Is George guilty? In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, is George guilty of killing Lennie? Discuss

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certainly guilty of premeditated murder and would get a long sentence if the law took the
trouble to prosecute him. I think Steinbeck shows that the law enforcement officials would not
take much trouble, or go to much expense, to investigate the death of a bindle stiff in those
days--especially sincewas bound to get killed by somebody. Steinbeck works out the plot so that
the murder weapon does not belong to the man who uses it. Carlson owns the Luger, but everybody
assumes that Lennie stole it when he fled the ranch. Carlson is in the clear because he is with
all the other men when...