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In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck George should've killed Lennie, because George was just babysitting Lennie, Lennie could of hurt more people, and Lennie would always cause trouble when the two went to different places. A reason why George should’ve is that George then wouldn't have to take care of anyone.“George held out his hand. Come on. Give it to me”(Steinbeck pg.8). This is one of the reasons why George should have killed Lennie is because George wouldn’t have anyone holding him back. Also, George could always say that he was trying to protect everyone else. George should've killed Lennie because if George would of left Lennie alive then he could have hurt/killed more people. “She struggled violently under his hand”(Steinbeck pg.91).

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