At the end of the book Lennie once again returns to the brush down by the Salinas River. That was where the book started and where George and Lennie stayed before they went to the Ranch, where they cooked beans and talked about their own plot of land for the first time.
By the end of the book, Lennie is shot and dies by the hand of George.
"Of Mice and Men" ends with George, one of the main characters, making the difficult decision to shoot his friend Lennie to spare him from a worse fate at the hands of others. This tragic ending highlights the theme of loneliness and friendship prevalent throughout the novel.
Lennie does. George shoots him while Lennie is looking at the trail head by the pond. Curley's wife does. Lennie breaks her neck. Candy's dog dies. The ranch workers bribe Candy into killing the dog as it is useless. Carlson takes the dog outside and shoots it. Lennie's pup dies. Lennie pets the pup too hard and breaks its neck. Also, lot's of mice are killed in the book. By Lennie, again petting them too hard.
The two are in a ranch near Soledad, California, for most of the book, but it is only at the end of the book that Lennie kills Curley's wife while trying to stroke her hair.
the plot of Of Mice and Men is friendship because George sticks with Lennie to the very end, even though he is difficult.
In the end of Mice and Men, George tells Lennie the story of their farm, and then shoots him in the back of the head.
"Of Mice and Men" follows the story of two migrant workers, George and Lennie, as they seek employment during the Great Depression. Lennie's mental disability causes repeated problems, leading to a tragic conclusion.
yes he did get his puppy but he eventually killed it by snapping his neck.
in the end when Lennie has his mental breakdown she appears before him. in this incident she represents his conscience.
The end of Of Mice and Men is about George shooting Lennie basically. he shoots him becasue he loves him and that is what is best for him. This is the main occurence in the ending. In my opinion, it was a sad endig and a bad book.
Lennie Small, a mentally disabled ranch worker, is the character who dies in "Of Mice and Men." George Milton, Lennie's close friend and caretaker, makes the difficult decision to end Lennie's life to spare him from a potentially violent and painful fate at the hands of others.
In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, George is a migrant worker traveling with his friend Lennie during the Great Depression. George takes care of Lennie, who has a cognitive disability, and dreams of owning their own piece of land where they can live off the fat of the land. Tragically, George is ultimately forced to make a difficult decision regarding Lennie's fate to protect him from suffering.