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

How do you know when it’s the right time to end the misery of someone close to you? It’s a difficult decision to make regardless of the reason for that person’s suffering. This challenging decision was by George from John Steinbeck’s book, Of Mice and Men. After multiple devastating and tragic events, Lennie Small, George’s best friend who has an intellectual disability, caused countless events to happen on a ranch in Salinas, California. Curley, who was a short man who worked on the ranch, had his hand crushed by Lennie in an act of self defense. He also accidentally killed a mouse and a puppy because he petted them too hard. Possibly the worst thing he’s done thusfar was kill Curley’s wife. After Lennie did this, he ran off to a river where

Throughout the story, Lennie did things that proved that he was a danger to people. For instance when Lennie crushes Curley’s hand. Curley wasn’t too fond of bigger dudes like Lennie. This could explain why Curley decided to strike him. When Curley continued punching him, George told Lennie to fight back. Lennie hesitated to retort but eventually defended himself. This led to him crushing Curley’s hand to the point where it was completely unusable. (Curley’s fist was swinging when Lennie reached for it. The next minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie’s big hand.) - Steinbeck 63. While Curley was throwing punches, Lennie managed to catch one of them. After he had it in his hand, he began to squeeze and crush Curley’s hand. Curley attempted to escape Lennie’s grip but couldn’t because Lennie’s grip was too strong for him to simply pry off. From then on Curley had to wear a cast for the rest of the novel. This proves that Lennie was a danger to people around him because of his size and his incredible strength that he’s unaware he even

Lennie kept causing continuous problems without recognizing it until accidentally killing Curley’s wife. Lennie had been in a barn with a puppy, which was now dead because Lennie had pet it too hard, when Curley’s wife walked in. She tried to start up a conversation with Lennie but he hesitated. He had been instructed by George to never make any contact with her because he was under the impression that she would cause more trouble then already has been. Eventually, Curley’s wife succeeds in making Lennie speak to her. They discussed their dreams with each other. Lennie wanted to own a ranch and/or farm and Curley’s wife wanted to be an actress. Lennie showed Curley’s wife the dead puppy. She was curious as to why Lennie did such a thing. Lennie explained how he had liked to pet it. It made him comfortable. This is when Curley’s wife offers to let Lennie touch her hair. As Lennie was touching it, Curley’s wife was pulling away because she didn’t want her hair to be touched anymore. This quickly escalated into Lennie restricting Curley’s wife from making any noise; henceforth, Curley’s wife’s death. (“Don’t you go yellin’,” he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.) - Steinbeck 91. Lennie was attempting to get Curley’s wife to be quiet because she kept trying to yell and that would’ve made George mad at Lennie. Instead, Lennie ended up breaking