George Did The Right Thing By Shooting Lennie
George did the right thing by shooting Lennie. First, when Candy finds Curley’s wife laying in the hay dead he immediately gets George. George's first thought is to lock Lennie up, but then realizes that the guys and Curley would want him lynched (Steinbeck 94). When Candy gets Slim and the guys attention to come into the barn George comes in behind them and pleads to Slim to have Lennie be brought in to be locked up. Slim says “s’pose they lock him up an’ strap him down and put him in a cage. That ain’t no good, George” (97). Slim was right, putting Lennie in jail would not be the right thing to do. In jail you never know what would happen to him and it would be worse than Curley getting at Lennie. Next, if Lennie did not go hide and George
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did not find him then Curly would have got to him and Lennie would be shot in the gut and lynched. “I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big bastard myself” (98). If George does not shoot him then Curly would get to him and cause a lot of pain and suffering to Lennie that can be prevented. Lastly, George talked about the dream of the farm and had Lennie turn around so he would not know what hit him. Lennie did not feel any pain and had the picture of the farm in his head (106). There is no better way for Lennie to die than that, he was thinking of the farm, had George with him, and he didn't feel any pain. George did the right thing by shooting Lennie because their was no better way for him to be punished.
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Curley's wife changed throughout the book as readers got to know her and also readers opinions. First, readers a get a very negative aspect of her from the males in the bunkhouse. Especially when George says, “I seen em’ poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her” (Steinbeck 32). Right away in the story you are told and have the feelings to hate her. Secondly, readers start to get a little more insight on how lonely she is by how much she is around, and what she says. “Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?” (77). Finally, when Curley’s wife enters the barn near the end of the book she makes Lennie listen to her about her past. How she was going to become an actor but her mom wouldn't let her because she was only fifteen. Also, when she went to the Riverside Dance Palace she meet this man who said she could be a actor and he would write to her as soon as he got back to Hollywood. Those letters never came and she married Curley who she had also meet at the same dance (88). In the beginning of the novella readers learn to hate Curley's wife, but as she describes her lonely and poor marriage readers start to understand her more as a human, and that she has needs that Curley is
neglecting.
6. Lennie's death is definitely considered symbolic. First, the mouse in the beginning of the story symbolizes Lennie. The mouse is not wanted and seen as a lesser animal to the world. Just like Lennie is, but George is Lennie in keeping the mouse and caring for it (Steinbeck 5-6). Additionally, Candy's dog symbolizes Lennie. Candy’s dog is shot when he is old and not wanted by all of the men in the bunkhouse. As Lennie is shot when most of the men in the bunkhouse want him dead (44-49). Lastly, the dream of the farm dies with Lennie. Candy says to George “Then-it’s all off?”(95). George doesn't reply to what Candy said while they are standing over Curley’s dead wife. This is when readers finally start to realize that the dream of the farm is going to die when Lennie dies. What dies with Lennie is hope, hope of getting the farm and living off the fat of the land and making something of themselves.
did not find him then Curly would have got to him and Lennie would be shot in the gut and lynched. “I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big bastard myself” (98). If George does not shoot him then Curly would get to him and cause a lot of pain and suffering to Lennie that can be prevented. Lastly, George talked about the dream of the farm and had Lennie turn around so he would not know what hit him. Lennie did not feel any pain and had the picture of the farm in his head (106). There is no better way for Lennie to die than that, he was thinking of the farm, had George with him, and he didn't feel any pain. George did the right thing by shooting Lennie because their was no better way for him to be punished.
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Curley's wife changed throughout the book as readers got to know her and also readers opinions. First, readers a get a very negative aspect of her from the males in the bunkhouse. Especially when George says, “I seen em’ poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her” (Steinbeck 32). Right away in the story you are told and have the feelings to hate her. Secondly, readers start to get a little more insight on how lonely she is by how much she is around, and what she says. “Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?” (77). Finally, when Curley’s wife enters the barn near the end of the book she makes Lennie listen to her about her past. How she was going to become an actor but her mom wouldn't let her because she was only fifteen. Also, when she went to the Riverside Dance Palace she meet this man who said she could be a actor and he would write to her as soon as he got back to Hollywood. Those letters never came and she married Curley who she had also meet at the same dance (88). In the beginning of the novella readers learn to hate Curley's wife, but as she describes her lonely and poor marriage readers start to understand her more as a human, and that she has needs that Curley is
neglecting.
6. Lennie's death is definitely considered symbolic. First, the mouse in the beginning of the story symbolizes Lennie. The mouse is not wanted and seen as a lesser animal to the world. Just like Lennie is, but George is Lennie in keeping the mouse and caring for it (Steinbeck 5-6). Additionally, Candy's dog symbolizes Lennie. Candy’s dog is shot when he is old and not wanted by all of the men in the bunkhouse. As Lennie is shot when most of the men in the bunkhouse want him dead (44-49). Lastly, the dream of the farm dies with Lennie. Candy says to George “Then-it’s all off?”(95). George doesn't reply to what Candy said while they are standing over Curley’s dead wife. This is when readers finally start to realize that the dream of the farm is going to die when Lennie dies. What dies with Lennie is hope, hope of getting the farm and living off the fat of the land and making something of themselves.