...George killed Lennie for the right reasons and protected him from worse things happening. Lennie was causing harm to other people and animals. He felt no remorse in doing so, and will continue this behavior until death. Therefore George putting him out of his misery was the right thing to do. Lennie was a threat to society and George had tried every way possible to help Lennie. There is only so much you can do for someone and at this point Lennie had killed an innocent person and was not stable. George then shot him in the back of the head to put him out of his misery and so he wouldn’t have to face torture, or even worse be locked in a cage with other mentally unstable people. Lennie was causing other people and animals harm, he had killed...
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...Even though Lennie does not have the mental capacity to understand it, he poses a danger to those around him. Lennie is unable to decipher right from wrong, hence why he doesn’t understand his own strength hurts others whether it may be an accident or not. One example being the puppy which Lennie cared for. To Lennie, the puppy was “soft and nice”, until the puppy showed aggression to Lennie and he hit it too hard causing it to die. Lennie often retaliates to “aggressive” behavior throughout the novel, such as the mice he tends to as a child. When they show aggression to Lennie, he “pinched their heads”. Lennie’s actions may be accidental, such as the murder of Curley’s wife. However, when he kills her, he notices he’s “done a real bad thing”. Lennie’s choice to hide her body is essential because if anybody found out that he killed Curley’s wife, the consequence would result in his own death. George prevents more trouble for other men on the farm by killing Lennie because he would have been killed anyways. After the fatal death of Curley’s wife, Lennie’s death and there were only 2 ways: the men’s way or George’s way. George and Lennie’s relationship shows a strong correlation to Candy and his dog’s relationship. Candy...
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...Many people have complication in their relationships, but George and Lennie are the same way through out the novel. John Steinbeck expresses George and Lennie’s relationship on different levels through out the showing the reader the different relationship. George and Lennie have three key relationship. George and Lennie have a very special relationship that can change depending on the situation that they’re dealt with. John Steinbeck wanted the characters, George and Lennie, to feel connected to each other through out the novel, and one of the relationships is brotherhood.George explains to Slim about how George and Lennie’s past,“I used to play jokes on "‘im ‘cause he was too dumb to take care of ‘imself ”(Steinbeck). Brothers play jokes on...
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...no clear right or wrong answer. George’s decision can affect the life of his friend Lennie forever. George Milton and Lennie Smalls, who is mentally disabled, are friends who travel together in search of work. Many times they have had to flee a city because of Lennie’s inappropriate behavior towards women.Lennie’s unethical behavior had caused George to make a distressing decision. At the ranch that George and Lennie were working, Lennie had strangled and killed Curley’s wife. George had made the decision to end Lennie’s life in a peaceful manner. Many may say that what George did was unethical and morally wrong because Lennie had no say so in his death and did not have a fair trial. However, George was justified in killing Lennie and there are many reasons why....
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...being important yet unattainable. Steinbeck creates a sense of powerlessness for the characters George and Lennie as well as Crooks and Curley’s Wife. Steinbeck also highlights the importance of friendship through George constantly looking out for Lennie. He does this by the use of repetition, characterisation and other language techniques throughout the novel. The use of these features influence the reader by creating a sense of empathy for the characters. Steinbeck uses repetition to highlight the importance yet unattainability of the dream for George and Lennie. Go on, George! Tell about what we’re...
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...George killing lennie was a Euthanasia. This is because it was a benefit to not only lennie but george too. Lennie would no longer have to suffer through his disability anymore. It would also not only save animals lives but peoples too. First lennie is has a desire to pet soft things and he gets really aggressive and keeps killing or harming animals and people. He would never understand what he was doing is wrong and lastly he will always be disabled and he can't help it. Ultimately george kills lennie is an active Euthanasia. Additionally lennie is disabled and doesn't really understand. In the text it states “Shapeless of face, with large pale.(2)”. From this we can automatically assume he has a disability just by his entire appearance. He clearly suffers everyday from a disability. So therefore by george killing lennie it takes away all his pain and suffering he goes through....
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...a great representation of the values and beliefs of the 1930’s. It was well known that there was a lack in woman rights and importance, people were in a state during this period due to the Great Depression, and people had a lack of understanding towards the mentally disabled. John Steinbeck recognises this and displays it throughout the book therefore making him worthy of running a series on. In his book, the character George shoots his mentally disabled best friend Lennie as he thinks it is what had to be done due to the Sheriff being after Lennie, the lack of understanding people had for Lennie and knowing what would happen to Lennie if he was put in a mental institution. George did what was right according to the morals and beliefs in the 1930’s. During the 1930s, the values of the era were very different to nowadays. There was a lack of equality in gender, race and wealth and what you had very much defined who you were. People with mental problems were seen as freaks and dealt with in a way we see as wrong in today’s society. Women’s roles in society were also very different to now. Women didn’t need to know anything; they just had to be pretty and the perfect image of a wife therefore being a housemaid with an unimportant opinion on anything. Anything a woman said of the 1930’s was insignificant simply because she was female and all she was there for was cooking, cleaning and various other household chores. Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ tells a story of...
