The first reason that George”s actions were justified is that he knew that Lennie was going to mess up again because he does not know about his strength. When George and Slim looked at the dead body of Curley’s wife Slim said “Maybe like that time in Weed that you was tellin’ about”(Steinbeck,97). Slim’s comment shows that both him and George knew that Lennie would do something like the time in Weed again even if he did not mean to. Given at the end of the book that Lennie has killed a lot of mice a puppy and a woman, George knows …show more content…
Some readers think that George made a bold and harsh decision to kill Lennie himself and get rid of him for good. However, George made that decision because he wanted protect Lennie from the other men. “But Candy said excitedly, ‘we oughtta let ‘im get away. You know that Curley. Curley gon’ta wanta get “im lynched. Curley’ll get ‘im killed.’”(Steinbeck,95). When Candy says that, George realizes that he needs to be the one to kill Lennie because if he does not kill him, then the other men will make him suffer for what he