How Is Lennie's Death Justified In Of Mice And Men

In "Of Mice and Men" it is very controversial when George kills Lennie. This is so because the controversial questions brought up is "Was Lennie's Death Justified as an Act of Mercy Killing?" In the book Lennie has an infatuation with soft objects. He has had many incidents where he has killed small animals such as a rabbit because he strangles them. He does so because he is obsessed with fluffy objects. This caused him to get kicked out of his old town of weed. Because of his infatuation with soft objects he takes a peculiar interest in Curley's wife, because of this interest he unknowingly kills her causing more problems with Curley. As a result of killing Curley's wife George kills Lennie as an act of mercy killing. Mercy killing can be justified because if the person does not know what they did they are more likely to do it again, yet it cannot be justified because in the catholic religion there is an accent law that says "thou shall not kill." …show more content…
He does not know what hi did when he killed the rabbits so when he kills Curley's wife he didn't know what he did so he was more likely to do it again. When George killed Lennie he prevented any other animal or person from being killed. Lennie killing the rabbit and not knowing what he did shows that he doesn't know right from wrong and he thought killing was "ok". Because he didn't know hat he did he killed again but this time it wasn't an animal it was a human which shows how he escalated his crime. If George had not "mercy killed" Lennie, he would have committed the same crime again. He does this because he doesn't know consequences for the things he does, which is a part of his mental