Character Analysis Of Lennie In John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice And Men'

Always by myself. Curly is always do whatever he wants with whoever he wants. He always goes out into town with the other men. He thinks I don’t know where they go, but I ain’t dumb. He always gets to do whatever he wants (Steinbeck 77). If I even go to talk with the other men they assume that I’m looking for trouble (Steinbeck 32). All I want to to talk to somebody. Maybe if Curly would spend time with me I wouldn’t be so lonely and go looking to talk with the other men. The minute he finds out that I’m not at the house he’s got to come looking for me. He gets all angry like it’s not his fault that I’m so bored and lonely (Steinbeck 37). The new guys, George and Lennie, I think have be told to stay away from me. The short one, George, doesn’t

After Lennie kills Curley's wife he remembers what George told him and came back to to brush area that George told Lennie to go to if there was any trouble (Steinbeck 15). When Lennie arrived he began thinking about the rabbits that George told him he could take care of once they got their home. Lennie was thinking about the trouble he is going to be in once George finds out that that he killed Curley's wife, and that he killed his pup. He imagines a gigantic rabbit coming out of the brush. The rabbit tells him that he isn’t going to be able to tend any of the rabbits, and George is going to be very angry at him (Steinbeck 102). Then George arrives. Lennie asks George if he is mad at him and if he is going to be in any trouble. George said no, he isn’t mad at him (Steinbeck 103). Lennie turns toward the water and starts telling George about the house and the rabbits and how they are going to live. Then George pulls out Carlson’s Luger, and he turns off the safety. He sits behind George and is debating what he will do. He brought the gun to the back of Lennie’s head and pulls the trigger (Steinbeck 106). George ultimately makes this final decision because he knows the outlook that will come to Lennie. Curly would have beat him and Lennie would not be able to do anything about it. If Curly does not up and kill him right there the law will have him hung or he will spend the rest of his life in a mental facility. George does not want that life for him,. He knows that Lennie would not be able to live like that. George does not want someone else killing Lennie, because George can do it peacefully when he is happy so Lennie is not scared. After Candy’s dog was shot,k Candy regretted not doing it himself, because he was there for that dog's whole life and he was not there when he died. In all George shot Lennie because it ended his life peacefully where Lennie did not