Killing Lennie

Near the beginning of the story, George explains to Lennie that if he happens to get in some trouble he cannot get out of, to “come right here an’ hide in the brush” (15). After the killing, and to George’s surprise, Lennie has remembered as he “appears out of the brush” (100). This one specific element of Lennie and George’s relationship is more than a mere coincidence, but emphasizes the way Lennie disregards any command or memory of anyone other than George. When George arrives at the brush, and sees Lennie in a state of shock, he is forced to act. As the lynch mob draws near, George is able to fantasize the farm one last time before “sparing” Lennie’s life. But as George aims the gun at Lennie’s head, he kills the thought of a harmonic life he could have shared with Lennie.

George killed Lennie with mercy and love. George had to do what he did or he would have felt awful if someone else killed Lennie in front of him. When George heard that Candy was sad when he didn’t kill his dog when he wished he did it really changed George’s perspective on the whole situation. “I wished somebody’d shoot me, but they won’t do nothing like that.” George was also giving Lennie a good and peaceful death. He

Lennie couldn’t take care of himself, and he was dangerous. George was saving Lennie from a harder life and/or a more painful death. George had to kill Lennie because he was dangerous. Lennie was not smart, and acted like a child.

And Lennie has to watch what he does himself too. First, George did the right thing by killing Lennie because Lennie held George down. In the article on page 10 it states, “If I was alone I could live so easy. I could get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble.

George shouldn’t have killed lennie because it’s murder, his best friend and the got away last time so why couldn’t they get away this time. Since George killed Lennie if he got caught by the cops then he would have been sent to prison. “Wilts, he’s deputy sheriff. Le’s go now.” He turned suspiciously on George”( Steinbeck 98). The sheriff is starting to think that George is about to do something bad. It was wrong for George to kill Lennie because he told his aunt that he would take care of Lennie, and Lennie was his best friend. Since George told Lennie’s aunt that he would take care of Lennie. So therefor he should have tried everything to get Lennie out of trouble. “ Got kinda used to him”(Steinbeck 40). When George took Lennie

George love Lennie And Lennie love George but they got into a lot of arguments because Lennie acts like a little kid and that would get George mad but they still love each other. George would protect Lennie for anything in Weed, California George and Lennie were talking to two women and then Lennie started to feel one of their dress and the lady started to scream rape, but it wasn’t true, but when she started to scream Lennie got scared and started to hold on to her which made her scream louder. But they ran away in time to get to Salinas, California and that where there job is. But George would do anything for him and that's why they have everlasting love because they both love each other but their love never goes away. When George shot Lennie, he did out of love Even though it was bad he killed him because he loved him and he didn’t want someone else to kill him in front of him.

Like Candy, Candy’s dog is faced with the ultimate punishment for his age and disability. Candy’s dog is old and said to smell bad and isn’t worth anything, the dog is shot because of its disabilities. This event foreshadows Lennie’s fate at the hand of George. Both of these characters’ euthanasia is rationalized to put them out of their misery and to prevent future suffering from happening due to their disabilities. Which is almost a mirror image of George and Lennie’s relationship where George has known Lennie for a considerable amount of time and George knows that he is completely responsible of Lennie’s well-being and when that well-being is in jeopardy George feels a moral obligation just like Candy did when he gave permission to Carlson to shoot his dog. The euthanizing of Candy’s dog is a “foreshadowing of what will happen with Lennie and George” (Thomas Scarseth) because both Candy and George’s relationship to those dependent to them end with them killing them in order to save them from suffering.

