Of Mice and Men essay In John Stienbecks novel Of Mice and Men George was justified in killing his best friend Lennie. There are many reasons that George was justified. Curly was going to kill him anyways because he took one of the most precious things away from Curly, his wife. Lennie had a problem, his problem was that he could never stay out of trouble and even if George got them out of that …showed first 75 words of 572 total…

…showed last 75 words of 572 total…by either curly or any of the other guys he probably would have been shot or tortured a little before he was killed or publicly humiliated. I think in that predicament George had the right to kill his one true friend, Lennie. I feel bad for George because now he has to work all by himself no one there to share the dream with. In conclusion George was justified in killing his best friend Lennie.