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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 Lennie‚ he 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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    4 10\7\13 Did George need to kill Lennie? The Explanation There are some bad things in the world that we have to take action with; like dangerous dogs or bad people. Those things can be taken care of easily by either killing it or holding it in a secluded place. Now back when the story is being told‚ there weren’t many places to put people in‚ so they were sometimes executed. George had to do this with Lennie in chapter 6. Yet did he do this on purpose? So George killed Lennie because of him getting

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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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    character George uses the second main character Lennie to his advantage and keeps hanging out with him because he is lonely. George also made a promise to Lennie’s grandmother to take care of him. Therefore‚ money‚ loneliness‚ and a promise are the reasons why George is still with Lennie even though he is mentally retarded. George has a dream to own his own ranch and he uses Lennie to reach that dream. George collects the money him and Lennie get and tries to save up for the ranch. If George worked

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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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    Of Mice and Men: George Killed Lennie for Merciful Reasons A true friendship is one in which friends care deeply enough to anticipate one another’s needs and are willing to put their friend’s needs before their own. Their mutual love enables them to make sacrifices only to protect each other. In the novella‚ Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ George killing Lennie is a merciful kill to save others from Lennie’s unintentional acts of aggression‚ to spare Lennie from suffering a cruel death‚ and

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    Why does George kill Lennie? George is a man of morals and when Lennie killed Curley’s wife‚ he broke the biggest moral law which forced him to kill Lennie: ”You hadda‚ George” Slim tells George that shooting Lennie was morally the right thing to do and that he should feel honoured‚ because he did the right thing. But George still feels bad about what he has done‚ because Lennie was his best friend and the only way to achieve the dream and Lennie gave George a special sense in life. Lennie was

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    chapter George kills Lennie. It might seem like he’s being mean‚ proving Lennie’s statement that George is always nice to him wrong. I don’t think that George is being mean by killing Lennie‚ on the contrary‚ I think George is being nice by doing so. If George hadn’t done it‚ Lennie would have suffered much more. Curly was angry because Lennie killed his wife and he wanted to make him suffer for it. Earlier in the story Curly said that he was going to shoot Lennie in the gut himself. If George had let

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    In the novel “Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck George kills Lennie. Did George have the right to shoot Lennie? Or in further words did Lennie choose the right decision? This debate may cause a disagreement or friction between the readers. Although‚ it was a good idea for George to kill Lennie because he kept Lennie from suffering more. If George decided to let Curley kill him Lennie would have had a long and painful death. In the story Curley states‚ “ I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that

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    relationship established between George and Lennie is a dependent relationship. By keeping each other somewhat balanced mentally and physically George and Lennie have created a friendship in which loneliness would occur if they were to not have one another.Lennie and George are introduced in the Essential Passage 1 of Chapter 1 as a whole. When George speaks to Lennie about what the future holds for them he consistently uses language that unites them such as‚ “we” and “us”. When George speaks of pursuing the

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