Of Mice and Men Forum

i understand that they needed to get away but why didnt george jus let lennie take the rap and walk away

George cares about Lennie and feels somewhat responsible for him.  Besides, Lennie is innocent of rape.  The woman in Weed was lying about his assaulting her. 

Lennie is valuable to George, so he goes to the trouble of helping Lennie.  They have their friendship and their dream of a ranch to give them hope.  Other men don't have friends or dreams.

George should have let him take the rap cause he killed him in the end any way.

George kills Lennie humanely. Curley would have made him suffer. It was an act of great friendship. Took a lot of guts, too.

hmmm... if i was in Georges position...

I think id assassinate all the other ranch men, take their money and valuables, and then go and waste it all.

b j, someone like you might do this, but George would not. He is a decent, moral man. He says he won't visit the cat house because he is raising a stake, but he actually is not interested in using women that way; the stake is a good excuse. He could let Lennie go off on his own and die, but he is decent and will not mistreat other people the way you would. The one time he did abuse Lennie, he felt a remorse that you are incapable of. He would never do something as reprehensible as killing others for their valuables. Besides, the other men have no money and no valuables. They have nothing to waste.

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i think lennie should have killed george. how would you feel if you just had a stressful day after killing a girl and a dog and then when your thinking of fuzzy bunnys you get shot in the back of the head