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    George was wrong to shoot Lennie’ How far do you agree? Support your ideas with details from the novel. ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a novel written by John Steinbeck that was first published in 1937. Steinbeck has a very particular style of writing. He manages to provoke a deep emotion in the reader about one circumstance‚ for instance the killing of Candy’s dog‚ and then arguably less of a reaction about a considerably more tragic occurrence‚ the death of Lennie. This makes us question what’s valuable

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    Mice and Men‚ George and Lennie are two friends who leave to work on a ranch where Lennie gets in trouble. Lennie gets in trouble when he kills an innocent lady and runs off. George and the other men set off to find Lennie‚ but george leaves them to find Lennie himself. After George finds Lenniehe makes him feel happy and excited for what they will have in the future. George should not have killed Lennie because Lennie was slow and did not know how strong he really was‚ and George was Lennie’s best

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    ended when George shot Lennie in the back of the head. He didn’t want Lennie to feel the pain‚ so he tried to picture their American dream to take Lennie’s attention away. Did George have to shoot Lennie? Were there other options and alternatives to shooting his best friend? When George made the decision to kill Lenniehe felt that he had no other choice but to shoot Lennie. George knew that he didn’t want to continue living and travel with Lennie anymore‚ because he fears that Lennie will make

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    Why George Should Not Have Killed Lennie At the last time I read book named “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck.. This book was interesting! I like it‚ we might understand this book in two ways‚ that we agree what George did and that we can not understand what George did. I know that a lot of people say that George should have killed Lennie‚ but I think that George should have not killed Lennie. He should not killed Lennie because it is not humanitarian‚ everyone has a right to life. When we killed

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    George And Lennie

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    Men by John Steinbeck‚ two characters‚ George and Lennie‚ are best friends. They travel together‚ and work together. George is faced with a tough decision‚ and of course he would only do what was best for Lennie. Wouldn’t a friend always do what was best for a friend? George killed Lennie out of mercy‚ not murder. George was only meaning to end Lennie’s suffering of his mental condition‚ and his suffering that was to come from the other men. Similar to George and Lennie’s situation‚ a woman admitted

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    figured out she was using me‚ but I didn’t have many friends so I continued to hang out with her. One day her father died and before he died‚ I visited him at the hospital. He made me promise to take care of her and I still do to this day. He was an honest man who always spoke with candor and this story is very similar to a novel called Of Mice and Men. The main character George uses the second main character Lennie to his advantage and keeps hanging out with him because he is lonely. George also made

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    Of mice and men Despite their differences‚ they’re dependent on each other. Lennie is the far by best worker in between George and him he’s also mentally handicapped and also has a desire to pet/ touch soft things(animals). These traits‚ combined with his uncontrollable strength‚ set the stage for disaster. In mice of men the story explains the depth of George and Lennie’s relationship and how they faced many difficulties together‚ also shows all the difficulties that both of them face and how they

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    As people may know‚ George Milton is accused for the murder of Lennie smalls instantly killing him in the back of his head. But George is innocent and there was a method to this behind all this madness. First it must be understood that George had two decisions: To kill Lennie? Or let Lennie live and take him to trial? Since Lennie was George’s best friend whom he took care of all the time because he was mentally disabled so‚ obviously George did not want to watch his friend be tortured and killed

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    Was George right to shoot Lennie? ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a story based around the hardships of migrant workers in the Great Depression of 1920’s and 30’s America. The story follows the central protagonists‚ George and Lennie as they settle into life at a new ranch. However through the climax of the story Lennie ends up in a tough situation‚ leaving George to kill his only friend. The question is was George right to shoot Lennie in their situation? Or did he betray his friend in the worst way

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    George treatment did prove Lennie wrong. I don’t think that George acted mean but did act mean for the way of killing a guy. I think that Lennie got proven wrong that George would’ve done something wrong. Also in chapter six it stated that when Lennie put down the gun‚ "George looked down at the gun. ’’ So that one way to explain Lennie that George could’ve done something bad at the time but didn’t kept the conversation going. The imaginary rabbit was acting as himself and the rabbit would talk to

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