Of Mice and Men Claims and Evidence

The two strongest arguments from our class  were the facts that Lennie was going to die anyway and the only way for him to die in peace was if George shot him. George shot him while he was happy rather than being violently shot by Curley or sent to a mental hospital. If George had let the other men come and kill Lennie, there would have been a lot more chaos and violence. Lennie would be scared and upset, and he would not know what he did wrong before he died. However, since George killed him, he gave Lennie the opportunity to die happy and in peace. "'An' s'pose they lock him up an' strap him down and put him in a cage (Steinbeck 97). If George had not shot him and he had not died, he would have been poorly treated at a mental hospital. 

Andrew Kimball

Savannah Ampuero 

Lucy Cacciatore 

Marco Coletti