Is George right to kill Lennie?

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Is George right to kill Lennie?

In my opinion no one should have the impudence of taking the life of any human being, only God has the authority to take somebody's life. Although Lennie would had suffered more if he got killed by someone else.

There were two things to do after George's realization that Lennie had killed Curley's wife: either help him like last time in Weed or take courage in his hands and kill him before he could do more damage and before anybody could do it for him. Personally I would had put him in a mental hospital, but Steinbeck chose what to do with him.

I think that Steinbeck focuses deeply on the atmosphere of the last chapter. First of all he goes back to where he starts the novel, before any bad things happened to the two friends when they were happy and still with dreams of a better life. He first makes George reassure Lennie and make him feel as if he was in heaven; all the things they wanted then he shoots him. George reassured him with words like "I ain't mad. I never been mad, an' I ain't mad