Every day, people put down their pets to save them from suffering. Could this be classified as murder or just putting them out of their misery? Now, imagine having to do that to a person, would it be easy? In, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, one of the main characters, George, must kill his best friend, Lennie, because he puts everyone in danger. Although some people believe that George killed Lennie for selfish reasons, it could be argued that George killed him for everyone’s sake, including Lennie’s. In Steinbek’s work, George killed Lennie for his own selfish reasons. Some people would argue that George killed him for Lennie’s own sake and that he was just trying to help everyone. George murdered Lennie for the exact reason that he could not take care of him anymore. Although this may be true, Lennie was becoming a danger to himself and anyone around him, if he continued living then he would just keep on killing until, eventually, he would kill himself. Lennie did not want to die, he just wanted to run away with George. Lennie’s perfect world is wherever there are …show more content…
George tried helping Lennie on multiple occasions but nothing George did worked. Lennie kept on killing animals from mice, puppies, and eventually a human. This shows the progress of Lennie becoming more of a hazard to everyone. George tried to help Lennie remember essential information, but that never worked either. Lennie would always forget the essential information and only remember the information about the rabbits or anything that helped him. Not to mention, what happened back in Weed. Lennie always finds a way to get into trouble and George was tired of running from town to town because of Lennie. George felt like Lennie was his responsibility and he had to protect him. That is a lot of responsibility to put on someone. Lennie was going to die one way or another. Either Curley kills him in a gruesome way, or George kills him in a humane