“ And George raised the gun and steadied it, and brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger”( Steinbeck 106). In the novel Of Mice and Men we are introduced to two characters named George and Lennie.They are migrant workers in pursuit of their American dream, but soon Lennie does a bad thing that they cannot just run away from. George kills Lennie by the end of the book and their American dream disappears with him. Readers are often angry, and heartbroken by George’s action, but I believe that George had to kill Lennie because he was stuck in a cycle of doing bad things, Curley would have made Lennie suffer, and he was ultimately George’s responsibility.
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Lennie has George, who looks after him in parent or guardian way .It shows this in the novel when George says this to Lennie “ You never had none, you crazy bastard. I got both of ‘em here. Think I’d let you carry your own work card?” (Steinbeck 5). When George does not let Lennie hold his own work card it shows the reader that George does not let Lennie hold anything of importance because he would soon lose it. George proceeds to throw a dead mouse Lennie had killed and throw it away knowing that a dead mouse will begin to stink. So when Lennie does these bad things it affects George tremendously like the stench of a dead mouse will make someone sick. Even when they go to the boss George makes it very clear to Lennie to not say a word because he knows that if the boss were to hear Lennie before he works they would not get the job. It is apparent that everything George does is also in Lennie's best
Lennie has George, who looks after him in parent or guardian way .It shows this in the novel when George says this to Lennie “ You never had none, you crazy bastard. I got both of ‘em here. Think I’d let you carry your own work card?” (Steinbeck 5). When George does not let Lennie hold his own work card it shows the reader that George does not let Lennie hold anything of importance because he would soon lose it. George proceeds to throw a dead mouse Lennie had killed and throw it away knowing that a dead mouse will begin to stink. So when Lennie does these bad things it affects George tremendously like the stench of a dead mouse will make someone sick. Even when they go to the boss George makes it very clear to Lennie to not say a word because he knows that if the boss were to hear Lennie before he works they would not get the job. It is apparent that everything George does is also in Lennie's best