Killing In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The killings in the novella “Of Mice and Men,” show that murder and death will come back to haunt people. The first killing is when Carlson kills Candy’s dog. He says that the dog is just suffering and it is also really smelly. This is why Carlson made the decision to shoot Candy’s dog, even though Candy doesn’t want Carlson to shoot his dog. The second killing was when Lennie killed his puppy. This killing ties into the next killing when Lennie kills Curley’s wife because Curley’s wife finds Lennie in the barn and she starts talking to him, when she notices that Lennie is trying to hide something she asks, “ “What you got covered up there?" Then all of Lennie's woe came back on him. "Jus' my pup," he said sadly. "Jus' my little pup." And

"Don't you muss it up," she said. Lennie said, "Oh! That's nice," and he stroked harder. "Oh, that's nice.” (Steinbeck 45). When Curley’s wife tries to call for help Lennie muffles her cries and starts to get angry with her. “ "Look out, now, you'll muss it." And then she cried angrily, "You stop it now, you'll mess it all up." She jerked her head sideways, and Lennie's fingers closed on her hair and hung on. "Let go," she cried. "You let go!" Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted. She screamed then, and Lennie's other hand closed over her mouth and nose. "Please don't," he begged. "Oh! Please don't do that. George'll be mad.” ” (Steinbeck 45).
Lennie was panicking, so he did the first thing that came to his mind, “ “Then Lennie grew angry. "Now don't," he said. "I don't want you to yell. You gonna get me in trouble jus' like George says you will. Now don't you do that." And she continued to struggle, and her eyes were wild with terror…” (Steinbeck 45). Lennie realizes that he did another bad thing, “ “When she didn't answer nor move he bent closely over her. He lifted her arm and let it drop. For a moment he seemed bewildered. And then he whispered in fright, "I done a bad thing. I done another bad

When everyone finds Curley’s wife in the barn dead they send out a search party to find Lennie. George told the group that Lennie ran north, nut Lennie really ran south. George did this to buy Lennie a little bit of time. When George finds Lennie in the clearing he tells Lennie to take hi hat off and look into the pond in front of him, then George one last time Lennie asks George to tell him about the dream of having their own little farm. When George is finished he shoots Lennie in the back of the head and walks off with Slim to get a drink, thus ending the