George Did The Right Thing When He Killed Lennie

     Using the two main characters of the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck shows that in life, responsibility must be taken in moderation. George takes on the challenge of caring for Lennie. In doing this, George loses a job in weed and is often short-changed when it comes to food and other amenities. Eventually, George realizes where he could be without Lennie and kills Lennie to free himself of the responsibly. Lennie, in a life where he has always been protected by loved ones, looks for responsibility in dependent pets. Each time he is given a chance with an animal, he always cares for it with gentile love. Often times, Lennie’s strength would be too much for the animal and they would fall under his powerful hands. In the end, both men see that they were not capable of conquering the tasks at hand. George

If you had the choice of doing what is in your best friend’s interest, would you consider it? What if the friend’s death was a factor? In the story of Mice and Men, George may have taken Lennie's life, but he made the decision for the better interest of his friend. He knew that Curley and his men would kill Lennie, he would suffer and/or be placed in jail. George made the justified decision of killing Lennie because it was the better choice of Lennie’s foreseen future. Therefore, George was morally justified for shooting Lennie for merciful reasons.

Lennie needed to be punished, but at the same time it needed to fit the crime; no torture or humiliation that he would not understand that George with Lennie , I believe George should of killed

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.

Why George should not have killed Lennie in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, is a compelling novel set during the Great Depression. The novel teaches itś readers about the value of companionship, sacrifice, and dreams. In doing so, it includes several examples of euthanasia, or mercy killing. At the end of the story, George has to kill Lennie to protect him. Despite the fact that Lennie was George's best friend, George did the right thing because if Lennie wouldn't have been shot by George then someone else couldve gotten to him first and made him suffer. Also, If George wouldn't have killed Lennie, then Lennie would have been locked away, frightened and all alone.

Was George justified with killing lennie? In my opinion it was right and i will tell you why. The reasons is the events leading up to lennie’s death, was it justified, was it an example of euthanasia?

Did George make the right decision killing Lennie? “I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” Lennie said this to George when they were talking about how when everyone who is alone can rot in prison or have nowhere to go. George and Lennie have been traveling together and working on farms together for a long time. George made a promise to Lennie’s aunt that he would always watch over and protect him but Lennie has a mental disease that makes him sort of hard to deal with, he likes to pet soft things.

Seeing how close they were and everything they've been through, it's easy to see why someone would argue that George wasn't justified. Although Lennie needed to be shot because of him making things harder for George and him hurting others, he was going to die either way. He mad all the people around him mad after what he had done to Curley’s Wife, people were out to get him. George just did it the nice way instead of Lennie having to go through probably much worse than just being

As the shot gun sounded all you heard was the dead silence of Lennie falling to the ground and rolling by the rivers edge. The terror arose for the other men when they heard the gunshot assuming the worst, that George was the one shot. All the men thought it was time for Lennie to die, They never put into consideration how nice of a man Lennie was he just had a little mental disability. After reading the book you might have a different opinion if you thought Lennie should have been shot by George, but they were practically brothers they have been together since they were youngins. In this case I do not think George was justified in killing Lennie because he didn't mean for harm to got towards Curley’s wife, he had a mental disability and,

My last reason is that George could have told Lennie to run away somewhere where Curley and his men couldn’t find him. Those are the reasons why george shouldn't've killed Lennie. My first reason that George shouldn’t have killed Lennie is because George could have shot Curley and his men to protect Lennie. My evidence to support this is that Curley has always been trying to start fights and to start things up with people and if George tried to kill Curley then he wouldn’t have to deal with Curly anymore.

George’s execution of Lennie was justified. This is because Lennie is not only causing harm to himself, but now causing harm to things around him, and there were no other alternatives to this decision. Lennie does things he doesn’t realize are wrong until after he does them which in the end hurts him and people around him, and no other alternatives to his behavior seem to be working.

In the very first chapter the author uses imagery to describe the setting where the story starts. “ On the sandy bank under the

One way the book “Of Mice and Men” demonstrates that it was the right decision of George killing Lennie is because even if they both run away George will not feel safe with Lennie, and will be even more scared that he will make more trouble than he already did. With the situation of Lennie 's disability it gets worse because Lennie cannot control his strength. For instance, when Lennie

George who travels with Lennie doesn’t really know why he intellectually limited, so when other people ask why he is, George just says he was kicked in the head by a horse as a child but he makes up for it in strength. John Steinbeck writes it like this because even though it is putting Lennie down because he is intellectually limited he then contradicts it by saying that he makes up for it in strength. Lennie’s strength is so helpful because he can buck barley extremely well. During the “interview” with the boss, George says, “No he ain’t, but he’s sure a hell of a good worker. Strong as a bull” (Page 22). This explains how Lennie has an immense amount of strength. When George said, “No he ain’t” he was referring to that Lennie was not much of a talker, because he couldn’t think quickly. That is why George