Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Why did John Steinbeck chose to kill Lennie in the end of Of Mice and Men?

To protect him from otherwise harm that the other men would have done to him- he wanted his life to end happily and explained the rabbit scene to lennie





It was out of loveWhy did John Steinbeck chose to kill Lennie in the end of Of Mice and Men?
Lennie鈥檚 death was the result of mercy and compassion. The reason George killed his best friend was he knew that once the other men found him, they would torture and brutally kill him (because of the death of Curley鈥檚 wife). George was very much aware that losing his best friend would cause endless pain and misery, but he also understood that it was the best thing he could do for Lennie. He did not want to see Lennie suffer, and he did not want to experience similar guilt to what he had witnessed Candy feel after the death of his dog. George did not want to make the same mistake as Candy and let Lennie die by the hands of a stranger. (Candy didn't kill the old dog himself, instead he got another man on the farm to kill it, I forgot who)





Also, the death of Lennie was the result of his weakness and his increasing dependence on the assistance of others. This was a form of discrimination against mentally disabled. The circumstances of the death of Curley鈥檚 wife were directly the result of Lennie鈥檚 deficient mental capacity. Discrimination occurred in the form of trying to punish and kill Lennie who clearly lacked the mental capacity to understand the consequence of his actions.Why did John Steinbeck chose to kill Lennie in the end of Of Mice and Men?
gorge killed Lennie because he didn't want him to go to jail or put him in some retarded place.





also, he had to die because he killed Carly's wife and gorge knew that curly is gonna kill him no matter what , so he wanted to do it for him self
Because they did not want Lennie to go through pain when the other man finally got a hold of him for killing his wife.


So Lennies friend(who i cant remember his name) but him out so that he wont have to feel any more pain especially from the other man.
To spare him the experience of arrest and incarceration, or a mob lynching because he had killed the wife.
any writer worth his salt will tell you that Steinbeck didn't kill Lennie, George killed Lennie
My english teacher won't stop talking about this. George was trying to ';save Lennie from himself'; or something like that.

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