then George killing Lennie with the same intentions should be view as a good thing. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck relates his characters with animals to show the effects of good and evil in the world. George killing Lennie kept him out of a mental asylum. In the 1940’s mental handicaps were not understood. George backed up Lennie when they were talking to the boss, “‘ He got kicked in the head by a horse…
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Haze Study Guide Study Guide for M&M 1. Three ways showing that Lennie is mentally retarded are when Lennie was talking to the lady and said that he likes bunnies because they are soft, Lennie said that sentence like a little kid still learning how to talk. Another way showing Lennie is mentally retarded is when Lennie was touching the ladies hair but was acting like a kid, he couldn’t control his actions. Also when Lennie forgets everything and only talks about the rabbits with a weird way…
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book begins with George and Lennie looking for work in California. Eventually the two find work at a local farm. George is essentially Lennie’s caretaker as Lennie has some form of mental disability. The two are best friends and rely on each either equally. George and Lennie plan on owning a farm one day where the two can live all by themselves. However, they will not be able to accomplish this goal. Lennie receives a new born puppy from one of the other ranch hands, but Lennie has a problem with…
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have been a slow painful death. George gave Lennie a single second of pain before the end. Lennie was going to die one way or another. George simply thought the easiest way to go out was if he killed lennie…
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after the death of Lennie. Some people may think killing is never justified, no matter the situation. Besides self -defense, is it? George was only trying to prevent Lennie from any pain and suffering. George killed Lennie to protect him from a painful death. George would have had to keep on running until Lennie got caught. George killing Lennie was practically an act of kindness. Therefore, George’s decision to kill Lennie is justified because George was protecting Lennie from Curley, he gave…
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together. I believe these guys were great friends because George, the caretaker, and Lennie, the special and childlike friend, were helping each other through some harsh times. They were chased out of the city of Weed for a misunderstanding so George took Lennie to hide. They found a new job and things got a little tricky, however they still made it out together. When George and Lennie were in Weed Lennie saw a girl wearing a nice dress, Lennie wanted to touch the dress because it looked soft and when…
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some may think that it was wrong of George to kill Lennie, George was justified in killing Lennie because Lennie didn't know his own strength and was out of control. To begin, the first reason George was justified to shoot Lennie is that Lennie had no idea how strong he was. Lennie’s strength can be clearly seen when Lennie accidentally killed his puppy in the barn. Even after he killed his puppy he yells at the dead dog saying,"' Why did you have to get killed? You ain't so little as mice..."' (Steinbeck…
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