Lennie Pros And Cons

f Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a tearjerker of a novel. Steinbeck makes us fall in love with the dynamic duo, George and Lennie, only to break our hearts at the end when George has to kill Lennie. There are lots of pro’s and con’s of George’s decision, and everyone has their own opinion of what George should have done. There is no doubt that as George was searching for Lennie at the end of the novel, a million pro’s and con’s were running around in his head as he was trying to make the decision on whether or not to kill his best friend. One of the pro’s could be that George will finally be free of the burden of taking care of Lennie 24/7. Taking care of Lennie was no easy feat, we can see that Lennie has an obvious mental disorder and caring for a person with those kinds of needs can be very difficult. Especially if you were trying to earn money to buy your own land like George was. “God, you’re a lot of trouble…. I could get along so easy and nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl.” (Steinbeck, 7) As we can see from this quote, George obviously would have had an easier time in life if he didn’t have to take care of Lennie. So …show more content…
With Curley’s temper poor Lennie would have suffered an awful death. Curley would have captured him and tortured him and made him die a gruesome death. It really was better that George killed him, because George done it in a fast painless way that let Lennie die happy. George told Lennie all about the house they were going to have and all of the animals and most importantly the rabbits. Lennie was picturing all of the wonderful rabbits that he was going to get to love and pet when he died, and I can’t think of a better way for him to go than that. If Curley had got ahold of him and done the job himself, I can guarantee that rabbits would not be the last thing on his