They make their way out to the field and begin working. In the back of George’s head, he hears the voice again, “I understand why you did it George”. He is scared, is he imagining this or has Lennie come back to the farm? Feelings of guilt and frustration overcome him. If he did not kill Lennie, then Curley would have and possibly tortured him before doing so. If only Lennie could have realized that, but it is too late. George cannot help but think maybe Lennie would still be alive if he had not shot him…what

First, George and Lennie were talking about what they had and George told him “‘If I was alone I could live so easy.’... ‘I could go get a job an’ work, an’ work an’ no trouble’”(Steinbeck 11). George was angry he was never able to get the stable job he had always wanted. He knew he was held down by Lennie, but friends stick by each other and George did not want to sabotage what he had. Also, George never gets to live where he wants and with the anger built up inside him and yells you never let me stay in one place, you are always making me move (Steinbeck 11). George has never wanted to explode, but he did and he held nothing back. This was the first time in the story George showed his anger at everything he lost due to Lennie. He was just angry and upset. Finally, when Lennie was hallucinating Aunt Clara told him “‘You never give a thought to George,’... ‘When he got a piece of pie you always got half or more’n half’” (Steinbeck 101). Lennie knew he had messed up but it was too late because George already knew what he had to do. George could no longer deal with Lennie and he knew how to solve his problem, even if it was a sad way. George had dreams and plans that he could not work to achieve until he separated from Lennie. Although he wanted to be alone, the killing of another human was not justified, but he did it which ended his wondering about a better

Candy is a old handicapped man with his left hand cut off, he got his left hand cut off in a machine. He can only do simple jobs like wash the dishes and work in the garden, this isolates him from the other workers. Candy’s only friend was a dog and later in the story a character named Carlson shot his dog and this makes him lonelier. After he talked to George and Lennie about the money that he has in the bank George includes him in there dream to own a ranch to themselves but that dream sonly ended when Lennie accidently killed Curley’s

The killing of Lennie completely destroyed George. Lennie was his source of hope, since he was responsible for Lennie's well being. Lennie's presence stopped him from going to "cathouses" and wasting all his money. This made him save money to buy the ranch, which was their dream. This also gave George a

George shoots Lennie as a way to show the strength of his love for him. George and Lennie have been inseparable, with a father-son bond between them. George plays a father figure to him ever since the death of Lennie’s aunt Clara; therefore, their journey has been consisted of George’s contributions to Lennie’s well-being. Lennie’s mental disability is the cause for his lack of human qualities. Lennie’s emotions circle around him like a continuously growing vine, for he in unable to grasp and address them appropriately. Lennie’s only connection with the real world is through George, and each man has different viewpoints on their bond. For most of George’s work life, Lennie has been a constant burden to him. From getting into

But Lennie, perfecting his craft one incident at a time, messes everything up. Lennie’s biggest fear was not being able to tend the rabbits when they get their own land, and he loved those rabbits. Lennie grieving over killing his puppy starts conversing with Curley’s wife, a decision he should have never made. Lennie got caught in an unbelievable predicament with Curley’s wife, he was holding her mouth shut while pulling her hair, getting angry at her tell her to shut up, because he does not want to get in trouble. Because, if he did he would not be able to tend the rabbits. As she continued to scream, louder and louder as seconds went by, Lennie with his harmless intentions did not know what to do, so he shook her to get her to shut up but unintentionally broke her neck (Steinbeck, 91). Lennie knowing what to do if he ever did something bad, escapes to the hideout that only him and George know about. Eventually, everybody finds out about Curley’s wife when Candy found her dead body in the barn. At this moment, George knew he had two decisions that would change his life forever. He would either side with his new friends and find Lennie, or escape with Lennie and find another place to work. George makes the right decision and sides with his friends, but he knew they wanted Lennie dead, so he decided to do it himself. George met up with Lennie at their hideout and told him to look the other way and envision everything good about the farm, not wanting to harm Lennie he made sure he was as happy as he could be at that very moment. As George started to describe the farm to him, he put the gun to the back of his neck and pulled the

Lastly, Lennie’s mental state lead to his death because he couldn't learn from his mistakes. Lennie has had a history of causing problems. In his old town Weed that him and George got chased out because Lennie got accused of rape. Just like Weed Lennie caused a problem which led to him being shot by George.

The parallels between Lennie and George’s relationship and the relationship that their workmate, Candy had with his dog reaffirm the power dynamic between George and Lennie. In the novella, Candy must kill his dog because it is old and weak. Candy felt such extreme regret when it came time to kill his dog, that instead of doing