Why is George justified in killing Lennie in the book Of Mice and Men?

Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California.





Based on Steinbeck's own experiences as a bindle stiff in the 1920s (before the arrival of the Okies he would vividly describe in The Grapes of Wrath), the title is taken from Robert Burns's poem, To a Mouse, which is often quoted as: ';The best-laid plans of mice and men/often go awry,'; though the phrase in the original Scots of the poem is ';The best laid schemes o' mice an' men/Gang aft agley.';





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http://www.awerty.com/mice2.htmlWhy is George justified in killing Lennie in the book Of Mice and Men?
He believed that Lennie would be mistreated in prison and was unable to comprehend what would be happening to him. He was also worried that Lennie might recommit a similar crime .Why is George justified in killing Lennie in the book Of Mice and Men?
I think so. He saved poor Lennie from a heluva lot of misery.