How Does George Kill Lennie's Death

Sometimes when pets are suffering, they are put down. Do you classify this as murder, or is it seen as the better option? In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George must end Lennie’s life. Lennie had a mental handicap that made him unable to control his own actions and destroying his quality of life. Although it appears that George murders Lennie, he actually euthanizes him to save him from a painful death at Curley's hands.

Some people think that Lennie was murdered by his friend George for his own selfish reasons. At the end of the book some say they could have easily made it out of the ranch they were working at and found another place to live and work. Even if that happened though, their dream was never going to come true due to Lennie’s mental handicap. Another point is that Lennie did not want to die. Curley was going to kill him anyway though, and at least he was granted a quick and painless death. Moreover, that George was selfish and killed Lennie so that he could be free, but he was never fully free after that. He was forced to live the rest of his life with the guilt of killing his best friend.

Lennie’s death was quick and painless, with a gunshot to the back of his head. Lennie is euthanized just like Candy’s old dog. Candy’s dog was suffering and old, it had no quality of life. Another key point is that Lennie and George’s dream never would have come true, but George euthanized Lennie and as he died, he went to their farm, his own personal heaven. When Lennie reached that farm his dream came true and he was free from the life that he was stuck in. George killed Lennie for Lennie's better interest, he started with a mouse, then a puppy and then he killed Curley’s wife, who knows what he would have done next. He would have gone to prison either way, and if he had killed again then he would have either gone to prison or been killed by another person like Curley wanted to