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

Introduction

When George shoots Lennie, is this a sign of the strength of his love or the weakness of his love for Lennie? Body paragraph 1 Has he finally followed through on the threat to abandon Lennie? Body paragraph 2

Why does he shoot Lennie in the middle of their imagining the farm one last time? Body paragraph 3

Conclusion

In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the main characters George Milton and Lennie Small have a very unusual and dysfunctional relationship throughout the book. Lennie and George were childhood friends. As a child Lennie was not the brightest crayon in the box. When Lennie’s aunt passed away George took the role of the guardian. To adulthood George was still looking after Lennie. Throughout the whole book George shows the strength of his love to Lennie.

This showed a sign of strength of his love towards Lennie. “Look across the river, Lennie, an’ I’ll tell you so you can almost see it.”“Lennie turned his head and looked off across the pool and up the darkening slopes of the Gabilans. “We gonna get a little place,” George began. He reached in his side pocket and brought out Carlson’s Luger; he snapped off the safety.” George doesn’t want Lennie tosuffer so instead of the other guys shooting him in the stomach, George took it into his own hands and shot Lennie in the head so he wouldn’t feel it. George made Lennie die happy. “For the rabbits,Lennie shouted.For the rabbits, George repeated.And I get to tend the rabbits.An’ you get to tend the rabbits.”Lennie giggled with happiness.” Since Lennie’s only thought on his mind was to tend rabbits George apprised Lennie about their American dream. At least Lennie died while thinking of an exultant