However, if George chose to save Lennie’s life, Lennie would have been gruesomely killed or sent to jail. Lennie would have never been able to survive on his own and would have risked his life too. As seen in another case, a man murdered his wife, to prevent his wife from future suffering. The man’s lawyer stated, “She hadn’t verbalized anything, but I think it was fair to say he felt for the first time he was making some connection with her, and what he saw was agony, desperation, and pain.” (Qtd. In Rivera). George and the husband took their loved one’s life for a reason, which was to put an end to the pain these individuals were going through. The pain would have continued and would eventually cause more harm than good, in which Lennie would have been deeply affected. All in all, George’s thoughtful action prevented Lennie from experiencing a difficult time full of distress and ache.
In brief, George taking Lennie’s life away was the best approach in ending Lennie’s sufferment. George let Lennie feel happiness right before Lennie’s last breath, to end Lennie’s ongoing pain and he did not risk Lennie living in solidarity, since Lennie would not have been able to survive alone. In essence, it is human nature for people to have a protective side over those that, they developed a special relationship with. It is their responsibility to think of their friends or family and make a choice that would lead to less torment and