Choices That George Made In Of Mice And Men

At the end of the book Of Mice and Men Lennie accidentally broke Curley's wife's neck. Afterwards George had to come up with a decision to let Lennie die happily or let Curly torture him. George made the right decision on killing Lennie because of the things that could happen to Lennie and George. First, If Lennie was not killed by George than he would have to go threw with terrible torture with Curly. Second, George would be a lot better off without Lennie always getting them fired and getting in trouble. Finally george let him die happily. Some people think that george made the wrong decision because Lennie did not mean to kill Curley’s wife but they are wrong because Lennie could have done more terrible things and he would not be able to help it.

Would you be willing to kill your best friend, your brother or sister, your person? George a farmer, had a hard decision to make whether or not he should kill his brother, his best friend. Did George make the right choice? George and Lennie were brothers who were always on the move farming since they left weed. George was considered a small and weak man who guarded and protected Lennie at all costs. Lennie was considered the opposite of George, he was a tall, strong man, and was loyal to George, but Lennie had the mind of a child. Although others believe George did not make the right choice in killing Lennie, George’s decision was best because due to the fact that Lennie would have had lived a harsh life in prison, he would have deteriorated

In Steinbeck’s Of Mice of Men, George is confronted with the troubling conflict of ending his best and only friend’s life. In the depression stricken 1930’s, George Milton and Lennie Smalls are saving money until they can buy their dream homestead. This dream comes to a screeching halt when Lennie kills the boss’s son’s wife. George decides to end Lennie’s life while describing their dream homestead one last time . George should have killed Lennie because Curley would have tortured him, lennie was his responsibility, and he would have continued to do bad things.

In the book Of Mice and Men the author explains that George shot Lennie when writing “The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied he pulled the trigger” (Steinbeck 106). With this action of George, people ask if his crime should be justified or not. This is the feelings that George is having at the end of the novella right before he shoots Lennie. With this, some readers might think that George should not get punished. However they do not realize that George had killed a person who was capable of taking care of himself he was strong and mighty and could do anything people told him to do but he was not necessarily the smartest one. George also should get punished because Lennie killed someone first but they should have just left Lennie alone instead of killing him and most likely getting into trouble. The decision that George made to shoot Lennie is not justified. This isn’t justified because he shot a person and that is murder even though Lennie killed someone but George did not have to personal right to shoot Lennie.

Following the reading of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the impression made to many readers was that the character George did not have many choices regarding the fate of his friend, Lennie. George’s choice, made in hesitation, was to take Lennie’s fate into his own hands, and killed Lennie. In a situation where a trial would be conducted against George for his murder of Lennie, George’s decision would be found justified. George is not guilty because he had carried out justice against Lennie’s crimes, would be found justified. George is not guilty because by killing Lennie, he provided Lennie an escape from his own suffering, he avenged the victims that were lost by Lennie, and he carried out merciful justice for Lennie where there wouldn’t have been any at the hands of Curley or law enforcement.

Although it may look like George murdered Lennie, George felt he had to euthanize him to save the lives of animals and other people and maybe even himself. Making decisions is tough to make and especially for people who must kill someone for the great or good. Making hard decisions is almost always stressful and overwhelming, but you must not overthink it and just do it sometimes. George, in of mice and men, makes these types of decisions that are stressful, and he just needs to decide what choice to make for Lenny. The reason why George killed Lenny is that he is a danger to society and George made a tough decision and euthanized Lenny.

Do you have a friend or family member that you have been with your whole life? In the novella Of Mice and Men, there is two men who have been together for most of their lives named George and Lennie. Even though George was supposed to protect Lennie, George was justified in his decision to shoot Lennie because of Lennie’s safety and health. To begin, George does not want the other men to hurt Lennie for what he did. In chapter five, George tells Candy he does not want Lennie to get hurt.

Killing someone is never justified no matter what the person has done. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George uses Lennie’s lack of intelligence to trick him into his horrible death. Also, George plans the death of Lennie based on his thoughts which is very selfish. Critics might argue, that George kills Lennie because he was going to die a more painful death if the ranchers got him. However, George Milton is a villain for betraying the trust of his best friend Lennie Small by pulling the trigger on him.

The euthanizing of another person can be such a burden for the person that has to euthanize the person because of the guilt that goes through them. In the story, Of Mice and Men George Milton has to kill his friend Lennie small. The reason George has to kill Lennie is if he does not then their angry co-worker Curley will torture him worse than if George just shoots Lennie and puts him out of his misery himself. The killing in the book Of Mice and Men is not justified due to the fact that Lennie Small had a mental disability, George had made a promise to take care of Lennie, and Lennie was never a mean person and didn’t kill anyone or thing on purpose.

George killing Lennie: An act of mercy? George ending Lennie’s life was the best thing that could’ve been done for the sake of Lennie and George in the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck. George’s decision to kill Lennie was definitely an act of mercy killing and was the morally correct thing to do. Lennie is proven to be better off dead, which sounds horrible but true, in many ways.

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At the end of the story Of Mice and Men George makes a decision that can be looked as criminal and or selfish. Why does George make this decision for a cold blooded murder? George faces this similar situation at the end of John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men. Some people may take George killing Lennie was acceptable. However , they do not realize the death was an act of murder and selfish act with Lennie out of hate.

In John Steinbeck's classic novella, Of Mice and Men, George makes the decision of killing Lennie because he knows it is in Lennie's best interest. His act of killing Lennie is not considered criminal. George has good intentions in killing his companion. George is trying to prevent Lennie from being tortured and from his constant desire to please George and not cause trouble. Additionally, Lennie repeatedly places himself in difficult situations, and as a result, brings George into the circumstances. There is a close friendship between George and Lennie, and George had carefully thought out whether or not he

George’s greatest concern was to provide Lennie the safety he needed. There was never a point in the story where Lennie was abandoned by George for money, hookers, or living a better life. Although George dreamed and complained about of how life would be without Lennie, his conscience always told him otherwise. George cared for Lennie like if they were brothers. As a result of Lennie’s actions, George came to the tragic decision of putting Lennie down. In order to truly protect Lennie, George made the correct decision of executing him.

the killing is laid. In Of Mice and Men, although George chose to kill Lennie, Steinbeck’s portrayal of their deep friendship throughout his novela proves George’s final actions of pulling the trigger on Lennie is an at of mercy because George had Lennie’s best interests at heart.