Lennie Justified In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Justified: having, done for, or marked by a good or legitimate reason. So the question being asked here is, is somebody justified or not for committing a crime? Crime can be a good thing but yet also, a bad thing. Whether it is robbing a bank or stealing food to feed your family or even killing someone, the being asked is if it is justified. Killing someone can be something that should not of happened, but it could also be a good thing. The killing of someone could be to save a life or to release anger out of yourself. The commitment of a crime is always questionable to be justified or something bad that has been done. In the story ‘Of Mice And Men’ written by John Steinbeck, a character named George faces a rough decision and kills a character named

In my opinion I think that the killing of Lennie is not justified because it was somewhat the right thing to do with what Lennie would have had to face if he was not shot by George. In his killing George knew what he had to do and if he backed down from doing it he would have made a regret that he would not forget letting Curley and his crew beat up and hang Lennie after what he had done. So ask yourself this question, do you think killing somebody because of 1. The more trouble they could have caused 2. Making a punishment worse if they were not killed right away. And 3. They did not know how much strength they had in them is it justified? Do you think the person who killed the man being hunted down was right to kill the person making it easier for them rather than to suffer through more and more pain or should not of killed that man or woman because they could have found a way out of the mess he or she was in without there being any killing. So now that you know George killed Lennie, one last thing he will remember Lennie asking George is “Can I do the right