Of Mice And Men

In consequence of killing Curley’s wife, Lennie unknowingly put himself in harm's way. Curley’s motive for wanting to kill Lennie was spite and revenge. So, instead of allowing Lennie to be murdered alone and afraid, George took matters into his own hands and made sure his friend died knowing he was cared for and full of hope. Through it's ironic, George’s choice protected Lennie from the malice of others, thus keeping him unafraid and unharmed. However, others may believe

In saying that Lennie is not to blame for the death of Curley?s Wife, Lennie should not have to face the merciless people at the farm. George knows that Lennie is unable to survive in the world. As disappointing as it is for George to know that he and Lennie will never be able to fulfill their everlasting ... ... middle of paper ... ... sheep dog and Lennie is an exceptional worker. Both Lennie and the dog are shot with Carlson?s gun at the back of their head. Carlson reasons with Candy in explaining that if he shot him in that location it would be painless.

He didn’t really understand what he had done, but he didn’t really fit into society either. Curley and the others were looking for Lennie and wanted to exterminate him; they were angry and hated Lennie. If Curley would have found Lennie, he would have shot him. But that way, Lennie would have died afraid and sad. His death would have been very violent.

Lennie was a clear danger to himself and if he stayed alive and he was a bit weird. Talking to the dog saying “now maybe George aint gunna let me tend no rabbits, if he finds out you got killed”. Lennie is too much trouble for everyone. Although Lennie was annoying, the reasoning for killing him shows you that George thought did the right thing to kill Lennie. It was best that he was shot because he would of gone through so much suffering.

Without realizing it, Jack was swayed by a civilization that he was not a part of anymore. The good half of Jack knew there was a certain taboo associated with killing. He knew his actions would never have been acceptable in the previous world, but the malevolent part of Jack argued that no one could hinder him. He could experience the thrill of killing without being punished by the authoritative figures of his past. Later in the book, Jack left behind all his morals and triumphantly killed a sow.... ... middle of paper ... ...e him over so he could successfully hunt a pig.

It is evident that Arthur "Boo" Radley is a free innocent man. The supposed monster of the community has risen out of his quiet domain to save the children. Bob Ewell was looking to do lethal harm and his plan has been thwarted. Officer Tate understood Boo's reputation around the community and decided to hush Mr. Ewell's death to stop future implications. Hard work does not come from anywhere and putting an innocent man in the box would be wasting community resources and time.

As Lennie escaped from committing murder, George rightfully took advantage to end the problem before it had gotten any worse. The problem of course being his lifelong friend Lennie. As already seen in the novel, Lennie was a disturbance to George's idea of success and a burden to his work life. He got the men in trouble and George was very much justified in putting an end to it. Although Lennie's aunt wanted George to watch over Lennie, George peacefully ended his partner's life before the group of men were “gon’ta wanta get ‘im lynched” (Steinbeck 94) After Lennie was shot by George, the other men agreed George's choice was the right one.

George had to shoot Lennie to preserve their friendship instead of allowing other people to interfere and kill Lennie in a more drastic and horrendous manner. Carlson shot and killed Candy’s dog, but Candy told George that he should have killed his own dog because it would have had a better meaning to both him and his dog. People can become friends when they are different from each other, but sometimes, there are moments when being a good friend is hard because of the considerations and decisions that one has to make for the benefit of

If Zaroff found him he would die and if he won he would be set free alive, but Rainsford didn’t trust him on that because he was a hunter of men. He knew no sailor had survived in the game so far, so that showed the General was a murderer inside. “To date I have not lost… One almost did win. I eventually had to use the dogs.” These two examples help us see that people cannot be trusted or you could end up dead. In ATTWN, Justice Wargrave, “a guest”, ended up being the killer which was shocking because he was the judge.

Lennie's death at the end of the novel and the previous killings of candy's old dog are similar in many ways. Candy's old sheep dog is suffering all the time and is stiff with rheumatism, he has no teeth and isn't any good to himself or anyone else. Carlson persuades Candy to let him shoot the dog with his lugar and says he will shoot him at the back of his head so he won't feel it at all. Whit and Slim tried to change the subject but Carlson wouldn't be put off and kept on persisting. Candy eventually gave up and disappointingly agreed.