Who Is To Blame For Lennie's Death

Within the novel George Miltion had taken Lennie Small under his wing when Lennie's grandmother had passed away. Lennie is a schizophrenic which means he mentally challenged. In result of that he can not control his emotions nor does he have much understanding of his strength, and he has very few social skills. George had become Lennie's full time care taker, up until the day he died. They had it rough since every job George had ever got them.
Lennie managed to mess it up somehow and get them fired. Most of the time when something went wrong George was able to blame Lennie. But what would George do if he didn't have Lennie to blame for all of their misfortune? George needs Lennie just as much as Lennie needs George. Without Lennie
, George would have no one to share his dream with. Lennie makes George feel important since he depends on George for everything and it satisfied him knowing that someone depends upon him. Having no one to depend upon, leaves you feeling lost and unnecessary. George too, needs Lennie for comfort and company. George mentions often how lonely some of the other ranch hands are and he mentions that they have no one. Such as when he stated "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.
They have no family. They don't belong no place." With Lennie and George it is different. They have each other and need each other. They share a dream together and George is comforted in having Lennie as his companion.

For Lennie, he often sacrifices what he wants to do for George's sake.
While George is not trying to control all aspects of Lennie's life he does want to protect him a much as possible. Even though Lennie doesn't always obey George, he is willing to give up what he wants to do in order for George and him to stay together. Lennie does this because he truly cares about George.
Such events that show Lennie's love for George is when George had told him to get rid of the dead mouse he had been carrying around with him. He was reluctant at first, but then afterwards Lennie had got rid of the mouse since he knew George said he couldn't have it.

George always consciously makes more sacrifices for Lennie . He sacrifices stability because Lennie often does something which forces George and Lennie to flee. George still stays with him to go to the next place instead of abandoning him. George does, in return receive Lennie's unconditional trust and love because of his loyalty, but he must still sacrifice much in order to take care of Lennie. An example of sacrifice on George's part is when they had to flee from a town called Weeds where they were employed because Lennie had gotten himself accused of rape when he had tried to touch a woman's dress. George understands that Lennie is mentally challenged , but unfortunately most other people within do
not.

Such as when Lennie goes into the barn alone to hide the dead the puppy he killed by accident and Curley's wife comes in. While having a conversation with Lennie and flirting with him she lets him run his fingers through her hair.
After she had told him to stop and she started screaming because he didn't want george to get mad at him so he covered her mouth and mistakenly snapped her neck since he never had a true understanding of his strength. After realizing what he had done he fled to the bushes where he knew Lennie would come and save him.

In the ending of George killing Lennie shows the ultimate in care. The very idea that George does not want Lennie to be killed by Curley and Carlson shows he had mad e a difficult choice . He recognizes that Lennie is not going to escape this time, and there is nothing he can do to save him. His comforting tone and demeanor towards Lennie in the last scene is reflective of his care and love for Lennie.
The last words that Lennie hears is the dream that he and George are to share since the start of the novel. Throughout the novel, George recognizes that he and Lennie need to be inseparable. George recognizes that he and Lennie need to be together not only so there dream can come true , but to be there for one another.
When speaking to Slim, George acknowledges that he made a promise to Lennie's Aunt Clara and this demands that he look out and take care of Lennie. At the same time, it is evident that George looks out for Lennie when he warns him of what to do and what not to do. George really does not gain much from his taking care and protection of Lennie, and it is in this mold in terms of how both of them "stick together" that reflects how much George actually does take care of Lennie.
But after Lennie died so both George and Lennie's dream of having a farm. It was Lennie who kept the dream alive but without Lennie there was no dream. That dream breeds hope, friendship, and determination to George's and Lennie's dream of having their own place. For George the idea of owning his own place would allow him to keep Lennie from getting into trouble. But more importantly, this dream makes George strive toward a goal. George’s dream is not even close to becoming true. Especially to the fact that lennie is now dead. He can still strive for this goal, but will never be the same because his best friend had died. The one who was supposed to be apart of this goal. Having a goal is apart of human nature. We all have the desire to reach a goal, but it's the ones who were there in the beginning to achieve it. Without that someone, its just another accomplishment. Dreams are what make us what we are. Everyone has a different dream and these dreams are what influence our whole lives. Without dreams a person has no motivation.