Essay Letter To Lennie Monologue

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Dear Lennie, I know killing you was wrong of me, but if I didn’t do it then Curley and the other guys would have killed you. I didn’t want it to have to come to killing you, but the guys gave me no choice because they would have killed you or put you in an insane asylum. I killed you because I would have rather done it then letting one of the other guys do it because you are my best friend. If I let one of the other guys kill you then that would have made me feel the same way Candy did when they killed his dog because he said, ‘“ I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog’” (Steinbeck 61). I love you like a best friend Lennie and I didn’t want you to go to an insane asylum and neither would Aunt Clara. Aunt Clara would have been very mad at me if I let the guys shoot you or take you to an insane asylum and she is probably not very happy that I shot you, but…show more content…
You didn’t mean to kill Curley’s wife and I know it was an accident. You didn’t know any better to let go when she started freaking out and crying ‘“ You stop it now, you’ll mess it all up. She jerked her head sideways…”’ (Steinbeck 91). When you didn’t let go it made her freak out and panic even more which caused you to panic as well causing your grip on her hair to tighten and she got into an even greater panic. It was only your reflexes, you didn’t know any better. When she came in the barn to talk to you, you did your best to tell her that you weren’t supposed to talk to her at all and I am proud of you for doing that so well buddy. Also just because you are dead I will still try to make our dream of owning our own piece of land come forth. I will try to get enough money and get the land and yes I will also try to get rabbits in memory of you Lennie. I will miss you Lennie. You were my best friend and I will forever miss you. I feel bad for shooting, but I would have rather done it then letting you die a slow and painful death. I will

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