All friendships have consequences. In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie’s friendship comes with a severe consequence. George and Lennie’s friendship is unique because it portrays two different people who come together and benefit each other. However, a tragedy occurs when Lennie accidentally murders Curley’s wife. George has to make a decision on taking Lennie’s life, or letting him live. George makes the right decision of taking Lennie’s life because he is a danger to society, he is mentally disturbed, and he does not know his own strength.
Throughout many times in the novel, Lennie displays that he is a danger to society. Lennie shows excessive aggressiveness in the story. For example, Lennie likes to pet soft things, …show more content…
Lennie’s actions shows that he has lack of inteligentes. For example, George states many times that Lennie is mentally challenged, George says, “You jus’ stand there and don’t say nothing. If he finds out what a crazy b****** you are, we wont get no job” (Steinbeck 330). This quote explains how Lennie does not say the smartest comments. Lennie also shows disturbance when he constantly forgets things that George tells him. George has to remind Lennie various times of what he tells Lennie to do. George says at one point, “Good boy, that’s swell, you say that over two, three times so you won’t forget it” (Steinbeck 331). This quote is another example of how Lennie constantly forgets what he is told. In the 1930’s, mentally challenged people was sent to a mental hospital to undergo many procedures to “treat” their conditions. One source says, “Some of the treatments included hydrotherapy in the form of hot or cold baths for hours at a time. There were also a few different types of shock therapy: insulin, metrazol and electroconvulsive therapy (ETC)” (Freeman 4). If George would not have taken Lennie’s life, Lennie would have been admitted into a mental hospital and tortured with the methods that they used in the
Throughout many times in the novel, Lennie displays that he is a danger to society. Lennie shows excessive aggressiveness in the story. For example, Lennie likes to pet soft things, …show more content…
Lennie’s actions shows that he has lack of inteligentes. For example, George states many times that Lennie is mentally challenged, George says, “You jus’ stand there and don’t say nothing. If he finds out what a crazy b****** you are, we wont get no job” (Steinbeck 330). This quote explains how Lennie does not say the smartest comments. Lennie also shows disturbance when he constantly forgets things that George tells him. George has to remind Lennie various times of what he tells Lennie to do. George says at one point, “Good boy, that’s swell, you say that over two, three times so you won’t forget it” (Steinbeck 331). This quote is another example of how Lennie constantly forgets what he is told. In the 1930’s, mentally challenged people was sent to a mental hospital to undergo many procedures to “treat” their conditions. One source says, “Some of the treatments included hydrotherapy in the form of hot or cold baths for hours at a time. There were also a few different types of shock therapy: insulin, metrazol and electroconvulsive therapy (ETC)” (Freeman 4). If George would not have taken Lennie’s life, Lennie would have been admitted into a mental hospital and tortured with the methods that they used in the