Character Analysis Of Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

One time when I was little, we had to put down our dog. “You can’t kill the dog.” I pleaded. “She can’t walk anymore. It’s not good for her or us.” My mom was explaining it to me, trying to get me to understand. I couldn’t do anything about it. As much as I hated it, I knew it was best for her and us. In life, there are decision you will have to make that will be difficult but will benefit everyone. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George did the right thing by euthanizing Lennie because he is violent, has no control, and there were no other options. Lenni has violent episodes. He has killed multiple mice, a pup, and a woman. Lenni showed his violent tendencies for the first time when he said, “I’d pet ‘em, and pretty soon they bit

He does a lot of things he doesn’t mean to and there’s a lot of things he doesn’t understand. George said, “Oh! I ain’t saying he’s bright. He ain’t” (22). Lenni is not very smart and will do things that create problems. However, when he has done something bad, he knows it. George has witnessed him do bad things before. Also, when he gets scared he grabs onto things. When the mice bit him, he grabbed their heads because he couldn’t control it. The same thing happened with the red dress. George says, “...and he holds on ‘cause that’s the only thing he can think to do” (41). Lennie reached out to touch the lady’s dress and she screamed. He got scared and held on to her dress and wouldn’t let go. George knows he cannot control himself. Lennie has no control over his actions and it gets him into a lot of trouble. George had no other options. Lennie would have ended up dead whether it was George that had done it or not. Curley was very angry when he stated, “I’m gonna shoot the guts outta [him] myself…” (98). Curley was very angry at Lennie for killing his wife. He wanted to get revenge. George did not want Curley to be the one to do it. Lennie has caused many problems and would’ve caused many more. Even after, George was still struggling with it. Slim told George, “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda…” (107). Slim was reassuring George because he knew that George did not want to do it. George had no