good luck with ur book reports kids

Oh god George shot him when Lennie mentioned the rabbits because Lennie was happiest when thinking about the rabbits. George WAITED for that moment, for the rabbits. He wanted Lennie to end with his most happiest thought.

Forget all of my breakups in High School. The end of this book was the real heartbreaker, ladies and gentlemen

Just to clear the air, many people in this comment section are saying that George killed Lennie because of dumb reasons. Some that I've seen in this comment section are, "George kills Lennie because Lennie killed Curley's wife.", "George understands that Lennie has been through more and doesn't want him to feel more pain.", "George kills Lennie because Lennie keeps getting in trouble.", "George kills Lennie because if he didn't, Lennie would be put in a mental hospital and get mistreated.", and "Lennie was going to be tortured by Curley." Some of those are good speculation, but not the actual reason. In both the novel and the movie, Curley takes his shotgun and says he'll kill Lennie at first sight, and I believe that George didn't want Lennie to die thinking he did something wrong and got everybody mad.while being shot at by Curley. When George finds him near the river, Lennie's apologizing and asking if he's going to receive hell from George as he has before, but George already had planned to kill him and wanted him to die happy. That is why, when George shoots Lennie, he allows them to be talking about their 'American Dream' land, and how he'll get to tend the rabbits. So as Lennie was shot, his final thoughts were joy because he didn't receive hell, and even happier ones because he'd still get to tend the rabbits.

When they kill the dog, the old man says 'I wish I killed it myself' as it was his dog, and that's why George killed Lennie as if he didn't do it he would've regretted it.

In the end he's all alone but the only thing he has left are memories...................

The guy who played Lennie did a really good job, I was expecting him to take it too far and go over the top but his performance was great.

Lennie putting his arm around George is what gets me every time... 😢

George wanted to tend the rabbits

No George only killed him because he didn't want curley to do it. He told Lennie to look over the river and told the story so he could die when he was happy

Sad because he was thinking about his future... then there was no future.

Imagined if George missed: George: (gunshot) “dammit, uhh Lennie, you just keep lookin at the river. This is awkward...”

i was reading the book in class. and i finished it in class, and i was crying with my head down. and i got yelled at for having my head down

''And i get to tend the wabbits'' BOOM

3:06 I feel like this is lennie's afterlife... He is finally free to live with his best friend, and no one will mess with him

I remember I read this book at school but while I was reading it, I really did thought they were going to have a happy ending. when I read the ending, I cried so much. I really wanted George and Lennie to have a happy ending.

Although one of the saddest, but this is one of the most beautiful endings. The way George leans on his shoulder and implies that he loves Lennie is just what makes the ending that so emotional. Whatever he did, it's because he cared for Lennie and wanted him to think about the things that he loved instead of being tied or something by some asshole and stabbed in the eye. It just shows the love he had for his best pal and I'm always going to cherish this.

Shooting best friend prank gone wrong (gone emotional)

Lennie is tending the rabbits in heaven. R.I.P. Lennie.

“I oughta shot that dog my self, George. I shouldn’t of ought to let no stranger shoot my dog.” - Candy

Who else is studying this book for their English GCSE?

I'd say they did this wrong in the movie. In the book it was slow and difficult and they talked it out in much detail while here the shot was quick and fast and they didn't talk in as much detail to embellish the characters

That last part of them walking together and Lennie takes hold of George's shirt always stuck out to me. Very innocent and childlike. 😢

When George couldn't talk I lost it and started to tear up. Damn man, this movie is so good and sad and depressing

just some analysis on this.. 1. Carlson shooting Candy's dog is a direct foreshadowing and parallelism of this event. Carlson killed the dog to put it out of its misery, like George killed Lennie to save him from the mob. Carlson shot the dog where the neck meets the head, which he claims "the dog won't feel a thing." George also shoots Lennie in this spot. 2. George killed Lennie so abruptly and mid-sentence because he wanted Lennie to die while he was happy and thinking about his favorite thing: rabbits. He also had to do it quickly because he might've changed his mind or the mob may have reached them. 3. This event puts the final touch on the over-arching theme of Of Mice and Men... and that theme is that there is a predatory nature of human beings. Throughout the novel, Lennie kills mice, the puppy, and Curley's wife. This makes him a predator. Even though he is innocent-minded, it shows that no one can escape the predatory nature. You are either a predator or prey. Curley was a predator to Lennie but that changed once Lennie broke Curley's hand. Then Curley became the prey. 4. The very last sentence might not make sense to anyone reading the book. It is not showed in the above video, but basically Carlson asks Curley what is upsetting George. This is because Carlson has no pity or show of emotion. George is upset because he realizes his dream will never come true. and that feeds into another theme: the impossibility of the American Dream.

you can tell the difference between the angry middle schoolers who had Of Mice and Men as a reading assignment and the people who actually read the book to enjoy it just by looking at the comments

We watched this at the end of our Steinbeck unit in high school, and I remember the whole class erupted in laughter at the point George pulled the trigger. I think it was just the timing of the whole thing that came off as funny to us. Our teacher was beside herself, "What is wrong with all of you?"

