Theme Of Murder In Of Mice And Men

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Could murder ever be the right reason in any situation? In John Steinbeck’s novel “Of Mice and Men” These two men (George and Lennie) go anywhere there is work, unfortunately Lennie is mentally challenge and can’t be on his own, so George is practically the caretaker of Lennie, whatever happens to Lennie, happens to George. George and Lennie was working in a small town called weeds. One day they decide to go to a cat house, Lennie, wanting to get his hands on anything that was soft tries grabbing the woman's dress and are ran out of town. Fortunately they make it to this big Ranch, and that is where our story begins. The main character (George) is faced with the hardest decisions of his life, murdering his best friend (Lennie) not only for

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