Similarities Between Of Mice And Men And The Pearl By John Steinbeck

George had no way of knowing what would happen to Lennie. He made the decision to shoot Lennie because he assumed that Curley and his gang were going to torture

During their conversation, Curley's’ wife tells him to touch her very soft hair, but she’s tells him to stop and he didn’t instead he puts his hand over her mouth from behind to stop her from screaming, accidentally he breaks her neck killing her. The decision has been made by George to kill Lennie because he was pressured when Curley and other were searching for Lennie and he wanted to kill Lennie

But what people don’t really pay attention to or think about is why George did it, but if you look at their background story and everything, it shows that George and Lennie were best friends for a long time, some could even call them brothers. Lennie isn’t the brightest bulb in the box, so George couldn’t really get mad at him when he accidentally killed Curley’s wife. George understood that Lennie didn’t mean to kill Curley’s wife, just like he didn’t mean to kill all those mice. George also knew that Curley’s wife was tricky, sly and good-looking. George realized that Lennie like her, especially with her soft hair.

Lennie killed Curley’s wife (not on purpose) and got into a fight with him. Curley is ready to shoot him and torture him, except George has the choice to shoot him painlessly first. Some people may say that Lennie should have had a say in this situation and that Lennie didn’t do anything on purpose, he

(Steinbeck 61). When George finds out that Lennie killed Curley’s wife he then knew this would only end in either them running away again, finding a new job and Lennie makes another mistake, or Lennie dying. George then wants to be the one to kill Lennie, he does not want to regret not doing it. When George kills Lennie he does it as a way to say sorry and save

Lennie was mentally handicapped and he was not sure of what he had done when he accidentally killed Curley’s wife. This was much like the situation in Weed that was referred to in the beginning of the book. George had told about the time that Lennie had wanted to feel a dress that a woman was wearing. Lennie grabbed the dress and she started screaming. Lennie, out of fear, held on.

George talks about one of the times he had to help keep Lennie from getting in trouble; “I was jus’ a little bit off, and I heard all the yellin’, so I came running… I socked him over the head with a fence picket”(pg.41). Lennie and George had to run away from their old town because Lennie assaulted a girl, George was able to stop Lennie before he hurt the women and got in trouble. George taught Lennie not to talk to Curley's wife so something bad doesn’t happen to them; “George says I ain’t to have nothing to do with you… George says you’ll get us into a mess”(pg.86 & 88).

Lennie then runs away looking for safety. When the boys get back, Candy see's Curley's wife lying dead. Curley is quick to blame it on someone, and that someone is Lennie. George is obligated to shoot and kill Lennie; he remembers the spot where he previously told lennie to go in case of an emergency and goes out to search for him. George finds lennie and is left with the hard decision of killing his best friend.

After Curley finds out about his wife’s death, he realizes that Lennie had done it. Curley says that he will kill Lennie and he most likely would have if George hadn’t done it himself, “‘That big son-of-a-bitch done it. I know he done it. Why-ever'body else was out there playin' horseshoes.’ He worked himself into a fury.

George killing Lennie was appropriate in this situation because Curley was coming for Lennie one way or another. After reading the book it’s noticeable that Curley is quite aggressive and will torment Lennie better than he ever

As a result, he accidentally kills Curley's wife, which prompts Curley to set out a lynching party after him. George reveals that Lennie is hiding in a brush and shoots him, resulting in Lennie's death at the hands of his best

Their struggle leads to Lennie unintentionally killing her, with Curley’s wife described as becoming “...still, for Lennie had broken her neck.” (91). This event proves that although Lennie has innocent intentions, he can’t regulate his strength. Because of this, there is little he can do to restrain himself from accidentally harming anybody. By shooting Lennie, George prevents him from committing similar crimes in the

However, the influence of Curley saying was going to kill him, forces George to either have someone else do it in a likely gruesome way, or peacefully kill him by himself. Without Curley’s influence, George never has to let go of Lennie. Having to let go is extremely difficult for anybody. In Of Mice And Men, strong influences of others forces characters to let go. Candy does not want Carlson to kill his dog, and George certainly doesn’t want to kill Lennie.

When George talks about Lennie always feels remorse when he accidentally hurts or kills things; further showing that he didn't want to kill anything in the first place. Even though Lennie killed Curley's wife. At the end when Lennie talked to George for the last time he was crying and he said. "I done another bad thing. " Lennie was clearly very upset about what had happened.

After Curley’s wife is killed, there is no way George and Lennie can exist peacefully and continue their lifestyle. George has to put Lennie out of his misery. If George doesn’t kill Lennie, he