Accepting Justified In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Is killing justified? When is killing justified? Killing is justified because some people do things to get the death penalty. In the book (Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck) there are these 2 characters who get this job in California and the big guy, Lennie, kills the boss's son’s (Curley) wife. So George, went to find him and he shot Lennie because he killed Curley’s wife and it was either he kill Lennie or Curley and the others.

One reason why killing is justified is that Lennie was not smart. He had some issues with him, he would kill pets by petting them to hard. He got mice that he killed and he killed his puppy. He forgets stuff too for example, “George… I ain’t got mine. I musta lost it.’ … ‘You never had none, you crazy bastard. I got both of ‘em here’” (Steinback 5). Lennie can’t take care of himself so, if George dies or gets hurt, no one is looking after Lennie and he could get himself in trouble, hurt, or killed. Therefore, George killing Lennie was justified because Lennie wasn’t smart.
Killing someone is a bad thing, most people get the death penalty or get put on death row. In the book, a group of men go out looking for him to give him his punishment, so it was either George kills Lennie or Curley and his group. It says in the book, “And she continued to struggle, and her eyes were wild with terror. He shook her then, and he was angry with her. ‘Don’t you go yellin’.’ he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck” (Steinback 91). Lennie killed Curley’s wife so he needs to be punished for his actions. As you can see he needs to be punished for what he did, even though it was on