Why Did George Kill Lennie

After going through all the evidence, I still believe very strongly that George was justified in killing Lennie. In anyway someone tries to spin it there's always a counter that justifies George still did the right thing. In our lifetime where there are many cruel people we’re obligated to do the right thing no matter the consequence, even if it's hard to do, it's best for

One of the main reasons why George was actually justified for the killing is because Lennie had hurt others in the past and would most likely continue to do so. When they were in Salinas, Lennie got into very similar trouble when he wouldn’t let go of a girl’s dress. When George was asked by Slim what had happened in Weed he explained, “Well that girl rabbits in an’ tells the law she been raped. The guys in Weed start a party out to lynch Lennie. So we sit in a irrigation ditch under water all the rest of that day. An’ at night we scrammed outta there” (42). This shows us that Lennie is trouble, brings it wherever he goes, and this is why they moved to Salinas. When at the ranch Lennie not only kills his puppy, he also breaks Curley’s hand, showing that the trouble that follows Lennie happens quite often. Lennie smiled with this bruised mouth. “I didn't want no trouble," he said. He walked toward the door, but just before he came to it,

It has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt at this point, Lennie's innocence is not very accepted with the world because of his size, age, etc. He can’t really learn to change his ways due to his disabilities. Lennie can’t even understand why the bad things he has done are bad. Also, the fate he would meet at Curley's mutilated hands is enough to convince George that his only real option is to make Lennie's death as quick and painless as possible. Lennie would have died at the hands of Curly anyways, which would have been a much more painful and dehumanizing death for Lennie. He couldn't be taken to a mental hospital and in the depression, these were basically non-existent and spending a life in jail would be even more torture for a mentally ill person than death itself. George did what was right because he prevented Lennie from doing anything this terrible again, he stopped Lennie from a more painful death, and he really didn't have any other responsible

No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want.” This means George wouldn't have to look after Lennie or anyone if he was alone, and he could keep a job.

Did George kill Lennie for a bad reason? Did he do it because he was trying to help Lennie? Or did he do it just to be a bad guy? In John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men, George killed lennie and some people think he should be punished but on the other side some people think he should not be punished because, he did it for a good reason because he wanted to help his friend, so he ended his miserable life before it could get any worse buy the other guys, since the other guys wanted to kill lennie and torture him because he killed curley's wife. But it could also be called murder which is not a good thing because, then someone is taking a life for a reason they do not even know.

In Of Mice and Men, I believe George's actions are justified at the end. If George hadn't shot Lennie then he would have died a more gruesome death. Curly and Carlson would have killed Lennie on sight and wouldn't have let him give an explanation as to why he broke Curley's wife's neck. Lennie isn't capable of understanding his own strength. First, it all started with something simple, mice.

Seeing how close they were and everything they've been through, it's easy to see why someone would argue that George wasn't justified. Although Lennie needed to be shot because of him making things harder for George and him hurting others, he was going to die either way. He mad all the people around him mad after what he had done to Curley’s Wife, people were out to get him. George just did it the nice way instead of Lennie having to go through probably much worse than just being

I’m arguing why George should have killed Lennie in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.Curley was going to make Lennie’s death painful anyways. Curley was mad about his hand and losing his wife so he thought he would shoot Lennie.”Ill shoot him in the guts”(Steinbeck).Lennie was going to die either way so why not just get it over with.George should have shot Lennie because he may be slower but being slower does not get you out of murder.George should have killed Lennie when he saw Curley’s wife’s dead body because he got nervous and scared for him because George knew what the guys were going to do to him .”I know what I have to do” (Steinbeck) I think the quote proves my point because George knows he is going to have to kill Lennie.Lennie

Although many would argue that George should not had killed Lennie, I would disagree. First off I think that what would had most likely would had happen to Lennie, is he would had been tortured and killed by Curly. This is evident when Curly state's “I’ll kill the son-of-a-bitch myself. I’ll shoot ‘im in the guts” (Steinbeck 92). Being shot in the guts is known as one of the most painful and unrecoverable wounds. Secondly, even if Curly didn’t kill him, he would had been locked in a cage and probably had been beaten up and then rot in jail the rest of Lennie’s life. George even says “Couldn’ we maybe bring him in an’ they’ll lock him up?” (Steinbeck 92), followed by slim saying “We might” (Steinbeck 92). Jails at the times were very cruel

Lennie was doing it on accident because Lennie stated in the book that Lennie wanted her to stop screaming by saying “Oh! Please don’t do none of that? George gonna say that I done a bad thing I won’t get to tend the rabbits”(Steinbeck 91). This shows that Lennie did not want to cause any harm to Curley's wife Lennie just did not want to get in trouble so Lennie tried to keep her quiet. This shows that George should not be punished for killing Lennie because Lennie did it on

Consider the advantages and disadvantages of George’s actions. I personally feel like he did the right thing by killing Lennie himself because George knows that if Curley were to do it he would have made it slow, painful and terrifying. “ I’m goin’,” he said. “ I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big bastard myself, even if I only got one hand. I’m gonna get ‘im.” (pg 98)

Lennie had a long history of getting in trouble, getting fired and making George very mad. Also George would end up getting blamed for a lot of things and If he stuck with Lennie bad things would come into play. So if George still had to take care of Lennie after he killed Curley's wife then they would both probably end up getting tortured by Curly back at the farm. This is the second reason why George should have killed

In my personal opinion I do not see any cons to George killing Lennie. It was clearly the right thing to do, maybe George will live the rest of his with regret but he will know he did the right thing for Lennie. I also see George killing him better than Curley killing him. He did kill Curley’s wife but you can tell by the way George acts that he did not want Curley to kill Lennie. This brings up back to when Candy said “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t of ought to

Since Lennie had a lack of intelligence, he didn’t comprehend his actions at times. This resulted in Lennie being a risk to other people. George knew this for a long time, giving the option of killing Lennie. If George hadn’t killed Lennie, then Lennie’s risk towards other people would have continued. Another reason that George wanted to, and did kill Lennie, is because his wish was for Lennie to die happy.

George di the right thing when he shot Lennie instead of letting Curley get ahold of him. In Of Mice and Men the character Slim said, “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda” (Steinbeck, 107). Slim was the wisest and most respected of the men agreed that George did the right thing. “Curley gont’a want to get him lynched. Curley’ll get him killed”(Steinbeck,94). If George didn't kill Lennie when he was afraid and not happy and also probably in a painful way.