Curley's Wife And Crooks Body

George and Lennie were best friends for a long time, more like brothers. Lennie is about as bright as a 2 watt bulb, so George couldn’t really get mad at him when he accidently killed Curley’s wife while feeling the softness of her hair. “…’I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know’”. The two had planned a future together—a future in their own dream ranch, a ranch where no trouble would ever bother them. “’You…an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em’”. Then after he tells him about the rabbits that Lennie is so fond of, he shoots him in the back of the head where he knows it will not hurt him, and Lennie will not know what hit him. This is the peaceful alternative to what Curley had in store for him. Curley's exact words were "shoot the bastard right in the guts." George's euthanizing of Lennie makes the mentally incompetent Lennie die with dignity. Had Curley gotten to Lennie first, Lennie would have suffered. This shows you how much George cares for Lennie, no matter what he does or the crimes he commits. He’d always be there to help Lennie get right back up to his feet, make him forget all his worries, and move on like nothing happened. I strongly believe George was the right person to kill Lennie, and made the right decision in doing so, rather than to let him suffer in the hands of Curley.

After Lennie has inadvertently murdered Curley’s wife, Curley’s lynch mob go out in search of Lennie. George’s decision is almost inevitable to spare Lennie’s life, rather than let Curley and his gang destroy the bit of life Lennie has.

“The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering.”( Steinbeck, 106). George made the right decision by killing Lennie because he would have been killed by Curley when he found out that Lennie killed Curley’s wife. George had to kill Lennie because he was stuck in such a position where had no other option. and he even killed Curley’s wife which made George to end up with a harsh decision.

George told Lennie to wait and not talk to anyone but he got bored and went to talk to Curley’s wife which he is not supposed to be tlaking to her and she started to say something that Lennie didn’t like and he didn’t mean too kill her but he is stronger then you know. If George didn’t make Lennie wait so long and give him so many restrictions then this may have never happened.

George knew that Lennie would never be truly happy without him. George knew that if he didn’t get to Lennie first, than Lennie would go to jail . He also knew that Lennie couldn’t live without him, because Lennie depends on George to always be there for him. Lennie humiliated Curley when Lennie broke Curley’s hand. Curley said to the guys around him, “‘I’m going in shoot the guts outta that big bastard myself, even if I only got one hand’” (98). George knew that Lennie would be tortured by Curley because Lennie killed Curley's wife and humiliated him when Lennie broke Curley’s hand and won the fight, so George had to kill Lennie to keep him from suffering. Lennie would either in jail and suffer because Lennie doesn't have George, or be killed and tortured by Curley and suffer because Curley won’t kill him fast. George only had one choice and that was to kill

George’s decision was right in the long run, he saved Lennie pain and torture. Lennie would be happy that George shot him and not them. George is a friend, Curley was just trying to hurt him, George just wanted to help him. Obviously George didnt wanna kill Lennie but if he didnt he wouldnt be able to forgive himself for letting them hurt him. Lennie knew he did something wrong that's why he went to the bush, and I think Lennie was in piece when George killed him. I think that because Lennie was his best friend, and George loved Lennie like a brother and Lennie loved him like a brother. They definitely was best friends they had a special bonde, like when the boss said “i never seen anybody take this much trouble for another guy(22).” Was George’s choice the right one? I think his choice was right because he didn't let someone hurt his friend he did it. Lennie would be happier knowing george killed him not Curley who doesn't like him. He was right because Lennie would have been in pain if the other guys got him, they would've shot him in the stomach and let him die of pain. Curley wouldn't have stopped until Lennie was in the most pain possible before death. George did the right thing in killing Lennie, Lennie knew it hurt George but he knew it had to be done. So what if George didn't make the right

She started to scream for help which made Lennie upset, “Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted. She screamed and Lennie’s other hand closed over her mouth and nose. ‘Please don’t!’ he begged. ‘Oh please don’t do that. George’ll be mad,’” Lennie spoke frantically. (Steinbeck 91) Lennie had realized he did a bad thing when he lifted up Curley’s wife’s arm, let go, and it just dropped. Lennie decided his best choice was going to be to sneak away to the spot by the river where, in the beginning of the story, George told him to go to if he had done something really bad. After Candy walked into the barn to check on Lennie and found Curley’s wife dead, he told George then the guys. All of the guys got on horses, besides George, and took off to find Lennie. When he couldn’t see the guys anymore, George went to the river and found Lennie. When George found Lennie, he had to make the difficult decision to shoot Lennie. With Lennie being dangerous, even unintentionally, it was best for him to be shot, especially by George. If

