evidence to defend george
QUOTES
**"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to."
**"With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don't have to sit in no bar room blowin' in our jack jus' because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us."
Lennie broke in. "But not us! An' why? Because… because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why." He laughed delightedly. "Go on now, George!"
**It ain't so funny, him an' me goin' aroun' together," George said at last. "Him and me was both born in Auburn. I knowed his Aunt Clara. She took him when he was a baby and raised him up. When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin'. Got kinda used to each other after a little while."
**"I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog." Candy
**Slim came directly to George and sat down beside him, sat very close to him. "Never you mind," said Slim. "A guy got to sometimes."
**"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to."
**"With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don't have to sit in no bar room blowin' in our jack jus' because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us."
Lennie broke in. "But not us! An' why? Because… because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why." He laughed delightedly. "Go on now, George!"
**It ain't so funny, him an' me goin' aroun' together," George said at last. "Him and me was both born in Auburn. I knowed his Aunt Clara. She took him when he was a baby and raised him up. When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin'. Got kinda used to each other after a little while."
**"I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog." Candy
**Slim came directly to George and sat down beside him, sat very close to him. "Never you mind," said Slim. "A guy got to sometimes."
OTHER EVIDENCE
If George wanted to rid himself of Lenny, he could have let him drown in the lake.
George had no legal obligation to take care of Lenny. George could have walked away from him whenever he wanted.
If George doesn't shoot Lenny, then Lenny will die a miserable death at the hands of Curly or he he will die a miserable death in a prison or a mental institution.
Lenny made an obligation, after Aunt Clara died, to keep him out of a mental institution or worse.
If George wanted to rid himself of Lenny, he could have let him drown in the lake.
George had no legal obligation to take care of Lenny. George could have walked away from him whenever he wanted.
If George doesn't shoot Lenny, then Lenny will die a miserable death at the hands of Curly or he he will die a miserable death in a prison or a mental institution.
Lenny made an obligation, after Aunt Clara died, to keep him out of a mental institution or worse.