Why Did George Kill Lennie

George and Lennie were best friends for a long time, more like brothers. Lennie is about as bright as a 2 watt bulb, so George couldn’t really get mad at him when he accidently killed Curley’s wife while feeling the softness of her hair. “…’I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know’”. The two had planned a future together—a future in their own dream ranch, a ranch where no trouble would ever bother them. “’You…an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em’”. Then after he tells him about the rabbits that Lennie is so fond of, he shoots him in the back of the head where he knows it will not hurt him, and Lennie will not know what hit him. This is the peaceful alternative to what Curley had in store for him. Curley's exact words were "shoot the bastard right in the guts." George's euthanizing of Lennie makes the mentally incompetent Lennie die with dignity. Had Curley gotten to Lennie first, Lennie would have suffered. This shows you how much George cares for Lennie, no matter what he does or the crimes he commits. He’d always be there to help Lennie get right back up to his feet, make him forget all his worries, and move on like nothing happened. I strongly believe George was the right person to kill Lennie, and made the right decision in doing so, rather than to let him suffer in the hands of Curley.

I’m arguing why George should have killed Lennie in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.Curley was going to make Lennie’s death painful anyways. Curley was mad about his hand and losing his wife so he thought he would shoot Lennie.”Ill shoot him in the guts”(Steinbeck).Lennie was going to die either way so why not just get it over with.George should have shot Lennie because he may be slower but being slower does not get you out of murder.George should have killed Lennie when he saw Curley’s wife’s dead body because he got nervous and scared for him because George knew what the guys were going to do to him .”I know what I have to do” (Steinbeck) I think the quote proves my point because George knows he is going to have to kill Lennie.Lennie

Lennie had a long history of getting in trouble, getting fired and making George very mad. Also George would end up getting blamed for a lot of things and If he stuck with Lennie bad things would come into play. So if George still had to take care of Lennie after he killed Curley's wife then they would both probably end up getting tortured by Curly back at the farm. This is the second reason why George should have killed

Consider the advantages and disadvantages of George’s actions. I personally feel like he did the right thing by killing Lennie himself because George knows that if Curley were to do it he would have made it slow, painful and terrifying. “ I’m goin’,” he said. “ I’m gonna shoot the guts outta that big bastard myself, even if I only got one hand. I’m gonna get ‘im.” (pg 98)

Seeing how close they were and everything they've been through, it's easy to see why someone would argue that George wasn't justified. Although Lennie needed to be shot because of him making things harder for George and him hurting others, he was going to die either way. He mad all the people around him mad after what he had done to Curley’s Wife, people were out to get him. George just did it the nice way instead of Lennie having to go through probably much worse than just being

In Of Mice and Men, I believe George's actions are justified at the end. If George hadn't shot Lennie then he would have died a more gruesome death. Curly and Carlson would have killed Lennie on sight and wouldn't have let him give an explanation as to why he broke Curley's wife's neck. Lennie isn't capable of understanding his own strength. First, it all started with something simple, mice.

Although many would argue that George should not had killed Lennie, I would disagree. First off I think that what would had most likely would had happen to Lennie, is he would had been tortured and killed by Curly. This is evident when Curly state's “I’ll kill the son-of-a-bitch myself. I’ll shoot ‘im in the guts” (Steinbeck 92). Being shot in the guts is known as one of the most painful and unrecoverable wounds. Secondly, even if Curly didn’t kill him, he would had been locked in a cage and probably had been beaten up and then rot in jail the rest of Lennie’s life. George even says “Couldn’ we maybe bring him in an’ they’ll lock him up?” (Steinbeck 92), followed by slim saying “We might” (Steinbeck 92). Jails at the times were very cruel

Did George kill Lennie for a bad reason? Did he do it because he was trying to help Lennie? Or did he do it just to be a bad guy? In John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men, George killed lennie and some people think he should be punished but on the other side some people think he should not be punished because, he did it for a good reason because he wanted to help his friend, so he ended his miserable life before it could get any worse buy the other guys, since the other guys wanted to kill lennie and torture him because he killed curley's wife. But it could also be called murder which is not a good thing because, then someone is taking a life for a reason they do not even know.

No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want.” This means George wouldn't have to look after Lennie or anyone if he was alone, and he could keep a job.

Even though George and Lennie have strong relations, George was justified in shooting Lennie because Lennie was problematic and forgetful. To start, Lennie killing the puppy and Curley's wife are two out of four bad things we know of, and every time George tries to fix things. In the beginning, still at the river, George comments on how Lennie better not do anything like in weed. George

Since Lennie had a lack of intelligence, he didn’t comprehend his actions at times. This resulted in Lennie being a risk to other people. George knew this for a long time, giving the option of killing Lennie. If George hadn’t killed Lennie, then Lennie’s risk towards other people would have continued. Another reason that George wanted to, and did kill Lennie, is because his wish was for Lennie to die happy.

In my personal opinion I do not see any cons to George killing Lennie. It was clearly the right thing to do, maybe George will live the rest of his with regret but he will know he did the right thing for Lennie. I also see George killing him better than Curley killing him. He did kill Curley’s wife but you can tell by the way George acts that he did not want Curley to kill Lennie. This brings up back to when Candy said “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t of ought to

George- George- George!" When George comes from behind the brush he makes Lennie feel safe and secure because George knew what was coming next because of the trust that Lennie had with George that allowed him to put Lennie in a position where he could take his life without suffering. I know this because, in the text, it says ¨He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred and then settles slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering.¨ This brings me to my next question was George wrong to kill Lennie and the answer is no George knew that if he didn't kill Lennie the farmers would get him and make him suffer or the police will take him and he wouldn't have a fair, trial. George did what he thought was best for Lennie, he did what he thought was fair, he didn't want Lennie to suffer, he wanted him to go happy where he wouldn't be made fun of or be hurt again so it doesn't make him a bad person he only did what was

It has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt at this point, Lennie's innocence is not very accepted with the world because of his size, age, etc. He can’t really learn to change his ways due to his disabilities. Lennie can’t even understand why the bad things he has done are bad. Also, the fate he would meet at Curley's mutilated hands is enough to convince George that his only real option is to make Lennie's death as quick and painless as possible. Lennie would have died at the hands of Curly anyways, which would have been a much more painful and dehumanizing death for Lennie. He couldn't be taken to a mental hospital and in the depression, these were basically non-existent and spending a life in jail would be even more torture for a mentally ill person than death itself. George did what was right because he prevented Lennie from doing anything this terrible again, he stopped Lennie from a more painful death, and he really didn't have any other responsible

George promises Lennie many things once they get their own farm, “’O.K. Someday- we’re gonna get the jack together… ‘Specially if you remember as good as that.’”(15-16). So George killing Lennie was for his own benefit and it was a very immoral thing to do.