And this is how you make a below 200 pages book more powerful than a 1000 pages saga.

If any of you are writing essays on Of Mice and Men, consider the similarities between Candy and George. Earlier in the book Carlson convinced Candy to let him kill his dog - a bit later, Candy realises that Carlson shouldn't have killed his dog, but he should have because it was his dog. At the end you can see links between George and Camdy because George doesn't want to let other people kill his friend (just like how Candy regrets letting other people kill his dog), so he has to do it first. That's why he shot him, rather than letting Curley lynch him. Another similarity is that both George and Candy want what they can't have - their own land. You could almost see Candy as a representation of George in the future, having waited his whole life in hope of getting his own land.

I pictured it slower in the book. But still my tender tender heart ):

I will never forget how quiet the classroom got during this scene Edit: This was back in 2013

In the book this was way more emotional to the point where I cried but in this I laughed when it happened

Also if you guys hadn't noticed, the whole time he was talking to Lennie you can notice the hesitation. George having his head on Lennies shoulder, and the hesitation to move back. He had to get it over with. John Steinbeck chose George to shoot Lennie because if he didn't think of what Curley would've done. Curley would've tortured him, and cuss at him. But the way George did it was more peaceful. He was talking about the good road ahead of Lennie. I'm glad he chose George to shoot Lennie. It was a bittersweet ending.

I kinda think the shooting was a bit sudden. I always imagined it when reading the book that he held the gun there for some time hesitating to shoot. It's still the saddest moment though :'(

This is one of John Malkovich s masterpieces. Very well done!

Look at the flowers Lizzie.

Steinbeck's brilliant understanding of Love as Compassion. This is real love. No words can describe this type of Love.

This is such a powerful and emotional scene, I never cry during movies, sad or otherwise, but this movie and this scene in particular is so heartbreaking. Kudos to the director / cast for bringing a book to life with just as much if not more power and feeling to the big screen.

George being upset makes me want to cry knowing his bestest friend is gone... Even if George didn't do it and Curley did... George has no future anymore because of all the memories 😭😭💔

Damn the last scene always gets me teary eyed especially at 3:32 when Lennie put his hand around George. It shows that Lennie and George, even after all their ups and downs, were still there for each other. I just wish Lennie never killed Curley’s wife

I pictured it a bit differently in the book XD

I know George did the right thing but I cry like a little bitch every time

George was such a good friend. I wish I had a friend like that to put me out of my misery.

When I read this book the ending almost made me cry. This was some of the most well written novels of its time.

One of Gary Sinese's best scenes.

I know this isn't real but I'm legit tearing up right now. George should've brought a horse to Lennie and they would've escaped and gotten themselves a farm and LENNIE COULD TEND THE RABBITS

Awe he lays his head on Lennie's shoulder cause he knows he getting ready to lose him man why this ending

I live in uk and when we did this book in English my teacher became so infatuated with it that he moved to the US to work in a ranch. Seriously.

Gosh this scene is so iconic to me. For the fact that it's morbid, It's dark, It's depressing and it's the perfect way to end it. The betrayal of two siblings and I love that.

At the end when they walk away together always gets me.

My brother has Autism and our relationship has been very much similar to George & Lenny for the past 40 years. It has both ruined my life yet made me a better person in the process. The difference being I haven't put a bullet into the back of my brother's head. I have never cried so much during a movie, ever. I had to keep pausing it to clean myself up then continue watching. It took me 6 hours to get through.

I saw this in English class and it brought a tear to my eye. Both versions of this film were incredible but, when they showed a flashback with George and Lenny, I cried guys. R.I.P To those who worked on both this film and the 1939 version.

I haven't even finished reading or watching this in my English class but since a class mate of mine ruined it; I guess I found myself here.

Now I know this is just a movie, but I saw this a really long time ago and all throughout the movie I felt bad for the guy with his disorder. When the ending came I sat there with my mouth open and asking myself wtf did I just watch? I cried for a while. I know it was to put him outta his misery but nobody deserves to die like that. R.i.p little fella

The reason that George killed Lenny, specifically by shooting him in the back of the head is because he remembered what Candy said about his dog. He lets somebody else kill him off and later regretted it. George saw the guilt that candy felt after not having done it himself. Everything that happened with Candys dog was all foreshadowing to this last moment. How are people not getting this?!

Imagine being forced to shoot your best freind. I can't even imagine myself doing that. One of the hardest decisions ever. Nobody should ever go through that.

