After Reading “Of Mice And Men” And “Captain Murderer” Compare Lennie And Captain Murderer As Killers

“Of Mice and Men” and “Captain Murderer” are about men who kill women and finish off dead at the end of the story. However the characteristics of Lennie and Captain Murderer are very different. Captain Murderer is a pirate who marries women and kills them. He chops them up, puts them in a pie and then eats it as the story explains. “Captain Murderer’s mission was matrimony, and the gratification of a cannibal appetite with tender brides.” Lennie, on the other hand, does not know what he is doing. E is not very bright and does not know his own strength. Unlike Captain Murderer he knows right from wrong. He say’s “I done a bad thing, I done another bad thing.” This shows that he knows right from wrong, even if he has no control over his physical strength.

Captain Murderer was a cruel and heatless character. He knows what he is doing and fids it very amusing. The story say’s “he laughed at his ferocious joke in a horrid manner.” This quotation shows he has no feeling or conscience towards his victims. The word “horrid” is used in the quotation relates to his attitude of laughing and treating the whole thing as a big joke. Secondly the word “ferocious” suggests he is wild like an animal. Lennie is different he does not mean to kill Curley’s wife and feels badly about what he has done. “Lennie was in a panic.” This quotation from the book shows Lennie did not premeditate the killing of Curley’s wife. The line is effective in showing that Lennie was in a panic because it is a short and sharp sentence.

Lennie’s relationship to his victim is a lot different from Captain Murderer’s. Lennie builds up a friendship with Curley’s wife. He talks to her when he knows he shouldn’t. He enjoys talking her and she likes talking to him. The book says, “Lennie chuckled with pleasure.” The quotation is evidence that Lennie likes her. It uses the word “pleasure” and “chuckled.” This shows Lennie is like a child and has a sense of delight when he talks to her. On the other hand Captain Murderer treats his women like cattle. The term “cattle” gives a good image of Captain ...

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The author of “Of Mice and Men” makes us feel sympathetic towards Lennie. While reading the book you get to know Lennie’s personality and start to like him. The manner of which he dies makes the reader feel sorry for him. His death is described as being humane. Earlier in the story Candy (a character form Of Mice and Men) puts his dog down by shooting it in the back of the head. He is told that his dog will not feel a thing. George (Lennie’s best friend) witnesses this event and does the same to Lennie at the end to put him out of his misery. Captain Murderer’s death is much more gruesome. The twin sister of one of his victims pretends to fall in love with him. On there wedding night she drinks “a deadly poison of most awful character.” When he ate her “he began to swell, turn blue, and to be all over with spots.” The next morning “he blew up with a loud explosion.” The description sounds funny like it’s from a cartoon. Captain Murderer was and horrid killer and was killed in a horrid way. Lennie was a nice, kind character and was killed in a humane way at the end.

My feeling towards Captain Murderer is that he a wretched man and is sick in the mind. He seems to think its funny to marry women, kill them most horrifically of all he eats them. When he is killed at the end I felt justice was done. He gave his wives gruesome deaths and so I think he deserved a gruesome death. Captain Murderer’s character is less real compared to Lennie. Evidence of this is the way in which his death is described. It’s very un-realistic and cartoon like. This is significant because it means that Lennie’s personality goes much deeper. He seems a lot more like an ordinary person and a lot more life like. I like the character of Lennie better. I think this is because we get to know him and his personality. When Lennie wouldn’t let go of her hair, which she allowed him to stroke, he panicked. He has a mental disorder of some kind and he doesn’t know his own strength. This makes him very dangerous but I don’t he can be considered evil because he didn’t mean to kill.

Captain Murderer and Lennie are both killers and die as a result of that. Even so the two stories are very different. This is because the characters are very different. Lennie kills because he doesn’t know his own strength. Captain Murderer doesn’t think what he is doing is wrong and is enjoying it. He has control over his actions. Lennie knows the difference between right and wrong, but has no control. In contrast to Captain Murderer he is the total opposite. I wouldn’t brand Lennie as being a murderer after comparing him with the character of Captain Murderer, but I would brand Captain Murderer a disgusting serial killer.

Terry Smith