Character Analysis Of Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
In the book, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, George definitely picked the right choice by killing Lennie. Lennie is always causing problems and doing things that ruined George’s life. “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on with me.” (Slim 53) “Course you did. Well, look. Lennie- if you jus' happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush.” (George 8) This quote shows that George thinks that Lennie is going to do something. George is so certain that Lennie is going to mess up, he figured out a plan for Lennie when he messes up. Also, Lennie has caused problems before and so he is bound to do it again. “Well, he seen this girl in a red dress. Dumb bastard like he is, he wants
to touch everything he likes. Just wants to feel it. So he reaches out to feel this red dress and' the girl lets out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on 'cause that's the only thing he can think to do.” (George 20) This shows that Lennie is always causing problems. Lennie forced them to leave Weed and made them lose both of their jobs. Lennie has always been ruining George’s opportunities in life. Even though Lennie does cause George problems, George has always looked out for him because they’re family. George has always taken care of Lennie and has always gotten Lennie out of problems. “With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.” (George 7) This shows that George cared about Lennie like he was family and definitely should not have killed him. If George spent so long trying to help Lennie, why would he go and kill him? George should have just helped Lennie again like he had in the past. Overall, I think that George should have killed Lennie because he has a history of making mistakes, so eventually he would end up doing it again. No matter what George tried to do, Lennie would have just ruined George’s life even more.
to touch everything he likes. Just wants to feel it. So he reaches out to feel this red dress and' the girl lets out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on 'cause that's the only thing he can think to do.” (George 20) This shows that Lennie is always causing problems. Lennie forced them to leave Weed and made them lose both of their jobs. Lennie has always been ruining George’s opportunities in life. Even though Lennie does cause George problems, George has always looked out for him because they’re family. George has always taken care of Lennie and has always gotten Lennie out of problems. “With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.” (George 7) This shows that George cared about Lennie like he was family and definitely should not have killed him. If George spent so long trying to help Lennie, why would he go and kill him? George should have just helped Lennie again like he had in the past. Overall, I think that George should have killed Lennie because he has a history of making mistakes, so eventually he would end up doing it again. No matter what George tried to do, Lennie would have just ruined George’s life even more.