How Did George Kill Lennie Justified In Of Mice And Men

In the novella, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck George’s decision to kill Lennie at the end of the novel was justified. Lennie, a intellectually disabled man who doesn’t recognize his strength kills his “boss’s” wife by mistake. After having a lifelong relationship with Lennie, George decided to kill Lennie out of mercy. George easily took Lennie out of torturous pain that was soon to be faced and gave him a better quality of life then he would’ve had. Yes, some may think that George still committed murder and murder is never accepted. However, in this case you had to to keep Lennie from suffering at the end of his life. George killing Lennie was appropriate in this situation because Curley was coming for Lennie one way or another. After reading the book it’s noticeable that Curley is quite aggressive and will torment Lennie better than he ever

A similar situation involves a woman suffering from brain cancer where she said that she decides her death with dignity at twenty-nine. She states “Because my tumor is so large, doctors prescribed full brain radiation. I read about the side effects: The hair on my scalp would have been singed off. My scalp would be left covered with first-degree burns. My quality of life, as I knew it, would be gone.” She knew that trying to fix the problem would even make one even worse. She decided to dignify her death at age twenty-nine for her own good.In Of Mice and Men Slim says “Slim nodded. “We might,” he said. “If we could keep Curley in, we might. But Curley’s gonna want to shoot ‘im. Curley’s still mad about his hand. An’ s’pose they lock him up an’ strap him down and put him in a cage. That ain’t no good, George.’” (Steinbeck 120-121) Relating to Lennie, if he weren’t killed he would’ve had nothing ahead of him. Every aspect of his live would disappear and he would’ve been in more pain emotionally and