Of Mice and Men Claims and Evidence

I argued that George did the right thing about killing Lennie himself, instead of all the angry men doing it  and even more so reading my peers responses. One popular claim was that by having George kill Lennie, Lennie died fast and without pain instead of a slow and scary death. "Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering" (Steinbeck 106). George managed to shoot Lennie right in the back of the head, instantly killing him. The other men would have made him suffer and confuse him because he often had no clue of what was going on, but this way George had him think of a happy dream and Lennie passed away with no fear. Another  great claim was that maybe if George could have helped Lennie escape then he could of lived, even if he was going to have to be independently, because George could have told the guys that Lennie would have escaped to another part. That way Lennie could live and George wouldn't have gotten in trouble for hiding him. " I can go right off there an' find a cave,- an' never have no ketchup - but I won't care" (Steinbeck 100). Even though there was a slight chance Lennie could ever survive on his own, George could have still taken the chance and tried to save his best friend from being killed. Lennie was all George had, and George was all Lennie had. Even though it gets tiring looking out for someone you care about because they can't do it themselves doesn't mean you should kill them and not even try to help them survive. Both point of views were arguable and had interesting claims.