Lennie's Death In Of Mice And Men

Have you ever felt lonely like Curley’s wife? Curley’s wife is a victim of loneliness in the book Of Mice and Men. Either way, her actions speak louder than the nasally, high pitched words that come out of her mouth. In Of Mice and Men, Curley’s wife is a lady who likes to hang out around the ranch; claiming that she’s looking for Curley. She does not get any attention from Curley, so she retorts and tries to get attention from the other men on the ranch.

Killing Lennie was never something to cross George’s mind, but to keep Lennie from suffering that's exactly what he had to do. John Steinbeck, the author of Mice and Men, wanted to show the extreme difficulties that some loved ones may face in extreme situations, such as the situation between George and Lennie. George had to take care of Lennie on a daily basis and was always having to bail him out of problems that he caused for himself because of his mental state. These problems didn’t help George’s situation of trying to get enough money to get his own land because he was always having to leave good jobs because of Lennie. Before Lennie made the worst mistake and sealed his fate, George and Lennie were doing well at their new job.

Many characters in the short story Of Mice and Men meet an untimely demise for reasons that were never expected. Characters in the story that met such a fate include Candy’s dog, Curley’s wife, Lennie’s puppy, and Lennie himself. These deaths and the events that lead up to them bear a certain resemblance to each other. Some of these deaths are not directly related to others, but instead use symbolism to convey the idea that many characters in the story have similar characteristics, so despite their obvious differences, the characters in the story often relate to one another in multiple ways. By using a metaphorical method of writing, John Steinbeck is able to show the reader that some characters, though physically opposite, can be very similar

Euthanasia is a mercy killing of a person who is suffering mentally or physically. It’s usually not able to be treated. Lennie from Of Mice of Men is suffering from a mental problem. Even though it is clear that Lennie is incapable of making a decision for himself, others might think he is capable of deciding for himself. It can be proven that he is incapable of thinking for himself.

In the novel, Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, one of the main character has a mental struggles. The character name Lennie, doesn’t realizes his strengths. As a result he hurts others and he commits a crime. Did he deserve to die? Although some may argue George and Lennie did have a really strong bond.

Mother Teresa once said, “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” This quote fits with the novel Of Mice and Men so well because the people are struggling to find a friend, no matter who they are, they are all lonely. George Milton and Lennie Smalls were two men that had the American Dream, but due to the living conditions they had and the metal stability of Lennie, their dream became way harder to accomplish. Lennie was caught for doing something that he could never change. So George had to get rid of Lennie, and their dream became non-existent since Lennie was dead.

Ryder shannon Mrs. Familiar English CTP 8 March 2023 Of Mice And Men Essay Lennie and George are the two main characters in John Steinbeck Of Mice And Men. This book takes place during the Great Depression in the 1930’s with two men named George and Lennie who chase their dream of their own farm. On the way to chase their dreams they faced some adversity and Lennie made some bad choices and put Lennie and George in jeopardy. It is an ongoing thing for Lennie to put them in situations that George has to fix every time. George took care of most of the problems but Lennie killed Curley's wife, which led to George killing him, so he didn't suffer.

Curley is their boss’s son and he has a beautiful young wife that causes trouble. One day Lennie was in the barn crying because he had killed his pup and knows that because he killed the pup he cannot tend the rabbits in their land that they were going to buy. He was sad and angry but at that moment Curley’s wife walks in and try to talk

“I guess we got him”(Steinbeck 97). In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie, one of the main characters, just kicked Curley’s wife. When George finds out what Lennie had done, he has to tell Candy to tell the other, so when they found out they were all ready to go after Lennie. They wanted to find him and make him have a painful death, so George is faced with a hard decision. He has to watch Lennie go through a long painful death that Curley wants to do to him or he has to end Lennie’s life quickly and mercifully.

All of us will be presented with an important choice at least once in our lives. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George is confronted with a very difficult choice after Lennie accidently kills Curley’s wife: let Lennie live but have him be put through the pain of being executed by hanging, or end his life quickly and painlessly. John Steinbeck clearly expresses his own feelings about this decision and the resulting actions through many characters. Steinbeck first portrays his feelings through George when he discovers Curley’s wife’s body. “I should of knew.

Curley’s wife goes on to explain her longing to talk to the ranch workers due to her unsatisfying marriage. Her private thoughts and some background about her marriage are revealed, giving the reader deeper insight into her

Opening Sentence: Thesis: In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses the death of Candy’s dog to show the inevitability of Lennie’s death by exhibiting that the only things that were important during this darwinian time was whether or not it harbored any value. Topic: In order to show how Lennie is different, Steinbeck compares Lennie to an animal.

In Of Mice of Men, a novel written by John Steinback, George's decision to end Lennie's life was a difficult one, but ultimately the right one. Lennie, due to his mental disability, had a tendency to get into trouble and cause harm to himself and those around him. George, as Lennie's caretaker, was the only one who could take the necessary steps to protect Lennie from himself. George didn’t want Lennie to suffer a long painful death from being shot in the guts, or from being locked up in a cage being beaten by Curley and the farmhands, or perhaps suffer from loneliness from working on a ranch: “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family.

This scene shows that Curley’s wife never wanted to be on the farm, she wanted to go be a star and get out of her small town. This dream ended when she married Curley, who moved her to an even smaller town. In addition, during this time period it was practically impossible for women to divorce their husbands. This meant she couldn’t leave Curley, even in the name of the law.

Finally, curley’s wife’s innocence and nativity is presented through her dream and death. From an early age the men in her life consistently let her down, tearing her apart piece by piece. She tells Lennie about a guy who said, “he was gonna put me [her] in the movies.” Like many Americans at the time she believed in the American dream and had a dream of her own. However, unlike George and Lennie hers was shut down and had no possibility of ever happening.