...killed someone. You have three choices: watch someone else kill them, let them die a slow painful death, or have them sent to an insane asylum in the 1920’s. What would you do? George, a character from the book Of Mice and Men, chose to kill his best friend Lennie in order to protect him from a terrible fate. In this scenario, George had the right to kill Lennie because there was not a better option for this situation. Some people would argue that there is a better way to avoid killing Lennie. One reason is that they could run away. They could do what they did back in Weed, run to a new farm and town. This would not work because there was a mob after them. Eventually they would all find Lennie and George and kill them both. They would both be killed because Curley would think George was in on the murder...
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...Did George have to kill Lennie? This is one question that many people who read this book will ask them selves, some will even ask why did George kill Lennie? Both questions are very similar, and yet there will be various different queries and conspiracies for each of them. In the book, it is clear to see that Lennie and George are completely different. For instance Lennie comes across as being a stupid but soft hearted man as if he were a child, whereas George comes across as being the most switched on out of the two and isn’t really the nicest of guys. One answer to the question of Did George have to kill Lennie? Is that maybe George was playing Lennie for a fool, by making him work hard in the ranch only to kill him for the money he had earned, leaving George better off with more money. It gives you a hint in the phrase ‘I said what stake you got in this guy? You taking his pay away from him?’. George did often talk to Lennie about getting there own place with lots of animals and crops, this may have been true or maybe he was just telling Lennie this to lead him on and make him believe in what George was telling him then running off with his pay. This conspiracy may seem abit to far fetched but in the 1930s America money was hard to come by and the more money you could get your hands on the better. So by Lennie not being the brightest of men it was easy pickings for George. Another answer to the question could be to prevent Lennie from killing again. Throughout...
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...doing no harm” the reason why this creates tension is because she tryst to bring lenis grad down so that he will talk to her and to use him to her advantage 2) Curley’s wife’s death is predictable. Which past events in the novel have suggested that it might happen? Yes because lennie previous mishap led him to grabbing a girls arm and not letting go because he was scared 3) What do we learn about Curley’s wife’s past and current life in this chapter? We learn that she has been offered jobs in the movies were as know her opportunities have ended and she is now stuck with the life of a farmer’s wife. Not being allowed to speak to another men and not allowed to go out. 4) How does Lennie’s reaction to the death of the pup and Curley’s wife show just how childlike he is? Because he was shouting at the bodies “why did you have to do that, now George is not going to let me tend to rabbits” the reason why this makes him childish is because he is talking to a dead body about how naughty they have been. 5) Why does Candy ‘lie down in the hay and cover his eyes’ at the end of the chapter? Find evidence for his feelings from earlier on in the chapter and note these quotations down. The reasons why he is laying face down in the hay is because all the hopes of getting the “dream ranch” have been destroyed and that all of his money will not be used. I couldn’t find any quoits to show his emotion CHAPTER SIX QUESTIONS 1) When did we see this setting before...
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...justified? In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George Milton is faced with an ethical dilemma which is a situation that has 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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...others. In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, Lennie Smalls and George Milton who are farm workers, work and travel together through everything even though Lennie has a disability. These guys are working on different farms throughout the book even though they are batting different conflicts of the time period. All through the story, Lennie makes little mistakes because he does not realize his own strength. If George would not have made the courageous decision to kill Lennie on his own, he would have been tortured and live a painful life....
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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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...demonstration of love George had for Lennie. The first instant that George demonstrated that he cared for Lennie was when he asked Lennie to give him the mouse he had pulled out of the river. When Lennie gave George the mouse he began to cry so George said “Aw, Lennie!” “George put his hand on Lennie’s shoulder” (Of Mice and Men). “I ain’t taking it away just for meanness” (Of Mice and Men). “That mouse ain’t fresh, Lennie; and beside, you’ve broke it petting it” (Of Mice and Men). Here George demonstrated he cared about Lennie’s feelings. He wanted Lennie to understand that he was not taking the mouse from him just because he didn’t want him to have it; it was because it was died and he could get sick. George showed compassion toward Lennie when George places his hand on Lennie’s should as a way to comfort Lennie because the mouse was taken away from him. Another instant when George demonstrated he cared about Lennie was when Lennie got in trouble for the first time in Weed. Lennie said “jus’ wanted to feel that girl’s dress---jus’ wanted to pet it like it was a mouse---Well, how the hell did she know you jus’ wanted to feel her dress?” (Of Mice and Men). Because Lennie grab this girl’s dress and wouldn’t let go he got accused of raping this girl. Since, no one was going to believe Lennie didn’t do anything bad to this girl but only grabbing the dress both Lennie and George had to escape from Weed before they would kill Lennie. Here George again demonstrates how...
