In the end of Of Mice and Men there are three choices the protaganist, George, must decide on. He either must run away with Lennie, not do anything and let the others kill Lennie, or kill Lennie himself. His final decision reflects his personality and his respect for his friends. As George's character develops throughout the story he realizes the outcome before it even happens. George's solution to Lennie's mistake becomes his only reasonable choice. George realizes the solution after predicting consequences of each potential option.
George's first option was to tell Lennie to run away after meeting in the brush. If George was to choose this option, both Lennie and George would have gotten shot. It would have looked like they planned the killing of Curley's wife together. There were no ties between Curley o
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It was the only way the 'problem' that Lennie had with hurting people could be resolved with no loose ends and no guilty consciences. It was clear to George that there was no way out for Lennie. He knew it from the moment he saw Curley's wife lying dead in the barn. He knew Lennie was going to be hunted and killed.
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Of Mice and Men. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.
Lennie didn't know what he was doing and it was not fair that he should be killed out of hatred.
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