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 Of Mice and Men Essay:

Would you ever think to kill your bestfriend? At the end of //Of Mice and Men //, George shoots his bestfriend Lennie in the back of the head. Some people may view this as humane or cruelty. In Georg es case, I agree with on both. It can be humane, becasue George acutally thought of a better way to kill Lennie and not make it as slow and crucial. It also can be human because of the fact that Lennie was George's bestfriend that always did what George told him. I dont know how he could kill such an innocent person who ment no harm to anyone and also put his friends before himself.

We all know that killing is a wrong action to do to someone. In George's case he had to decide how Lennie would be killed. George thought back to when Candy's old dog was killed. They shot him in the back of the head so his dog would nt be put through torture and it would nt be slow and painful (PUNCTUATION NEEDED HERE) it would just be done and over with without the dog even knowing what was going on. He also thought of Curly and Carlson. If they were to found Lennie before George, it would be much worse. Lennie would be terribly frightened and would have no idea what to do. Also Lennie being the kind hearted person that he is would not try and defend himself because George would not be there to tell him what to do. George finally decides he will just shoot Lennie in the back of the head to make matters not as bad as they were to begin with.

This can also be argued as a cruel action. I mean honestly, how can you kill your bestfriend ? I know I would never be able to do such a thing or even think about doing something along the lines of killing my bestfriend. Killing is wrong to do but to kill your bestfriend makes me speechless. Especially a friend like a Lennie, who catered to every need for George. George also made Lennie feel good about himself when he took him down back to the lake and started tellin him a story to get Lennie's mind off of what was about to happen. Knowing the fact that your practically leading up to your bestfriends death when he or she is happy and calm would make me feel sick and disgusted with myself. Thats what makes George's way of killing Lennie more cruel than humane.

Although George's way of killing Lennie might not have been the best decision, does nt make the whole situation tragic. George also thought about Lennie when deciding what would be the best way to kill Lennie. He thought it was going to be either Curly or Carlson going to kill him or himself. He knew if if Curly and Carlson got a hold of him it would be torture for Lennie, knowing he would nt stick up for himself. So he thought he might as well do it while Lennie would be ovlivious to the whole situation, making it painless and quick. So George at least showing some symphathy towards Lennie showed he actually had some caring and liking for him. All in all he should have never killed Lennie in the first place when Lennie ment no harm to anyone!

In conclusion, whether it was cruel or humane to kill Lennie, it was just cruel and shameful on George's part. I mean Lennie did everything George asked him to do without questioning, he just did it. This shows that Lennie acutally cared about their friendship, while George didnt care about him only himself and HIS future plans, not Lennie's. Whereas Lennie would have thought of THEIR future plans instead of just his. Where is the logic in this? How could George kill Lennie? George killing Lennie just completely baffles me to no extent.

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