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...My class has read the novel "Mice and Men". In this book there are tow guys named Lennie and Gorge. They are good friend, Lennie is really strong, but isn't vary smart. Gorge is an average guy, he takes care of Lennie. And were debating if Gorge was doing the right thing by ending Lennie's life. Gorge was wrong for killing Lennie. Lennie was so innocent minded. Therefore he never meant to harm anyone. For an example, when Lennie and Gorge was in Weed Lennie just wanted to touch the women's red dress. Another example would be when Lennie was in the barn, he didn’t mean to kill his puppy. He was trying to pet his dog, but he was being to rough. Some people may say if Gorge didn’t kill Lennie, he would of got in more trouble. My argument...
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...inevitability. Techniques such as foreshadowing, symbolism, repetition and allusion help readers make a connection with the characters in the novel. Foreshadowing was used in the novel to show how Lennie would kill Curley’s wife and interfere with achieving the dream that George and Lennie had. Lennie accidentally killing the mice and dog as he patted them showed the strength he has which he is unable to control. This lead readers to predict that when Curley’s wife told him to pat her hair Lennie wouldn’t be able to control himself and would end up ruining the chance of having their dream. Lennie lifting up a girl’s skirt up in Weed foreshadowed that when Lennie met Curley’s wife there would be trouble which George also had doubts about hence why he was trying to protect Lennie whenever Curley’s wife said something to Lennie. The allusion of the poem, To a Mouse by...
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...men have a dream. George and Lennie believe they have a future. They believe that they are special, they are different from the other men on the ranch. George describes a dream farm, which I believe is his and Lennie’s American dream. The dream farm symbolizes the quote “The best laid schemes Of Mice and Men often go wrong and leave us nought but grief and pain for promised joy.” As you can see the dream farm plays a major role in the story. In the story Of Mice and Men the dream farm is a huge symbol of the American dream during the great depression. Off of prior knowledge I know that the American dream during the great depression was to own land. George and Lennie’s American dream is to own their own ranch. The dream farm shows their American dream compared to others on the ranch. “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. They come to a ranch an’ work up a stake and the first thing you know they’re poundin their tail on some other ranch. They ain’t got nothing to look ahead to.” (13) George...
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...by John Steinbeck there are levels of sympathy that you feel for characters , some deserving more than others. I believe that curlys wife deserves sympathy , crooks deserves more sympathy , and lennie deserves the most sympathy. I...
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...lives and that often people are capable of surprisingly great things. In the literary classic, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses the character Lennie, who is portrayed as very hazardous and ignorant man to explain that the human nature of our society as primitive, oblivious and destined to cause trouble. Though endearing at times, Lennie has a major flaw, getting into trouble. This flaw drives the story along, as it does in the lives of people in...
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...whether or not mercy killings are justified. The novel is about Lennie Small, a huge, mentally impaired man, and George Milton, a friend that looks after Lennie, searching for work in California during the Great Depression. Towards the end of the novel, Lennie enrages Curley by accidentally killing his wife, and George is left with the decision of whether or not to kill Lennie himself. George decides to shoot him solely out of love for his friend, but this killing initiates a debate in which the readers can take sides about his righteousness. Some people believe that George is justified in killing Lennie and should have done it, while others would argue that George should not have done it and should be held accountable for murder. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George Milton should have shot Lennie Small because George is his friend and knows what is best for Lennie, and he knows that if Lennie lives, he will suffer. Other people may believe that George should not have shot Lennie and should therefore be punished because Lennie has mental issues and his killing of Curley’s wife is a complete accident. Because of his mental disability, Lennie has a tactile deficiency and likes to pet soft things to help calm himself down. In Chapter Five, Curley’s wife unknowingly tempts him to feel the softness of her hair, and this simple act results in Lennie accidentally breaking her neck. In committing this terrible mistake, Lennie shows his inability to distinguish...
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...hates strong guys like Lennie. Later in the novel Crooks describes to Lennie how he isn't wanted because he “smells” due to that he is coloured; with how Crooks is treated cruelty by fellow man. Soon after Crooks describes to Lennie describes his problems he gets “supposin” to Lennie what if George don't come back, Crooks is doing to Lennie what others have done to him. The theme of cruelty and prejudice in Of Mice and Men is shown to the...
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...Poor ol’ Lennie Many things in life go wrong sometimes, we lose a job or or even a house at times. Friends come and go, even family members get sick. But personally, I don’t think there is a person who has it harder than Lennie from the book, Of Mice and Men. He goes through so much to find things that make him happy or proud of himself then George just puts him down right after. Lennie doesn’t know any better though. He thinks just like a kid, but how can you handle a kid who’s bigger and stronger than you? There’s no way he could survive on his own, which is another reason why we will all say. Poor ol’ Lennie. There are many things that the reader finds out about Lennie. He has Autism, his Aunt died very early on, and George did some mean things to him. Autism? But Lennie has gotta be a young boy traveling with a family member. Think again. Lennie does act like a small child but not because he is young, he can’t help it, his mental state isn’t everything it should be....
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