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

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Imagine the situation, you have a best friend, who kill someone and he escape to seek help for you. Would you help him or arrest him with the police? In "Of Mice and Men", George and Lennie are the best friend. George always take care of Lennie. At the end of the story, Lennie killed the Curley's wife. Finally, George killed Lennie before he was caught by Curley, who is a cruel guy.

The presupposition that what George should regard Lennie at the end of the story is to kill Lennie. Although some advocates of the other side would say George is selfish and evil. These romantic critics are too dogmatic in their provincial ideology. If George doesn't kill Lennie at the end of the story, George and Lennie will get more trouble and even make them both get the sad ending. Three paradigms would exemplify how bad the situation is if George doesn’t kill Lennie and how George actually saved Lennie. …show more content…

Curley is a cruel character in the story. When he knew his wife was killed by Lennie. Curley was really angry and he would "lock him up and strap him down and put him in a cage(97)" to abuse Lennie. That is more terrible than killing him by a shot. George didn’t want Lennie was caught by Curley, and he knew they couldn’t escape as easy as last time. There is more people hold shotguns to "gut shot" Lennie. George loves his friend Lennie, whom he has looked after faithfully, and he doesn't want Lennie to die horrible. George is a smart ,he knows he need to find Lennie and saved him by a mercy

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