George cared about Lennis oh yes he meant the world to him, he was George's center of gravity and would do anything for him. In of Mice and Men a novel by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie the main characters go through a situation in which Lennis gets into some trouble, George tells him to hide and get away from what’s coming. From letting the guys get to Lennis, George kills him without suffering from what Curley will put him through. Even though the book shows Euthanasia (mercy killing) as a good thing it doesn’t mean you should do it in real life.
Killing Lennie was entirely wrong but to save him from being torchered George did what he had to do to be at peace of mind. The fact that Lennie, a grown man has to have a person to look
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In of Mice and Men a novel by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie the main characters go through a situation in which Lennis gets into some trouble, George tells him to hide and get away from what’s coming. From letting the guys get to Lennis, George kills him without suffering from what Curley will put him through. Even though the book shows Euthanasia (mercy killing) as a good thing it doesn’t mean you should do it in real life.
Killing Lennie was entirely wrong but to save him from being torchered George did what he had to do to be at peace of mind. The fact that Lennie, a grown man has to have a person to look after him tells us something. Mistakes do happen but George knows down the line something is bound to go wrong which is why he tells him to hide in the brush if anything goes wrong. After Lennis finds out what he is capable of by killing Curley's wife George knows there's gonna be trouble by saying. “Maybe they’ll lock ‘im up and be nice to ‘im” (Steinbeck 94.) George knows the men aren’t gonna be nice to him, they will make him suffer until Curley’s had enough and wants to murder him for what he has