Nearly a million migrant workers had traveled to California looking for work due to The Great Depression. A rare percent of migrant workers had luckily found work but also faced tragic events. George, a small but quick fellow and his partner Lennie, a tall but with the mind of a juvenile kid were part of that rare percent of migrant workers in John Steinbeck’s, Of Mice and Men. They faced a horrendous choice that George had to make for Lennie. Either, to end his life, or to let him suffer. George had chose to take his life. It was right for him to take his life peacefully because he was already going to die in a painful way.
George had been with Lennie since the beginning and the end. George knew what would Lennie want and he would rather die thinking about the happiest moment instead of wishing to die
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When George pulled the luger from his side pocket and laid it behind Lennie’s back, he reminded him of the little place that him and George were going to have with all the animals and said “An’ you get to tend the rabbits Lennie giggled with happiness” (Steinbeck 105). Lennie have always wanted to tend the animals, especially the rabbits. On the other hand, George have also wanted the same thing but, a big luscious farm to live off for the rest of his life. Lennie would always be very excited every time George tells the story about how their future would like to be, and George made that Lennie’s last thought. George took up the mantle and faced the most heartbreaking decision that anyone could ever make. In comparison to Lennie’s death, Lance Anderson, confessed “All I can add at this time is the fact that no words can explain or fully express the range and depth of the heartfelt sorrow, regret and