“The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again.” The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck follows George and Lennie and their journey to achieve their all American dream of owning a small farm and living off the land. But a cruel twist of fate kills any chance of them obtaining their dream when Lennie gets involved with Curley’s wife and accidentally kills her. With great pain, George killed Lennie to protect him from his fate. George should have killed Lennie because Curley would have killed him cruelly, Lennie would have continued to get into trouble and continue to hurt people and finally, if Lennie had gotten locked up it wouldn’t be a good place for him.
Some may argue that it was cruel of George to kill Lennie because it was a betrayal in a way and …show more content…
George states, “Guess...we gotta tell the… guys. I guess we gotta get ‘im an’ lock ‘im up. We can’t let ‘im get away. Why the poor bastard’d starve.” The hesitation in Georges words show that he doesn’t actually believe that Lennie would be treated with care or respect if he were put away. Slim explains to George that he wouldn’t be treated well and wipes away all of his wishful thinking. Slim states, “An’ s’pose they lock ‘im up an’ strap ‘im down and put him in a cage. That ain’t no good, George.” Slim knows that Lennie would be tortured in prison.
Because Lennie would continue to cause trouble, he would have gone painfully at the hands of Curley, and being put away wouldn’t be better for him. The book Of Mice and Men is a story about friendship and its many trials. Sometimes in life, you have to do things that are hard for you to do but in the end, they are the right
Some may argue that it was cruel of George to kill Lennie because it was a betrayal in a way and …show more content…
George states, “Guess...we gotta tell the… guys. I guess we gotta get ‘im an’ lock ‘im up. We can’t let ‘im get away. Why the poor bastard’d starve.” The hesitation in Georges words show that he doesn’t actually believe that Lennie would be treated with care or respect if he were put away. Slim explains to George that he wouldn’t be treated well and wipes away all of his wishful thinking. Slim states, “An’ s’pose they lock ‘im up an’ strap ‘im down and put him in a cage. That ain’t no good, George.” Slim knows that Lennie would be tortured in prison.
Because Lennie would continue to cause trouble, he would have gone painfully at the hands of Curley, and being put away wouldn’t be better for him. The book Of Mice and Men is a story about friendship and its many trials. Sometimes in life, you have to do things that are hard for you to do but in the end, they are the right