Why Did George Kill Lennie

George and Lennie have been together for a long time, he even considers Lennie as his cousin, since Lennie didn’t have anywhere to go George took the full responsibility to take care of him since he cannot live on his own because of his disability. When George kills Lennie at the end, I consider that as an act of mercy because first of all the Mob was about the make Lennie suffer for what he did to Curley’s wife, second of all Lennie became a danger to the society and for himself third of all George couldn’t take care of Lennie anymore and Last George knew that he won't be able to make Lennie’s dream came true.

First of all, since Lennie kill Curley wife’s accidently, George had to go hide in the forest because he knows that we will be in trouble, when George finds out that Curley wife is dead and that Lennie is the murder George didn’t know what to do, he knows Curley wouldn’t have any mercy for George if he finds out. George didn’t have any option to kill Lennie by his own hand to make him suffer less.

Second of all, Lennie became a big danger for himself and for the society, everything that Lennie was touching he finished by killing, like his puppy, Curley wife’s esc., George know that Lennie was unproductive and he couldn’t protect Lennie for all his trouble that he would start in the future so George decide to kill Lennie without …show more content…
Last of all he was tired that he had to lie Lennie about the ranch George knew that he would never be able to have a ranch on his own just the fact that he don’t have enough money and he can't work somewhere for longer because Lennie keeps making trouble that last job George had to move out because Lennie had problem with