A Reflection on George’s Actions

George’s descision to kill Lennie was the ultimate act of friendship. George knew that Lennie was going to get killed, and that there was no way of escaping the hole that Lennie dug for himself. George decided to kill Lennie himself by shooting him in the back of the head so that it would be a quick and painless death. He also didn’t want Curley to kill him because he didn’t want Lennie to suffer. George said “Look across the river, Lennie, an’ I’ll tell you so you can almost see it.” Soon after Lennie begged “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.” George put Lennie out of his misery and he let him go with a good thought rather than letting knowing that he was about to die. George always took care of Lennie and he made sure that in the event of a bad thing happening they would have a plan to go back to the brush. He made a very difficult descision by deciding to shoot kill Lennie. He had to take into consideration what would be best for Lennie but at the same time consider what would be better for him as well. George choosing to kill Lennie is similar to Candy and his dog. Candy said that he should have shot the dog himself instead of some random stranger. George did not want to have the same regret that Candy had with his dog, so he shot Lennie himself which was quick and painless rather than Curley shooting Lennie and having to watch Lennie suffer through the pain.