the bus driver didn't want to drive them, so they went looking for a job
george kills Lennie
By the end of the book, Lennie is shot and dies by the hand of George.
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.
because to lennie his jokes didnt have an end. like it was serious to him, he would do what george would tell him to do even if it able to kill him
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER At the end of the novel, Lennie has made too many mistakes, and people are looking for him. George doesn't want Lennie to be captured and suffer what the mobs will do to him, so he tells Lennie a nice story about the rabbits, and shoots him in the back of the head.
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.
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.
George told Lennie to jump into the water, and Lennie who could not swim nearly drowned. George went in to save him and Lennie still thanked him even though he was the one that told him to jump in the first place.
George cares for and has a unique relationship with Lennie, so when Curly's lynching mob is coming to kill Lennie, he mercifully gives Lennie a quick, and painless death, by being shot in the back of the head with the same gun that was used in the execution of candy's old dog. the execution of the old sheepdog was foreshadowing the execution of Lennie. When the mob got there only Slim realized what had truly happened while the rest were stunned slim walked away with George and tried to relive him of his pain and guilt from killing his best friend.
There is hope for George when referring to the dream since he might live it with Slim. Slim is to George as George was to Lennie. They both like doing similar things and have alike personalities. There is a glimmer of a happy ending for them both, now that they can go into the real world without the burden of Lennie. As for Lennie as very sad as it is, his dream is over. (unless his dream happens in "heaven".) (Very said that George killed his best friend and lied to him, about the dream and everything. And tricking him just to ill him. -cry- :( )
George says this because he knows that Lennie is mentally challenged and cannot take care of himself. He believes that Lennie would be a danger to himself and likely end up in trouble without supervision. Additionally, George feels a sense of responsibility for Lennie's well-being, as they have been companions for a long time.
George is protective of Lennie and demonstrates a sense of responsibility towards him. He stays with Lennie because he feels a sense of companionship and loyalty towards him, despite the challenges that come with caring for someone with Lennie's disabilities.