Justice In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The novella Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, demonstrates the theme of justice all throughout the story. Characters such as Lennie, Curley, and Curley’s Wife all experience what the true meaning of justice is. The development of characters and the conflict reveal the theme of justice the most because some characters had it coming. Curley and Curley’s Wife all had it coming and got the justice that they deserved. “Curley’s fist was swinging when Lennie reached for it. The next minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie’s big hand”(63). Curley started a fight with Lennie for laughing at him when he was talking. Curley landed a few punches on Lennie before Lennie had acted. George did not break

There is may problems throughout the story but a main problem is that Lennie is very innocent but he is very strong and tends to do things a little too hard. “ ‘I wasn’t doin’ nothing bad with it, George. Jus’ strokin’ it’ “(9). Lennie is just so strong that him petting a mouse killed it. Lennie kills multiple things in the story because of him being so strong. Lennie kills mice, a dog, and even a woman. “ Lennie said, ‘Oh! That’s nice,’ and he stroked harder. ‘Oh that’s nice’(91) Lennie was just being nice and stroking her hair but he was doing it too hard and she didn’t like it. Lennie has been a huge problem throughout the story. Lennie had killed things, broken a hand, and just caused problems on the ranch. Lennie remembers that George told him to go hide in the brush until George got there if Lennie got in problems. When Curley realizes Lennie killed his wife, George knows where he is and he knows Curley will kill him. George sends the off in the other direction and he goes to Lennie. “The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.”(106). When George gets there he comforts Lennie to make him feel good and then he brings himself to get ready to kill Lennie. All the characters knew that Lennie deserved what he got. George was very shaken up by the situation because he had just killed his best friend but now all the problems were gone and he gave Lennie what he