It was a good choice for George to shoot Lennie. Instead of Lennie getting tortured by Curley, and the other men, George had stopped Lennie from going though all the torture Slim and the others could've caused. If George wouldn't have shot Lennie, Curley would have tortured Lennie. If George wouldnt have shot Lennie, Lennie could have gotten George killed by Curley and the other men. Lennie also could have hurt other people. Back then people didn't have a lot of money and it wasn't fair for George to have to keep up with Lennie and having to run away from people for Lennie getting in trouble for trying to pet a girls dress and holding on when she screamed. If George would have not of shot Lennie, Slim would have tortured Lennie for killing