Lennie Should Be Punished Essay

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“ When murder is punished with death, fewer criminals can murder” ( Jacoby). This means when a murderer is punished with death he/she can no longer kill anyone else. The fact that some people believe George should be punished for killing Lennie is completely simple minded. I believe George should not be punished because he is sparing lennie a lot of pain by killing Lennie himself, also George knew Lennie would never live a full, happy life, and finally George realized lennie would never get better and their dream would never come true. By killing lennie himself, George is sparing Lennie a lot of pain. In the book Curley states, “ When you see ‘um, don’t give ‘im no chance. Shoot for his guts. That’ll dubble ‘im over” ( 97). With the previous problem of Lennie crushing, and breaking, Curley’s hand, and now Lennie killed Curley’s wife, the only thing Curley wants is to make Lennie suffer. So by George killing Lennie himself, he is sparing Lennie a lot of pain. …show more content…

Slim also knows this because as they are going to get Lennie, Slim states,” ‘an s’pose they lock him up an’ strap him down and put him in a cage. That aint no good , George” ( 97). If they miraculously got lennie back to the farm , without someone killing him, it would be a waste because lennie would instantly go to jail. When George kills Lennie he is also setting Lennie

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