Lennie didn't fight back at first because he was to frightened to defend himself.
At first Lennie doesn't fight back, but then George says get Curley to Lennie so Lennie grabs Curley's fist and breaks his hand and doesn't let go until George starts slapping him.
Well at first he tells him to stay away from him, but when he starts to get punched by him he says to fight him.Two things that George tells Lennie to do with regards to Curley are to "keep his distance" and "stick up for himself".
One warning that George give Lennie is to stay away from Curley because he fears that if Curley tries to fight with Lennie, Lennie will hurt Curley, and they will lose their jobs. He also says to stay away from Curley's wife.
all of the ranch hands see Curley's Wife in the barn, lennie is the first to see her, then candy, then george and then the rest of the ranch hands
Curley is the son of the boss of the ranch that Lennie and George go to work on. Curely is pugnacious and is very protective of his wife. Curley ends up getting in a fight with Lennie and gets his hand crushed and wants to kill Lennie for that and for killing his wife. That is who Curley is.
Well you can buy them at the store in Med, Lrg, and X-Lrg In John Steinbeck novel '' Of Mice and Men'' the main character George and Lennie had a unique relationship. George took care of Lennie since Lennie has a mental illness. George was right to kill Lennie for the following reason. First Lennie will suffer more if Curley finds him and tortured him to avenge her wife from Lennie. Secondly Lennie will not cause more trouble if Geoorge have kill him. Lastly LEnnie might kill anyone again by accident. My first reason in my opinion is that Lennie might suffer more if Geogre didnt kill him. If Curley finds him ,the first thing might Curley do was to catch him and make him pay for what he have done to her wife. Curley will not stop looking for Lennie until he dont revenge her wife. If Curley and the worker catch him, Curley will make him suffer in pain while the other workers tortured and they will have no mercy on him and they will kill Lennie no matter what happened and no matter what it takes. George does not want that to happen to Lennie because he cannot bear watching his best -freind Lennie dying and suffer in pain before he die. Instead of other people kill Lennie ,he did it in his own way which is the most easiest way for Lennie to die without feeling any pain. He know that it was wrong but he also know that he cannot resolve the problem so he did it. There is no way that Curley will forgive Lennie and George know that too. However if George did not kill Lennie Curley might do it in humilating way. My second reason in my opinion is that Lennie will not cause more trouble if George did not kill him. Lennie is sometimes burden to George and sometimes George cant do what he want because he think that Lennie might do another trouble again. George know Lennie than anyone else so he sometimes know what is running on Lennie's mind. George took all the responsibilities for Lennie when Lennie's aunt Clara died. If Lennie is still alive he might cause more trouble in the ranch or in the bunk house. George was right to kill him because he and the others do not know anymore what might Lennie do next especially Lennie has a mental illness and sometimes he dont know what he is doing . In that case it is justified that George killed Lennie to avoid more troble especially when there are in the place where is a lot of people. Even if Curley forgive Lennie and he is stil alive the boss will might not accept them anymore. They already knew that Lennie sometimes donot know what he is doing and maybe they will not talk to him and go near to him because they might be affraid that Lennie might hurt them, like what he did on Culey's wife. The boss was Curley's father so the boss will throw them away. It is just right for George to killed Lennie in order to make more trouble avoided to being worst. My last reason in my opinion is that there is a lot of possibility that Lennie might kill anyone by accident and repeat all the entire mistake he did. Lennie does not know his own strength and sometimes he cannot control it when he is so nervous like what he did to Curley. Curley punch Lennie in the face and the other part too but Lennie did not fight back because his affraid until George encourage him to fight back and Lennie grab Curley's hand and he crush it. George try stop Lennie for crushing Curley's hand but Lennie is still holding it but he let it go to. Lennie always done bad things and every trouble he made George was the one who argue with them. George always save Lennie in every trouble he made. Lennie also always forget what George told him . Example for that is when Lennie try to find his work card is his side coat pocket he do not find it and think that he lost it but the truth is George has it because he know that Lennie might lose it by carrying his own work card. Lennie also done bad things always by accident like killing the mice, the puppy and especially Curley's wife so it is not posssible that he might do it again and kill another person. Only George can understand Lennie very well than anyone else and even though he do not see what really happened in Curley's wife he know that Lennie did not do it on purpose and even George try to explain it to others no one will listen and it will make no differences. No one was there to see what really actually happened at that incident. It is just right for George to kill Lennie for his own sake too and the others . Those are my three reason why should George have to kill Lennie and he was right to do it. George killed Lennie in order to save him from a painful death of the hands of Curley and the other workers. He ought to execute his own best-friend by himself just as Candy the swamper felt that he should have killed his own dog rather than letting a stranger do it and George also it was the right thing to do at that time and there is no time left because Curley and the workers are looking for them and they also near to them. Other's say it what morally wrong because it was mercy killing but in George situation it is just right. Sometimes it might not be but "yes" it might right be too in some circumstances. It is hard for George to kill his best-friend but what George did is for Lennie's own sake to. George is the one who is always make decision for Lennie but ,not for what Lennie can have .George make decision for what is the best for Lennie because he care so much and he love Lennie even his not showing it to him.
After Lennie and George meet Curley's wife for the first time George says to Lennie" Jesus, what a tramp"(pg.33)He later turns to Lennie after Lennie says that he finds her "purty" (pretty) and tells him to stay away from her."Listen to me you crazy bastard," he said fiercely. "Don't you even take a look at that bitch. I don't care what she says and what she does. I seen 'em poison before, but i never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her..."(pg. 33)"Well you keep away from her, 'cause she's a rattrap..."(pg. 34)
Before he tells the others about Curley's wife's murder, George asks Candy to fetch him and Lennie first so they can hear the news together. He wants to ensure that Lennie is prepared for the consequences and to prevent any confusion or misunderstanding when the news is shared with the group.
Curley's wife is first properly introduced when she walks into George and Lennie's cabin looking for her husband near the end of Chapter 2. This is where Steinbeck first describes her making her out to be very flirtatious and possibly dangerous as she wears many red items which tend to be associated with passion or danger.
Curley is first described on page 17 of the novella "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck. He is introduced by the character Candy who warns George and Lennie about Curley's aggressive and confrontational nature.
Curley's wife is one to blame. I had to write a essay in class for who is to blame for the tragedy that happens to Lennie at the end, and Curley's wife is the reason. First of all, Curley's wife was stupid to tell Lennie to touch her hair, "I know lets let a giant man who has a tends to kill things by over petting them because there soft touch my loverly soft hair" Second, when Curley's wife started shouting and Lennie said oh be quiet, don't shout, George will make hell for me, she shut of shut her trap. If she would have listened to Lennie and didn't shout, Lennie would have not paniced and try to make her quiet by smothering her, and ending up breaking her neck, which killed her. Hope that helps
George told Lennie to flee to the clearing by the river and wait for him to come get him, if Lennie got into any trouble. George and Lennie spent the night in the same clearing on their way to the ranch/farm.