Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Warren Leen Hill, a man with an IQ of 70, was put to death Tuesday for a murder despite international protest that Georgia was executing a man with a child's intellect(Georgia executes man with low IQ). Georgia should have not executed a man with such a low IQ because he did not know what he was doing. This is almost exactly like Lennie from Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck as Lennie killed Curley’s wife; Lennie did not know that he was causing Curley's wife pain or killing her and both men are mentally retarded. People that think that George should be punished do not realize that the death was an act of protection with Lennie's best interest in mind. George should not be punished for killing Lennie because Lennie did not know what he was doing, George realized that Lennie would never get better so the dream would never come true and George was being merciful to Lennie.

In the Of Mice of Men by John Steinbeck, George should have killed Lennie because Lennie likes to forget something that's very important and he always makes a lot of problems and the last Curley would hurt him more than George did and Lennie would feel very suffer. George should have killed Lennie because he could get rid Lennie as the troublemaker who pulls George down and makes anything worse. " OK. I'll tell ya again. I ain't got nothing to do.

There are more than 4.6 million people in the United States that suffer from intellectual disabilities. n the book Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck one of the main characters suffers from retardation.Lennie would have been better off in today's world than he was back in the 1930s.

In John Steinbeck’s work, Of Mice and Men, Lennie is compared to an animal multiple times which degrades from his sense of humanity and leads to a greater gap between George and himself causing Lennie to become almost nothing to the reader, and to the other characters in the story as well. While George has sharp figures and is precisely described, Lennie is shown as more animalistic, and not really given a lot of traits and characteristics. Also, the other people in the ranch/farm approach Lennie with fear and caution.

Lennie small is a large strong, and un intelligent man. He rarely thinks for himself and can’t hold his own. He does not understand Who you can laugh at or when you can laugh which makes him not have any social awareness. Lennie also never learns throughout the course of this story. He never learns to stay away from some people. For All these reasons we are sympathetic for him.

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.

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

However, people who have a life sentence in jail death is a faster and painless way then permanently staying in prison. The third reason George had to kill Lennie because George realized Lennie would never get better and the dream would never come true. According to the statement on 94, it stated George knew Lennie couldn’t get better and the dream was only a lie. “George wanted a better life someday for himself and for Lennie, but deep down he knew he knew Lennie’s limitations and accepted that the dream was never meant to be” (Steinbeck 94). This quote states that George could not accomplish this dream because of Lennie’s condition. Since Lennie could not get better George had to kill Lennie.

One of the first events the readers hear about explains how George and Lennie end up walking amidst the trees. “Jus’ wanted to feel that girl’s dress—jus’ wanted to pet it like it was a mouse—Well, how the hell did she know you jus’ wanted to feel her dress? She jerks back and you hold on like it was a mouse” (11). George and Lennie run away from Weed because Lennie becomes troublesome when he immaturely handles situations that arise. The reader may pick up on the many hints and clues that Steinbeck give about the fact that Lennie may possess some mental disability that inhibits his ability to know right from wrong until horrific events occur. “He just scared her. I’d be scared too if he grabbed me. But he never hurt her. He jus’ wanted to touch that red dress, like he wants to pet them pups all the time” (42). Lennie’s initial reaction to panic creates uncomfortable situations when he freezes up, but if he

the killing is laid. In Of Mice and Men, although George chose to kill Lennie, Steinbeck’s portrayal of their deep friendship throughout his novela proves George’s final actions of pulling the trigger on Lennie is an at of mercy because George had Lennie’s best interests at heart.

Death, the one thing all of humanity will eventually face, could be seen as an end or an entrance. What is your extent of a friendship? How far are you willing to go to help the person you care for? For numerous reasons, a broad amount of people think murder is immoral—especially if it was your own best friend. But sometimes we may have to go to the extreme, as long as we know it was the right thing to do from the heart because that’s how much you know you care. In this story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, I strongly believe that George was right to kill Lennie.

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

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.