Crazing In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Did you know that in the 1930’s if somebody did something another person disapproved of they could hang the person from a tree and torture them as a social gathering? This was called lynching, they also would experiment on mentally ill people in hopes to “cure their crazies.” These are only a few of America’s dirty little secrets that are revealed about the 1930’s. In the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the main characters George and Lennie strived to have their own farm, but everywhere they go Lennie gets in trouble forcing them out. This causes George to have to decide on whether or not to leave Lennie and go on his own. George did the right thing by killing Lennie because otherwise Lennie would have suffered, he didn’t want to have the guilt of letting Lennie die stay with him forever, and he knew that Lennie would just get in trouble again.
Some people may claim that George didn’t do the right thing by killing Lennie because they could have just skipped town again, and found a new job. However, Lennie and George can’t keep running away from their problems. Back then when someone wanted another person dead, they would hunt them down until they find them, and Curly was very mad at Lennie, and he was going to do anything
Usually when somebody warns another person they listen, and try to stay away from the danger. However, Lennie is so innocent that no matter how hard he tries he always forgets and gets himself in trouble. On page 30, George warns Lennie “Don’t you even take a look at that bitch. I don’t care what she says and what she does. I seen ‘em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her be.” George knew that Curley's wife was going to get Lennie in trouble, but Lennie forgot and talked to her anyway. This proves that even though Lennie tries very hard, he always messes up and gets in