Dreams. Disability. Friendship. And now murder. George and Lennie were friends, wherever George went, Lennie went. At the time the Dust Bowl had just passed and the Great Depression just started, it was hard to find work, Lennie and George were migrant workers and `1this was pdd considering migrant workers usually stayed by themselves. Lennie had a disability and had a habit of holding onto things for too long, sometimes killing them. When Lennie accidentally kills someone, George thinks the only way to solve murder is with murder, but a murder is a murder. Georges murder of Lennie is not a justifiable homicide because Lennie was a hard worker, an intentional murder is more punishable than an accidental murder, and there were other solutions rather than murder. …show more content…
Lennie was always talking about living out his dreams tending rabbits on the ranch that George told him they were going to own one day, he had a goal to look forward to. George also did not try to explain to the other workers that Lennie had a disability and could not control what he was doing. George's murder was not justifiable because he was not in misery and wanted to live out his dream of tending the rabbits. Lennie’s murder was not justifiable. George did not give Lennie a chance to prove himself to the other workers and show how hard of a hard worker he is. All the other workers saw Lennie as a mentally disabled guy and never gave him a chance to see how kind and hardworking he is. While George is at the job interview he describes Lennie as “...‘he’s sure a hell of a good worker. Strong as a bull.’”(pg 22). This explains that Lennie is a hard worker and George is only one that sees