In John Steinbecks novel Of Mice and Men an ambiguous question arises on whether George did the right thing by killing Lenny at the end of the story Some people believe that he did it out of friendship while at the same time others believe that he did it for his own personal needs In my personal opinion I would have to say that he killed Lenny simply out of love for his simple minded friend In support of my opinion I have found many concrete facts throughout the novel that prove it is a legitim
The story is told by the murderer himself the first person narrator speaking on the eve of his execution for the crime of killing his wife He begins his account in the remote past of his own childhood The narrator says that he was an extremely sensitive boy so passive that his schoolmates teased him He explains that as a child he always had a passion for animals Since he had this passion for animals his parents allowed him to have a great variety of pets growing up So early in his marriage he w