Lennie and George in the End...

At the end of the book in part 6, Lennie is shot by George. I think George did it out of kindness, not to be mean. George knew that Curley would go after Lennie with rage without stopping to think about it, so he goes to kill Lennie himself, that way Lennie doesn't become scared of Curley. Lennie runs away after accidentally breaking Curley's wife, ending in her death. I think Lennie runs away because he is scared and he thinks that "George'll be mad"(page 92). When Slim asks where Lennie might have gone, George knew "He...would went south."(page 96) because he told Lennie to go to the bush when there's trouble. While the men are searching for Lennie, George goes ahead of them to get to him. He tells Lennie to face the Salinas River and they start talking about their dream. Eventually, George pulls out the Luger that he stole from Carlson and he shoots Lennie, who dies a peaceful death. Earlier in the book, Carlson says "Got a Luger. It won't hurt him none at all."(page 47) when he is about to kill Candy's dog. I think George decides to use the Luger because he heard what Carlson said. Also I think that George is a great friend because he didn't put Lennie through misery.