Part 5 and 6:

Part 5 and 6:

In part 6 Of Mice and Men George shoots Lennie in the back of the head. George had to shoot Lennie before Curley could make Lennie suffer. Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife when he was playing with her hair his strength broke her neck and she dies. Lennie knows what he has done, and he remembered what George told him a while back go to the bush if there is ever any trouble. When Curley found his wife laying dead on the ground he knew it was Lennie who had killed her. Curley gathers the other men and immediately go to kill Lennie. George knew that Curley would kill Lennie with anger and fury so George ran ahead of Curley to kill Lennie peacefully himself. George ran to the bush because he remembered telling Lennie to go there if there is any trouble. When George arrives at the bush, they start talking about the dream and how Lennie would tend to the rabbits. Without Lennie knowing and while Lennie is still talking about the dream, George raises the gun slowly behind Lennie's head and shoots him. George knew this would be a better way to die than having Curley kill him but when George was about to shoot him his hand was violently shaking it was hard to do. In part 3 of the book, Carlson says "Got a Luger. It won't hurt him none at all" (48) when he is trying to convince Candy to put the dog out of it' misery by shooting it. Carlson is explaining to Candy that shooting the dog in the back of the head will make him feel less pain and die more peacefully. George remembers this right before he goes to the bush so he grabs Carlson's Luger before he leaves and uses it to shoot Lennie. I think that George shot Lennie because he wanted Lennie to die a peaceful life without Curley's rage. George knew that the dream and Lennie tending his own rabbits made him happy so that's why George had Lennie talk about the dream. All George wanted Lennie to do was be happy and in this case die happy so that explains why George killed Lennie in the end of the book.