Saddest moment I've ever witnessed in a movie

To clear something up, this entire novel is ambiguous, meaning you can interpret it however you want. There isn't one correct way of how YOU read it and you shouldn't be told how to interpret it. Sure, there are some topics that are very clear in the novel, like Candy's Dog paralleling Lennie's death, but all in all, interpret it how you want. And Good luck for that exam you have soon ;)

3:39 Lennie putting his hand on George in that flashback makes it even sadder

This movie was made in 1992 I was born in 1999 I Read this book in 2016 I Watched this movie in 2021 Thanks Mrs.Cole, this book and movie is very emotional and beautiful! I miss your class and thought I watched the movie since you introduced us into the book Of mice and men. I miss high school and I miss the old times. Class of 2k18 I hope everyone is doing fine

By far one of the saddest movie endings I've ever seen in my entire life

We watched in English and our whole class just laughed!

I watched this movie in my English class. The whole class cried at the ending of the book. They laughed hysterically at the ending of the movie for almost ten minutes.

George: And I get to tend the rabbi- **BOOM!** Lenny: no george, I GET TO TEND THE RABBITS!

2:27 this was the famous moment where everyone screamed in English class

I knew the walking dead ripped it off. Right when I she said look at the flowers.

Of Mice and Men is by far one of my favourite novels of all time. It's a tale about the creation of ones dream, but the destruction of dreams. George and Lennie are those two men who have a dream about having a farm, but sadly it is destroyed. This movie is even more sad, because when George kills Lennie he has these flashbacks of the good times he had with Lennie. John Steinbeck was an incredible man to bring us a story about two men's lives in Americas Great Depression. This story is one that has inspired me and one that I'll hold to my heart. Just like George and Lennie we all have dreams that we want to make, but sometimes it's impossible, because of risks and consequences we make that will affect our dream.

You could see George dying inside when Lennie mentions that they have each other. That’s the power of great acting right there.

It's fucked up how fast he killed Lennie like he didn't even think about he just stood up and blasted him like he was nothing

pov: you're doing of mice and men in english and you want to mentally prepare yourself for this scene but now you're sat writing this w tears in your eyes.

This will forever be my fav movie even in school

You can hear the sadness in George’s voice at 2:19

this made me cry at them end (the memories)

"Come on... Let's go home"

I remember studying this in high school. Both the film and the book are absolutely magnificent, beautiful and heartbreaking

the flashback omg😭😭😭

This weeks Walking dead ending reminded me so much of this

I just finished the book and teared up when reading the final chapter. My English teacher had us watch the film adaptation which was just hard to watch. The ultimatum George was given on Lennie was probably the hardest thing I've ever read in a book. George had many reasons to kill off Lennie himself, he was merciful and it was just a final end on their friendship as George only wanted the best for Lennie. He was forced to kill Lennie because of what Steinbeck alludes to when Candy says that he should not have let Carlson shoot his dog. This movie and book is the most heart wrenching thing I've ever read because of how much of emotional turmoil this story includes.

I still remember crying my eyes out when I read this book back in the 90s in high-school. 😭😭

In Year 10 GCSE English, the report that we had to make for this, the reasons for why Lennie killing George. I remember writing a two page report. To then recieve a B for it, wtf

2:25 have fun with your book reports

I remember reading this book in Freshman year of high school and omfg the ending hit me like a bullet. (See what I did there? Sorry...) I was at home while finishing the book and as soon as I read the last sentence I started crying really hard. I ran right to my mother and said how George just killed Lennie. I could see why my mom and sister were desperate the story wouldn't be spoiled for me. What was really difficult was watching the movie at school after reading the book and over and over I kept telling myself "He's gonna die." and "Please don't cry again!"

Man I saw this today in class and I called it dude. I still sobbed like crazy.

The book was amazing and these two brought the dynamic to life. Heart = Broken

This actually made me cry

2:27 when ur friend takes the last slice of pizza

this part always hits me in the feels

This movie was incredible.

My class just finished this book and I feel like I’m being watched after seeing this👀👀👀

This scene wasn’t compared to the book in class, my teacher felt bad because some of us just felt the feels 😭

I'm so glad my teacher made me read this, best book I've ever read.

The ending was literally emotional I love u George and lennie ly

WHO COULD NOT LIKE LENNIE

The only movie to make me cry 😭💔

Here watching this video today because a very silly British student demanded that this book be banned from being taught in schools because it is "racist", and refused to read it. That marks a fundamental misconception of everything of Mice and Men was about, it is a story of tragedy, hopelessness and striving in vain amidst the great depression and the frailty of the American dream, and this single brutal moment at the end perfectly captures that despair. Such a great work.

Bruh I cried on this part when we was watching the movie in class at school

"I done a bad thing." D":

This was executed so much better in the book. I got a bit depressed when I read it there, here, when I saw it for the first time I was trying to contain a fit of laughter. It was so sudden and unexpected that it accidentally became funny to me and completely failed the impact it was supposed to have.

The harp at 3:33 made it even sadder

John Malkovich is such an amazing actor I also liked his acting on the book death of a salesman