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Curleys Wife Is Not To Blame For Lennie's Death

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How not to get away with murder Lennie got killed right after he murder Curley's wife, but what evidence points to Curley's wife being completely innocent for this beloved character's demise? Curley's wife had absolutely no clue that Lennie was dangerous, and did not know him long enough to discern his enigmatic, perilous nature. It is not Curley's wife responsibility for causing Lennie's death when it is Lennie's inability to stay away from trouble, that eventually led to his demise. Many people may argue that it is Curley's wife's fault for seducing Lennie and that Lennie did not know any better due to his mental disability. However, Lennie was completely aware that he should abstain from communicating with Curley's wife. Curley' wife's …show more content…

She had absolutely no prior knowledge of Lennie's abhorrent past, from getting accused of rape to disgustingly carrying around a dead mouse, just for his own sick enjoyment. If only Curley's wife knew Lennie was problematic from the very beginning, she would surely keep her distance away from him. To add, Curley's wife would of avoid Lennie, due to the fact that she wouldn't have foolishly risked her American Dream. In the quote, " I tell you I ain't used to livin' like this. I coulda made somethin' of myself...maybe I will yet." (Steinbeck 88) clearly depicted Curley's wife's passionate dreams, that she still strongly believe will come true someday. Curley's wife longed for the American dream and it is highly unlikely that she would have gotten into such a mess by associating with Lennie. Although she was aware that Lennie killed a puppy, she did not think he was capable of killing a living, breathing human being. She assumed that Lennie was a bit nuts and completely harmless, but not that he was life-threatening. If Lennie's disruptive background of troublemaking was evident, surely Curley's wife would not have risk eradicating her dreams and kept her distance from …show more content…

In other words, Curley's wife death did not cause Lennie's demise, due to the fact that Lennie would have got himself killed eventually by being unable avoid conflicts. The fact is, Lennie's fate was fully established from the very start, so his death couldn't have been prevented. Based on the quote," Lennie...if you jus' happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush."(Steinbeck 15), it is clearly acknowledged that Lennie will absolutely get himself in conflicts, which in effect, will lead to his end. It is highly unreasonable for Curley's wife to be blamed for causing Lennie's death when he brought it upon by not being able to stay away from conflict. Throughout the novella, Lennie managed to severely hurt Curley, murder an innocent puppy, and finally murdering Curley' wife. Lennie simply cannot contain himself and seems to always end up getting into a tangle of mess that comprise of major consequences, in which Lennie must pay. Ultimately, it is not Curley's wife's fault for getting Lennie killed, when it is particularly based on Lennie's incompetence to withstand

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If George didn’t kill Lennie, then he would have to die in a suffering way. Meaning, Lennie dying in the hands of Curley would be suffering. Since George accidentally killed Curley's wife there was no other way to save him. Even if both of them do escape, Lennie would never safe and both of them would still be hunted down. Lennie would have to die either way and George loved Lennie too much to let him die within the hands of Curley.

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She talked about how Lennie grabbed her dress, and she started yelling he kept his hold because she didn’t know any better. Given the boisterous and sometimes bothersome nature of Curley's wife, it is possible she did something that stressed him out and caused him to freeze up; maybe while he was doing something that could potentially endanger he life. This was again proven during when Curley came to the stand. He had a similar encounter with Lennie while he was beating him up. He held Curley's hand only as a way to get him to stop punching him I.e. self-defense.

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An' then he was dead” (Page 87). In that quote, it is clearly stated that despite his love for the puppy, he was unable to control his strength, and as a result, he killed something he had not intended to. Lennie's dead puppy acts as a warning, but Curley's wife is unable to resist the attention and company he is offering and chooses to ignore it. This leads to Curley’s wife showing him her soft hair leading to disaster as Curley’s wife ”struggled violently under [Lennies] hands. Her feet battered on the hay and she writhed to be free; and from under Lennie's hand came a muffled screaming”

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