Mice and Men
George’s Condemnation
(A Discussion of the Reasons George should not have taken Lennie’s Life in John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men.)
“If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.”
This is the belief of King Abdullah II. It also appears to be the belief of George in Of Mice and Men, the novel by John Steinbeck. George is a very moral man, taking in Lennie, helping him around, and dealing with everything that came with this responsibility. Lennie is very slow and partially retarded, and he needs all the help that he can get. George takes in Lennie and allows him to travel with him. But in the end of the story, George kills Lennie. Is it for Lennie’s own good? Maybe, but it doesn’t make it right; nothing will ever make killing an innocent person right. It is especially horrible when the person killed doesn’t understand what is happening to him. Some of the reasons that it was wrong for George to take Lennie’s life in Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, are that it is completely unethical, George made Lennie trust him before killing him, and if we allow these kinds of immoral acts to take place, what other principles will be adjusted to fit the circumstance of life.
One of the reasons that it was wrong for George to take Lennie’s life in Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, was that it was completely unethical. “What makes this unethical and immoral is the way these creatures are hunted and killed.” This quote is explaining how a person believes that hunting is unethical. They believe this because they think that the way that we kill the animals, shooting them repeatedly, is painful to the animals. George does the same thing to Lennie though, he shoots him. “He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering.” (Pg. 106) George looked right at Lennie as he shot him. He pulled the
(A Discussion of the Reasons George should not have taken Lennie’s Life in John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men.)
“If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.”
This is the belief of King Abdullah II. It also appears to be the belief of George in Of Mice and Men, the novel by John Steinbeck. George is a very moral man, taking in Lennie, helping him around, and dealing with everything that came with this responsibility. Lennie is very slow and partially retarded, and he needs all the help that he can get. George takes in Lennie and allows him to travel with him. But in the end of the story, George kills Lennie. Is it for Lennie’s own good? Maybe, but it doesn’t make it right; nothing will ever make killing an innocent person right. It is especially horrible when the person killed doesn’t understand what is happening to him. Some of the reasons that it was wrong for George to take Lennie’s life in Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, are that it is completely unethical, George made Lennie trust him before killing him, and if we allow these kinds of immoral acts to take place, what other principles will be adjusted to fit the circumstance of life.
One of the reasons that it was wrong for George to take Lennie’s life in Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, was that it was completely unethical. “What makes this unethical and immoral is the way these creatures are hunted and killed.” This quote is explaining how a person believes that hunting is unethical. They believe this because they think that the way that we kill the animals, shooting them repeatedly, is painful to the animals. George does the same thing to Lennie though, he shoots him. “He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering.” (Pg. 106) George looked right at Lennie as he shot him. He pulled the
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