Kill Lennie Justified

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.

In “Of Mice And Men” by John Steinbeck, I’m arguing whether or not George should have killed Lennie. George killing Lennie was a good idea because Lennie was always causing trouble, which made George not be able to keep a job. It was also a good idea because Lennie was going to get shot anyways, and George wanted to do it instead of having people Lennie didn’t know shoot him. The other side is saying George shouldn’t have because it wasn’t right, and how George was Lennie’s best friend. George should have killed Lennie because Lennie kept getting into trouble, and kept making George lose the job he just got. “I got you! You can't keep a job and you lose me ever' job I get. Jus' keep me shovin' all over the country all the time. An' that ain't the

In the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, George makes the painful decision to kill his best friend Lennie. If George wouldn’t have killed Lennie, Curley would have eventually found him and killed him brutally. George had good intentions towards the death of his friend and found himself in a position where he could never escape. Mercy killing is moral and is just a way to show compassion for a loved one in need. The killing of Lennie was not done with bad intent and was one of George’s only options.

After Lennie killed Curley’s wife, Curley and a mob went after Lennie to “shoot him in the guts,”(Steinbeck) which would have been a excruciating and slow death. George also realizes Lennie would be lonely in jail and without a friend where they would “strap him down and put him in a cage.” (Steinbeck) By mercifully killing his friend, George shows that his decision to give

Justice! What does it mean to be justified? Tricking your best friend? Betraying and ending his dream? Gunning him down from behind? Well, in the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, two men, George and Lennie, shared and worked for the same dream until several problems occurred, when eventually their dream lead to Lennie's demise. It was justified when George shot Lennie because Lennie made multiple poor mistakes, it was the only necessary thing to do. Many people argues it was unjustified to kill Lennie because they could have escaped together, however Lennie is a nuisance and tends to cause trouble

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.

“‘Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em.’ ‘Le’s do it now. Let’s get that place now’” (106). These are the last words that filled the air between George and Lennie, their last exchange preceding a pivotal moment in both of their lives. They conversation calms and soothes Lennie, who hopes to finally get the farm that he and George dreamed about for so many years. Yet unbeknownst to him, Lennie would soon be set free from his earthly bonds by his long-time friend; a bullet, shot from the barrel of George’s gun, would enter Lennie’s head and kill him instantly. That bullet was not one of self-gain and moral disrepute, but one of freedom and liberation from worldly restraints. While this remains a hotly contested topic in classrooms reading Of Mice and Men, George’s intentions in killing Lennie were overwhelmingly good-natured.

The mob wanted Lennie to have a slow painful death, and if George had not shot Lennie, that is what would have happened. Lennie would not even understand why he was being tortured, because he had no intent to kill the boss’ daughter-in-law. Both caretakers saved their loved ones from harm, or any more harm. To save the ones they loved they both had to commit mercy killings, to spare them and the victim from even more

In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, George was overall morally justified for shooting Lennie because he had good reasons to do so. George did take Lennie’s life but he did it to save Lennie from the pain of Curley’s wrath. If George did not kill Lennie, then he would have had to suffer through life in jail or an asylum or torture from Curley. Many people think that George was responsible for Lennie, so the murder was not justified. However, George was justified because Lennie had hurt others before and had strong potential to hurt again.

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

In life sometimes people have to hurt others for their benefit, even if it destroys them. In Of Mice and Men, George murders his best friend, Lennie, because he decides that it is the only way out of the situation. When George kills Lennie he does the right thing because George might have been killed along with Lennie, Lennie did a terrible thing when he killed Curley’s wife, and Lennie wouldn’t have suffer if George just got it over with. Almost everyone at the ranch knows that George and Lennie travel together wherever they go. When George finds the body of Curley’s wife he instantly grows nervous because he knows who did it and he knows that Curley will probably put some of the blame on George as well since he caught his wife and George in the barn all alone at one point.

In the novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the ending is a pretty sad tale. One of the main protagonists known as George killed his best friend, Lennie, so he would not have to suffer a shotgun shell to the stomach. Lennie was like a little brother to George, who did not know what he was doing since he had the mentality of a child, but he made a huge mistake that would have resulted in torture by Curley for killing his wife. I think it was justified, because he did not want Lennie to suffer for his mistake.

In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie learn to travel and experience the world together as they take on a new job working on a ranch in central California "bucking barley" for the ranch owner and his son. Lennie, not being able to control his actions, hurts too many people and things and men were chasing after the two, so George decides to take action and shoot Lennie. Although some may disagree, George did the right thing by shooting Lennie because he could not have avoided hurting someone else in the future, he could not eventually learn that the things he did were wrong due to his disability, and he could not learn to eventually control his own 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.

In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck George kills his best friend Lennie. George’s reasoning for this is that Lennie is killing too many people and has become a burden. Lennie does not realize that he is doing wrong by accidentally killing animals and people. George says that he is doing this for other’s benefit when really he is doing this for his own good. This was wrong of George and he is guilty because even though Lennie was accidentally