George's Ability To Control Lennie In Of Mice And Men

George raises the gun and steadies it... BOOM! He brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head. George made a hard decision at the end of the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Lennie and George are really close friends. George is smart and very aggressive, and Lennie is big and strong, but has a mind of a child. First, Lennie and George arrive at the ranch in Soledad, California during the Great Depression. Lennie keeps getting into trouble, which risks their job, so George has to clean up the mess. Finally, George has to make a decision on how to give Lennie a life he deserves, or letting him suffer. Lennie and George are like brothers and they would do whatever it takes to make eachother happy. Throughout the story,

George and Lennie have a very interesting relationship. George acts as a parent to Lennie all of the time. George exhibits many qualities as a parent such as protecting Lennie, instructing him, and loving him. Lennie is unable to make basic decisions in everyday life.

Did George do the right thing by killing Lennie? In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, that is the question that the reader is left asking. George and Lennie, lifelong friends, were torn apart by George putting Carlson’s luger to Lennie’s head and pulling the trigger. That was the end of the lifelong friendship, the end of what made them different than the other guys.

Lennie had a rough childhood and that definitely affected him negatively. Also, when he was little he would kill his pets and that’s why his aunt gave him a rubber mouse. During Lennie and George’s time in Weed, Lennie was accused of rape because of touching a girls dress. This would explain why George didn’t trust Lennie with any pets or being alone with a person.

Because Lennie was like a child, who is naive, and he could of hurt someone, by accident and caused more trouble. In the book it says multiple times how Lennie had a habit of petting soft things. As well as strong and harsh immeasurable reflexes, on page 9 it states “George scoffed”. Lady, huh? Don’t even remember who that lady was.

The only way George knew how to deal with him was letting roam around unsupervised .The day Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife, he is left all alone, unattended while George and the other guys play horseshoes this . He could have stopped the event from ending so badly if he just let Lennie watch them play or give him a small thing to do to keep him distracted keeping his eyesight. George may care for Lennie, but he fails to keep him safe . An example is when Curley out anger and embarrassment punches Lennie over and over in the gut and the stomach instead of helping Lennie, he just sits back and tell him to fight back. This shows how he would rather prove a point of him being able to fight his own battles then actually helping him out of danger. On one hand Lennie was able to squeeze his hand and subdued him, but on the other hand Lennie is not mentally an adult is severely mentally challenged and has a huge

He kept a mouse inside his pocket and when he took it out dead he couldn’t comprehend it. At the barn he got the puppy and he tried to sneak it into his bunk but got caught by George. Lennie knows he shouldn’t be doing that because George gets mad but he does it any way. Then later in the barn when Lennie is playing with the puppy and it died then Lennie said “Why do you got to get killed?”(pg.85)Lennie doesn’t understand he is bringing harm and actually killing these animals. As the novel goes on the things he is killing just get bigger and bigger. Lennie doesn’t understand the strength he has. He broke Curley’s hand just by blocking it. Lennie went to touch Curley’s wife's hair and he snapped her neck and die instantly. He doesn’t realize what he can do and when he did these things he never meant to harm anyone so he is a danger and has to have eyes on him at all

Lennie is an innocent, unknowing of what's going on around him type of person. All he really knows is that he likes things that feel soft and that is what ends up getting him kill. He is so focused on not having George mad at him and not letting him tend to the rabbits that he accidentally kills Curley's wife. “"Don't you go yellin'," he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.”(xx) Lennie just killed Curley's wife and he has done a lot of bad things but never murdered someone. This is the last straw for George and when he hunts him down in the woods, he kills Lennie because he is at a loss of hope for Lennie. Lennie has a tendency to kill small animals by accident and

A life is very precious and valuable, and taking away one's life is viewed by many as a crime and violation of human rights. However, under certain circumstances, the taking of someone's life may be viewed as acceptable. When one is in great pain or danger, and could no longer benefit from living, killing them might be the best option for them. This is the case in Of Mice and Men a fiction novel by John Steinbeck. In the book, Steinbeck tells the story of two good friends, George and Lennie, who travel around as ranch workers during The Great Depression. After Lennie commits an accidental murder, George finds Lennie and kills him. George kills Lennie because he knows Lennie’s

Lennie had accidentally killed Curley’s wife and many other small animals and If he were to be let loose it would most likely happen again. Lennie had many violent outburst such as when he killed the puppy and often times he did not understand the significance of what he has done. After killing the puppy the main thing Lennie focus on is tending the rabbits, Lennie said “George ain’t gonna let me tend no rabbits now”(Steinbeck 87). Along with others Lennie was also putting himself in danger. His difficult behavior, aggression, and lack of self control left him in a constant danger.

George told his old lady that he would take care of Lennie and make sure that he would not get into trouble and other stuff (Steinbeck22). It’s clear that Lennie repeatedly gets himself and George in trouble because he has no respect/ no lack of self-control. One example of this is Lennie killing his pet mouse, which he loved to death. George’s best efforts, Lennie simply that he never learns to handle it with no care. George’s comment shows that his concert that even bringing the incident could make Lennie repeat the behavior since he can never learn from this

The author John Steinbeck presents the relationship between the two characters, George and Lennie in different ways as they are both different characters and have different personalities. He presents it like a parent and child relationship, with George being the parent and Lennie the child.

George even uses Lennie’s need as leverage to keep him under control. Lennie strives to hold responsibility. Unfortunately, Lennie tends to hurt the animals that he does receive. He is too strong for the animals that she cares for. During their journey from Weed, Lennie tends to a mouse, only to end up killing the fragile creature. Later on, George gets Lennie a puppy that Lennie regretfully kills with his power. Lennie’s good intentions fell short in comparison to his power. Lennie was looking for responsibility in pets but took on too much when the animals would be killed by his overwhelming strength.

In Of Mice and Men, George was right to kill Lennie. In the novel, Lennie killed a mouse, a puppy, and a woman. Lennie could have been charged with rape on two separate occasions. In Weed, Lennie grabbed a woman and ripped a part of her clothes off. At the farm, in the barn, Lennie stroked her hair and accidentally killed her. George killed Lennie, because Candy told George he wished he would have shot his own dog, Lennie killed Curley’s wife, the puppie, and the mouse, and the lynch mob would have done worse things to Lennie.

Lennie is mentally disabled and so always ‘does bad things’, because of this, he constantly depends on George to protect him and get him out of trouble. For example, in Weed, Lennie constantly ‘wants to touch