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

In the novel, Of Mice and Men, the author, John Steinbeck, placed the character, George Milton, with a predicament of killing his life-long best friend, Lennie Small. George knew he didn’t have another option other than to kill Lennie. He made his decision based on many different factors: George finally realized how much trouble Lennie caused him, he knew Curley would brutally kill Lennie, and George did not want to have the regret Candy had about not killing his dog himself. Lennie and George had the ideal brotherly love, which was very uncommon during this time-period. In the story, several incidents happen with Lennie, where George is there to assist him. The two of them had to leave a town named Weed because of the rape accusation made of Lennie. While they were at the new plantation, Lennie killed Slim’s puppy. Moreover, Lennie broke Curley’s wife’s neck, which killed her. When George found her body, he knew Lennie did not mean to do it, however he knew there would be consequences for Lennie’s actions. Throughout the novel, Lennie has many situations that George has to aid Lennie.

The reader knows Curley is serious when he stated, “I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big bastard myself, even if I only got one hand. I’m gonna get ‘im” (98). Curley did not like his wife being around the men of the ranch. He was possessive over his wife and wanted to control her whereabouts, however many times she did as she pleased. Earlier in the novel, George instructed Lennie to stay far away from Curley’s wife, so she would not cause any more trouble. George knew from Curley’s action that he was going to forcefully murder Lennie for the death of Curley’s wife. George knew if he did not take matters into his own hands, then Lennie would suffer at the hand of Curley until his