We read Of Mice and Men in English class recently. The two main characters are George Milton and Lennie Small. Toward the end of the book, Lennie gets into trouble for murdering Curley’s wife; George did the proper thing and executed him. First, Lennie should have known that murder is an awful thing, even if he was mentally challenged. You may argue that Lennie had a mind of a child and he didn’t know better, but even two-year olds know better than to harm people. There have been instances where little children have called emergency services because they knew something wrong was happening. For these facts Lennie had no excuse for killing Curley’s wife. Second, Curley would’ve had his way if George had not shot him; Curley had said in