Charlie Chaplin previously stated, “I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.” This can be applied to the farm worker George in the story “Of Mice and Men”. It may appear that killing Lennie was the erroneous thing to do, however, he did this out of compassion for Lennie. Three reasons he did this out of love are he would continue to get into trouble, it would be crueler if the other guys murdered him and he would be a hazard to others. First of all, George got rid of Lennie because if he did not kill him, he will remain to be troublesome. Everywhere Lennie went, he would be in the doghouse in some way, shape or form. “Course he ain’t mean. But he gets in trouble alla time because he’s so God damn