While Crooks, a victim of racial prejudice, expresses his isolation openly, he also socializes with the other workers on the job and while playing horseshoes with them. Curley’s wife, on the other hand, cannot talk to anyone without suffering the consequences of a jealous husband: “I get lonely,’ she said. “You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody?” (87) More specifically,after meeting him that same night, Curley’s wife ran away from home to marry Curley to spite her mother. She further confessed to Lennie she doesn’t even like Curley. As a result, she left one situation hoping to move closer to capturing her dreams, but her companion’s jealous and violent behavior prevents her from even socializing with others.(88) Therefore, she went from living with multiple people to living with only Curley, who is supposed to be her companion and someone she

This is why Lennie isn’t violent. Whenever Lennie does something bad, he suddenly thinks back to George, not being violent, or the fact that he just hurt someone. This shows that he can’t help the things he does, he always needs someone looking after him. One example of this is on page 91, when Curley’s wife starts screaming: “Please don’t do that. George’ll be mad.”

Crooks had it the worst out of the three because no matter what he did, no matter how smart he as, since he was black he would always have less power. When Crooks was in his own cabin and asked Curley’s Wife to leave and she responded with, ““Well, you keep your place then, Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.”” (81; Ch. 4) (72; Ch. 4) it showed how little power Crooks had, even in his own home. The second thing that proves that Crooks faced struggles with power was when it said,”. S’pose you didn’t have nobody. S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunk house and play rummy ’Cause you was black. How’d you like that? S’pose you had to sit out here an’ read books. Sure you could play horseshoes till it got dark, but then you got to read books. Books ain’t no good. A guy needs somebody—to be near him.” He whined, “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya,” he cried, “I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.”” (72; Ch. 4) This proves Crooks faced struggles with power because it shows that no matter what he did or what he did to fill his spare time, since he was black, he’d always be alone and he would never have someone near him enough to call his

Lennie would never be able to survive without George, Lennie would be miserable alone and scared.Lennie would have been tortured by Curley if George had not killed Lennie.Before George killed Lennie says "I remember the rabbits,George”.George and Lennie would not been able to get away since last time they had a head start . Lennie would suffer regardless with George even if he came to see him in prison.Lennie has no way out in this so George did the right thing by putting Lennie out of his misery by killing him.Curley would not just kill Lennie he would have made him suffer by torturing him because Lennie had humiliated Curly twice.

In case of Lennie gets in trouble George told him to go to a specific location where he would go meet him. George tells Lennie, “Lennie-if you jus’ happen to get into trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush.”(Pg. 14) george uses Lennie's obedience toward him to his advantage. George tells Lennie what to do in specific situations. Plus George's power over Lennie is so great that he could make him do things he doesn't want to. George exclaims, “I said get i’m.” Curley’s fist was swinging when Lennie reached for it… He stood crying, his fist lost in Lennie's paw.”(Pg 63-63) Lennie would listen to george in any situation. George commanded Lennie to defend himself and he obeyed. Lennie is completely obedient to George but that obedience also has the possibility to cause

Throughout most of the book Curley’s wife strikes us as a compelling and riveting character as we initially see her as a wicked character till those few seconds before she dies where you think, hey she might not be so bad after all. In the novel ‘of Of mice Mice and men’ Men’ Curley’s wife’s image is portrayed as a very sexual, flirtatious, cheeky and desperate. Steinbeck uses specific words, sentences and techniques to create the image of Curley’s wife as one that is very contrasting.

Crooks is also presented as powerless, as previously discussed it is perhaps this lack of power that leads to his bitterness. One quote shows how Curley’s wife threatens him and Crooks sits down and doesn’t fight back, “Crooks had reduced himself to nothing. There was no personality, no ego-nothing to arouse either like or dislike”. Steinbeck tries to use metaphorical language to show that Crooks doesn’t want to be seen and that he fears for himself. It also shows that he is at the bottom of the social hierarchy mainly because he is the only black person on the ranch. The repetition of the word ‘no’ and ‘nothing’

In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck set in the Salinas valley in the 1930’s, many people can hold the blame for Curley’s Wife’s death. There may be only one person who physically killed her but, many others helped to cause the death of Curley’s Wife. The people who had more responsibility than the others are Curley’s Wife’s Mom, Lennie, and Curley’s Wife.