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...in your own words or attach a good summary from the internet (mentioning your source)..... The book Of Mice and Men is about two poor guys, George and Lennie, who travel together to find work. Lennie is a big, clumsy man, who doesn’t know his own strength and he is also childlike, simple and easily forgetful. Lennie goes through life with his fellow George, a smart guy and hard worker who takes care of Lennie. The book starts with them walking down a road, they ran away from their job in Weed because the stupid, innocent Lennie touched a ladie’s dress (because Lennie likes soft things). Lennie and George have a shared dream: having their own farm, where they can keep all kinds of animals, and can live from their harvest when they have saved enough money. When they on their way to a ranch, hoping to find work, they sleep in the clearing (a place near a river) for one night. The next day they come to the bunkhouse and they get a job. Soon they meet the other workers on the ranch, including Curley, the son of the boss. Curley is mean, aggressive and a lightweight-boxer. Because he is so small he doesn’t like big guys, he feels threatened by them. So an aggressive look and a rude attitude is his first reaction when he sees big Lennie. The next day when Curley comes into the room, Lennie is attacked by Curley. But strong Lennie defends himself and crushes (accidentally) the hand of Curley, because he tried to stop him. When Curley goes to the doctor, he said that his...
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...Steinbeck, George has the option to kill lennie or let Curley kill Lennie, because Lennie accidentally killed the wife of his enemy and is now on the run not completely realizing the impact of what he did. George can not find any other option but to kill Lennie. George feels like here is no other option but this one,and that it is the best choose for Lennie. George shooting Lennie is justified because George will not have to take care of two people, Curley will not kill Lennie with hate, and George would feel bad for Lennie if he was not the one that killed him because him and George have been through alot together lately. First of all,George was justified because Lennie does not know right from wrong....
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...about two friends George, and Lennie. They both struggle to survive in the great depression. They work at a ranch, all is going well until Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife (The ranch owner’s son), in the end George has to kill Lennie. Steinbeck uses symbols such as the farm, Lennie’s rabbits, and Lennie’s death to represent George and Lennie’s unattainable dream. He uses the farm and rabbits as their goal, and Lennie’s death as an obstacle or failure for having the American Dream. Most of the people on the ranch shared a simple dream, to own land. George and Lennie had originally...
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...Lennie’s in Of Mice and Men. Like Pamela, Lennie was suffering greatly and was relieved of this suffering by their death. There was a plethora of hurt that lied ahead of Lennie. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George killing Lennie was a euthanasia act that was an attempt to protect him from...
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...around migrant farm workers George Milton and Lennie Small on their search for work in the Salinas Valley of California. Friends since childhood, George and Lennie settled for work on a ranch where troubles soon arose. While trying to protect Lennie, George was faced with a crippling decision and upon great consideration, shot Lennie in the back of the head. George made the right decision killing Lennie because, on his own, Lennie would not be able to take care of himself. Also, George realized that due to the fact that Lennie killed an innocent girl, they would not be able to run away from the problem this time. Some people may argue that George did not make an acceptable decision in killing Lennie, however, if George did not kill Lennie,...
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...Persuasive I think that George should have killed Lennie because it was the right thing to do. Lennie was getting out of hand so someone had to put a stop to it. Curly was going to kill Lennie anyway and Lennie would have known it was coming, but with George killing Lennie and halving Lennie think about the new place and tending rabbits Lennie never saw it coming. It was better this way because Lennie wouldn’t have seen it coming and George would not have been sad that Lennie was dead. Although the ranch hands could have locked Lennie up instead of killing Lennie he would have suffered by not halving enough food in the room/jail. George shouldn’t have killed his best friend, but “Lennie done another bad thing”. Lennie was not George’s best...
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...In the Steinbeck’s novel, “Of Mice and Men” George made the right decision to kill Lennie. He was killing animals and people. It’s also costing George jobs money. He killed him for his own good and it was a painless death. George really cares for Lennie, who was his childhood friend. George was very responsible while Lennie couldn't even care for himself because he was mentally disabled. He killed mice, rabbits, puppies, and even a woman. Slim gives Lennie one of his puppies but Lennie accidentally kills it by hitting it too hard on the ground. He killed Curley's wife by shaking her so hard her neck breaks. He doesn't kill her on purpose and the only reason he did that was because she wouldn't stop yelling. Not to mention Lennie was a strong...
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...John Steinbeck, George and Lennie are friends who look after each other. Lennie is mentally handicapped, and sometimes gets into trouble because of his strength. George does everything he can to keep Lennie safe, but this is a heavy burden placed on his shoulders. When Lennie makes a fatal mistake, George makes a choice that will haunt him forever: to kill his best friend. His choice to mercy-kill his own friend, rather than seeing him put into a jail or insane asylum, was the only possible choice. One event that influenced him was the death of Candy’s dog. While in the bunkhouse, Carlson convinces Candy that the dog, who is too old to do any work, would be better off dead. Even Slim agrees that the dog’s suffering would end if he was put down. Since Slim is looked upon as the leader, Candy has no choice but to let go of his dog. After the dog is dead Candy says to George, “I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog.” (Steinbeck, 61). This is a foreshadowing of Lennie’s impending death, and of how George chooses to mercy-kill Lennie later in the book....
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