‘George was wrong to shoot Lennie’ How far do you agree? Support your ideas with details from the novel. ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a novel written by John Steinbeck that was first published in 1937. Steinbeck has a very particular style of writing. He manages to provoke a deep emotion in the reader about one circumstance‚ for instance the killing of Candy’s dog‚ and then arguably less of a reaction about a considerably more tragic occurrence‚ the death of Lennie. This makes us question what’s valuable
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view on what is right and what is wrong. It’s what keeps the world from falling apart‚ with exception of bad morals. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ people question Gorge on whether or not it is morally right of him to kill Lennie. Are his reasons good enough? Many believe that it is immoral if George to kill Lennie. Despite the fact that he is killing him and killing is thought to be morally forbidden‚ one needs to understand why he thinks its the best thing to do. George is doing what he
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sacrifice. While teaching readers these important lessons‚ George -- the main character‚ who is small‚ quick‚ and bright -- is forced to shoot Lennie -- George’s best friend‚ who‚ while childish and innocent‚ got into lots of trouble for unwittingly scaring a woman‚ hurting Curley’s hand -- after he killed Curley’s wife. Many believe that George did the right thing‚ because he kept his vow of not letting anyone hurt Lennie‚ and -- if Lennie had lived -- he would have been lynched -- killed by a mob
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does George kill Lennie? George is a man of morals and when Lennie killed Curley’s wife‚ he broke the biggest moral law which forced him to kill Lennie: ”You hadda‚ George” Slim tells George that shooting Lennie was morally the right thing to do and that he should feel honoured‚ because he did the right thing. But George still feels bad about what he has done‚ because Lennie was his best friend and the only way to achieve the dream and Lennie gave George a special sense in life. Lennie was the
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so many questions. Why did George kill Lennie? Was it the best option? Was George a true friend to Lennie? In the end you may come to the conclusion that George may not have been a friend but more of a guardian. George didn’t treat Lennie alike Slim or Candy instead as a child. He shelters Lennie from reality. He wants the best for Lennie overall. And now Lennie relies on George for survival and now George relies on Lennie for companionship. It’s obvious George and Lennie have a bond‚ and through the
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true for George and Lennie‚ in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ two “pals” who works together as ranch hands‚ until one ends up dead‚ killed by the other. Now‚ most of us would never consider murdering your best friend as justifiable‚ but it is in the case of George Milton when he kills his own best friend‚ Lennie Small. “And George raised the gun and steadied it‚ and he brought the muzzle of it closely to the back of Lennie’s head” (106). This powerful quote as George prepares to kill shows us
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In the novel “Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck George kills Lennie. Did George have the right to shoot Lennie? Or in further words did Lennie choose the right decision? This debate may cause a disagreement or friction between the readers. Although‚ it was a good idea for George to kill Lennie because he kept Lennie from suffering more. If George decided to let Curley kill him Lennie would have had a long and painful death. In the story Curley states‚ “ I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that
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chapter George kills Lennie. It might seem like he’s being mean‚ proving Lennie’s statement that George is always nice to him wrong. I don’t think that George is being mean by killing Lennie‚ on the contrary‚ I think George is being nice by doing so. If George hadn’t done it‚ Lennie would have suffered much more. Curly was angry because Lennie killed his wife and he wanted to make him suffer for it. Earlier in the story Curly said that he was going to shoot Lennie in the gut himself. If George had let
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Men by John Steinbeck‚ two characters‚ George and Lennie‚ are best friends. They travel together‚ and work together. George is faced with a tough decision‚ and of course he would only do what was best for Lennie. Wouldn’t a friend always do what was best for a friend? George killed Lennie out of mercy‚ not murder. George was only meaning to end Lennie’s suffering of his mental condition‚ and his suffering that was to come from the other men. Similar to George and Lennie’s situation‚ a woman admitted
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figured out she was using me‚ but I didn’t have many friends so I continued to hang out with her. One day her father died and before he died‚ I visited him at the hospital. He made me promise to take care of her and I still do to this day. He was an honest man who always spoke with candor and this story is very similar to a novel called Of Mice and Men. The main character George uses the second main character Lennie to his advantage and keeps hanging out with him because he is lonely. George also made
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