In Of Mice & Men, George decides to shoot his companion Lennie after he has managed to get himself into trouble once again. There, of course, are both pros and cons to this decision in my perspective, more pros than cons. For example, one pro is that George got to kill Lennie himself in a decent, peaceful way. If he had not killed Lennie before the other work hands got to him, they most likely would have tortured him using the cruelest method possible. Another example is that Lennie died dreaming about what he had been from the start, which was the farm and rabbits he would tend to once he and George got their own place; calming him and making the last image he saw a extraordinary one. Now, for the cons of the decision, this being that he
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From the examples stated above or from common knowledge, I believe that most of the audience would agree with me that George did indeed make the right choice. Without him stealing Carlson’s gun and taking the matters into his own hands, Lennie would have died a gruesome death that he did not deserve. George, Slim, and Candy knew that Lennie had meant no harm by killing Curley’s wife, so they tried to think about the best way to protect him that they could. The best way to protect him just so happened to be killing him with the murderer being his sole companion instead of a stranger who didn’t care about him or know his true intentions. George, in my opinion, certainly did the right thing and I would have made the same decision if I happened to be in his shoes as …show more content…
I believe this is because he would have known deep down it’s what Lennie would have wanted him to do, he liked it there. Then, after he worked at the ranch for a few, he would have decided to partner up with Candy after all and by that ten-acre farm house they talked about before Lennie 's death. They would buy all the animals and crops they talked about together, especially the rabbits, but this time George would tend to them since his companion could not. All the while he would do this, he would not regret his decision. This is because he would know that Lennie is in a better place, tending to the rabbits in his whole other world, staying out of trouble and harm 's way as
From the examples stated above or from common knowledge, I believe that most of the audience would agree with me that George did indeed make the right choice. Without him stealing Carlson’s gun and taking the matters into his own hands, Lennie would have died a gruesome death that he did not deserve. George, Slim, and Candy knew that Lennie had meant no harm by killing Curley’s wife, so they tried to think about the best way to protect him that they could. The best way to protect him just so happened to be killing him with the murderer being his sole companion instead of a stranger who didn’t care about him or know his true intentions. George, in my opinion, certainly did the right thing and I would have made the same decision if I happened to be in his shoes as …show more content…
I believe this is because he would have known deep down it’s what Lennie would have wanted him to do, he liked it there. Then, after he worked at the ranch for a few, he would have decided to partner up with Candy after all and by that ten-acre farm house they talked about before Lennie 's death. They would buy all the animals and crops they talked about together, especially the rabbits, but this time George would tend to them since his companion could not. All the while he would do this, he would not regret his decision. This is because he would know that Lennie is in a better place, tending to the rabbits in his whole other world, staying out of trouble and harm 's way as