Analysis Of Lenie And George's Of Mice And Men

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Killing your own best friend would be an event that would haunt you for the rest of your life. In the book, “Of Mice and Men”, there is a special connection between Lennie and George, that in the end, is destroyed. From my own point of view, George's decision to shoot Lennie was for Lennie's own well being. The situation was unimaginable, but, if I were in the same position as George, I would have gone through with it for Lennie's sake. Not everything in this story should be so “black and white”, the circumstances change everything up completely, you have to think about the consequences of what would have happened to Lennie if he didn’t have George, and, how the other “options” George could have taken would have eventually played out.
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His character can be mean and hateful to Lennie but the second someone else comes after him he switches it up completely and gets angry and protective. I knew the second George found Lennie in that creek after he ran away how it was all going to end. George was obviously getting stressed out about all of the men going after Lennie trying to find him so they could kill him. George wanted to be able to make it the least painful and as quick as possible for Lennie, because he knew, if the others got ahold of him, they would hurt him very badly. The only other character I believed felt for George and saw things from his point of view was Slim. Slim knew that Lennie was a kind person and never meant for any of it to happen, I could tell while watching the movie especially, that Slim didn’t really want Lennie to have to die. Or that he at least wanted it to be quick and painless for Lennie because he knew it wouldn't be right for Curley and his men to get ahold of …show more content…

Everyone has different morals, but, when the morals of right and wrong clash with how your heart feels about a situation, it’s best to go with how your heart feels. The men live in a completely different world than we do now, and honestly, I think that is one of the biggest factors of why I believe he made the right choice. If everyone still saw things as black and white I would most likely have a completely different point of view on this situation. George basically saw his past repeat itself when he found out Lennie harmed “another” woman. It is better to be safe than sorry, if George wouldn’t have been there for him to make the unthinkable decision to end his life, he most likely would have ended up being tortured and hated on by everyone around

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