Killing Lennie was never something to cross George’s mind, but to keep Lennie from suffering that's exactly what he had to do. John Steinbeck, the author of Mice and Men, wanted to show the extreme difficulties that some loved ones may face in extreme situations, such as the situation between George and Lennie. George had to take care of Lennie on a daily basis and was always having to bail him out of problems that he caused for himself because of his mental state. These problems didn’t help George’s situation of trying to get enough money to get his own land because he was always having to leave good jobs because of Lennie. Before Lennie made the worst mistake and sealed his fate, George and Lennie were doing well at their new job. They were …show more content…
George took on the responsibilities of taking care of Lennie after Lennie's aunt passed away. There was no one else who would have done this for Lennie. Lennie has followed George anywhere he goes for a long time. George had helped Lennie a lot along their journey. He had gotten them jobs being ranch hands, which Lennie always ended up screwing up. Lennie had a problem with his mental state which caused him to always want to touch soft things like animals and soft fabrics. Lennie and George were working in Weed until that got ruined by Lennie. One day Lennie grabbed ahold of a girls dress because it was soft. He didn’t think he was doing wrong but in reality it looked like he was trying to rip the girls dress off. That incident caused the two boys to have to flee away from Weed and find new jobs …show more content…
George had in his mind that he was going to buy land and have a house and a garden and also have farm animals. Lennie knows about this so George always tells him about it and how Lennie can tend the rabbits as long as he doesn’t screw up again, Which we soon find out, he screws up badly. George and Lennie soon find another job being ranch hands. They meet a lot of new people and George starts becoming friends with some of them. From the start of working there though, George and Lennie start having problems with the boss's son, Curley. Curley is a small man but he acts big and tough. One day in the bunkhouse Curley gets mad at some of the guys and they start talking back to him. Lennie is in the corner laughing and Curley thinks Lennie is laughing at him so he starts hitting Lennie. Lennie doesn’t fight back till George tells him to so Lennie grabs Curley’s hand and breaks it. To keep Lennie and George from being fired and to keep Curley’s look up they decided to say that his hand got caught in a machine. After that event things really started going