The Guilt Of George Milton For First Degree Murder

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Hello, today I’m here to prove to you the guilt of George Milton for the first degree murder of Lennie Smalls. There is sufficient evidence that George Milton went into that brush with the intent of murdering Lennie Smalls and that there was previous malice lying under the surface of their recent interactions. The proceedings begin on that calm Sunday, until there was a body found in the stable of the Tyler Ranch in Salinas Valley California. The body was found by a man who goes by the name of Candy, and Candy assuming that Lennie Smalls had been the culprit had warned George Milton of this situation. George, without waiting for the proper authorities to investigate or apprehend Lennie Smalls, stole the gun of one of the other workers most …show more content…

While on the way to the Tyler Ranch there were growing tensions between the two as George had claimed that he could live a better life without the burden of Lennie. Mr. Milton states “God you’re a lot of trouble, I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl.” This fantasy of George Milton’s shows extremely clearly that he had been thinking about getting rid of Lennie maybe not to the point of serious aggression but enough to display aggravation. George Milton goes on in a separate disagreement with Lennie to say “An’ whatta I got, I got you! You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get.” He continues to get angry and mentions the incident that transpired at their previous job. He finishes his rant by saying “I wisht I could put you in a cage with about a million mice an’ let you have fun.” It seems that before the murder on the Tyler Ranch, George was holding severe disdain and a grudge against …show more content…

George is forceful and often shows abrasive tendencies when it came to keeping Lennie in line with what he wanted. On the day the main crime took place George already knew where to find Lennie because he had given Lennie instructions on where to go if he got into anymore trouble at their new job. Who is to say whether George knew that Lennie would mess up eventually and he would have his perfect opportunity to get rid of Lennie and live out his “lone wolf fantasy”. We know that when the other workers arrived in the brush Lennie Smalls was already murdered, killed by George Milton using a gun that belonged to one of his fellow workers, Carlson. He had lied and said that Lennie had stolen and armed himself with the gun when we know this not to be true. Why would George steal a gun instead of asking to borrow another person’s gun, as all the workers were searching for Lennie in an attempt to catch him? His reason behind it may be to generate more anger and frustration towards Lennie in order to justify chasing him down before the authorities could properly handle the