“...in 1913, the passing of the Mental Incapacity Act in Britain led to around 40,000 men and women being locked away…” (NewStatesMan) That was a ton of mental people being locked up because they weren’t “useful” or “any good”. Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck describes how two men, George and Lennie, have a dream to one day own a farm and have the American Dream. Lennie isn’t exactly like the other guys at the ranch. He faces many difficulties unlike the others. George did not have a choice of whether to shoot Lennie or not. If George would not have done what he did Lennie would have suffered if Curley would have got to him, he would have been locked up for the rest of his life, or he would have died living on his own because he can’t support himself. …show more content…
However, they never would have been able to settle down and live somewhere because they would always be on the run. First, he would have been locked up if the police would have found him. I know that he would have been put in a special place because the text states, “ Crooks bored in on him. "Want me ta tell ya what'll happen? They'll take ya to the booby hatch. They'll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog." The author also stated, “...they’ll lock him up an' strap him down and put him in a cage.” Second, Lennie could never have survived on his own. If Lennie would have been on the run, he never could have found food by himself. Of Mice and Men stated, “Why, the poor bastard'd starve to death…” I also know he can’t survive on his own because George states, “You ain't got sense enough to find nothing to eat." If Lennie were to run away he never could have
On the other hand, George could have done things differently. George could have met Lennie in the brush and they could have ran away.
Lennie is mentally retarded and in this time period he would be beaten in prison. The judges in court would have treated Lennie unfairly because of the time period and his mental condition. George didn't want Lennie to be mistreated so
If Lennie wasn’t around, George would have had an easier time when not trying to constantly take care of Lennie. Trying to get him out of trouble and making sure he survives and earns
Lennie cannot survive without food on his own. “I will just live on my own if you want me to.” Lennie said this because the thinks that George doesn’t like him, and wants to get rid of him. George doesn’t want to get rid of Lennie, Lennie just makes George mad.
In Mice and Men during the end George could of helped Lennie escape, or did what he had done which was killing him. I think George had no other choice, but to kill Lennie. I say this, because Lennie is in danger to everyone around him, Lennie won’t have to suffer, and George didn’t have to run away anymore.
If George had not killed Lennie, he would have continued to do bad things. This is first shown when he grabbed the girl in Weed and him accidentally killing Aunt Clara’s mice.When Lennie killed the puppy and Curley’s wife it showed that Lennie was incapable of not doing bad things. Lennie did not understand his strength or why both girls tried to get away from him when he grabbed them. Steinback showed that Lennie was not aware that he was hurting the mice, the puppy, or Curley’s wife when he said, “All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of em’ mean.”(Steinback 95). George knew that even if he and Lennie ran away that Lennie's past would continue to follow them.
Throughout the novel, there is a lot mentioned by Lennie that he could just leave George and go live in the caves. "If you don't want me, you only jus' got to say so, and I'll go off in those hills and live by myself. An' I won't get no mice stole from me" (13). After killing Curleys wife, Lennie does as Goerge told him to do and went to hide in the bushes. While hiding in the bushes, Lennie has a couple of hallucinations.
Have you ever wondered why George killed Lennie in the end? Was it a smart decision? Did he have to do it? In the novel “Of Mice and Men”, George had to make some tough decisions. Before actually killing Lennie, George thought about why he should do so.
Life without Lennie for George would definitely be a little easier and bring less trouble. Although the loss of Lennie, his life partner, would be a hard blow to him. There are a plethora of examples displayed throughout Of Mice and Men where Lennie arose many problems. At their old ranch in Weed they were run out from Lennie petting a women’s soft, silky dress, “Jus’ wanted to feels that girl’s dress…” (Steinbeck 11).
George and Lennie are together throughout the book. Since they are together so much they develop a relationship. With this relationship they get to know each other better and they start to get into problems with each other. They face a couple of problems like when they go into the bunker they have problems with how it looks and how clean it is. Like for example when George comments to the old man “Says 'positively kills lice, roaches and other scourges.'
Sometimes in life you and your friend gone bump head. In Mice and Men by John Steinbeck George and Lennie had some ups and downs, George and Lennie had a big dream about have their own farm. That’s what kept them together. George and Lennie have a complex and some difficulties in their relationship that make them different from other people Lennie and George have a dream that keeps them together.
In this short novel, we have George and Lennie. Due to the Great depression, they both travel around looking for farms and end up in one. Now George is very protective over Lennie. Ever since his aunt died, George took in and cared for Lennie, but it wasn't easy to do. Lennie has a mental disability in him, giving him memory loss, genetics of a kid, or brain of a kid, but at the same time he is a tall, strong man, and into touching soft things.
He never learns his lesson and one day kills Curley’s wife which leads him to his own death. If Lennie had cared a little more about his own responsibility for the things he possessed then he could have been the caretaker of the rabbits on the farm George and him planned to purchase.
In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men there are two main characters named George and Lennie. George and Lennie were trying to live the American Dream. The American Dream in the Great Depression was to own land. So they are trying to get a job at a ranch. They do this because they are trying to get enough money so that they can buy their own land and so that they can grow their own crops and raise their some animals.
Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie struggle together to make their dreams and wishes come true. They go through many obstacles in their life. Lennie always looked out for George, especially because George wasn't the brightest. In return, George also looked out for Lennie. Since George is very muscular, he is able to put in hard work.