What Does It Mean To Kill Lennie's Death

George and Lennie are relatively great friends and they are only close because they were close to Aunt Clara when she had passed. Lennie likes soft things, such as velvet and silk. Although Lennie has not always had access to such, he likes to pet mice. He had killed the mice, though, due to how strong he was. Lennie had dreamed of keeping a rabbit farm with George, and he loved how soft the rabbits were and looked. When Lennie had seen Slim’s pups, Lennie had pet one and he had been too rough with it, so fourth killing it. George knew that all these events were leading up to something much worse than mice. One afternoon when the guys were playing horseshoes, Lennie and Curley’s wife were talking. Curley’s wife wanted Lennie to feel how soft her hair was,
When Lennie was feeling Curley’s Wife’s hair, he said, “Oh, that's nice!” (Steinbeck 91). Lennie truthfully had not meant to kill Curley’s wife. After Lennie had killed her, he was paralyzed in fear. He whispered in fright, “I done another bad thing…” (Steinbeck 91). This evidence shows that Lennie did not mean to murder Curley’s wife. Some may argue that George was correct to shoot Lennie because all the things he had done like with Curley’s wife, the mice, and Slim’s puppo. However, Lennie was just a big innocent guy that liked soft things. Lennie said, “Why you got to get killed?” (Steinbeck 91) as the dead puppo lay in his lap. George knew that Lennie never wanted to hurt Curley’s wife, he was just trying to feel her hair and he had panicked. Lennie shouldn't have been shot, and it pained Lennie especially since he was the one forced to do so. He only touched Curley’s wife because she wanted him to feel how soft her hair was; plus with Lennie loving to feel anything soft he went for the kill ;). Point being, my opinion is that Lennie should not have been killed by