Anyone would help their best friend if they needed some jack, but what if they needed to be put to rest? George Milton is not guilty for the murder of his friend, Lennie Small, in the novel Of Mica and Men by John Steinbeck. George should be proven innocent because of three reasons; Curley would have brutally murdered Lennie, George had to stop Lennie from unintentionally hurting others, and it was George's responsibility to end …showed first 75 words of 389 total…

…showed last 75 words of 389 total…the owner-pet relationship between George and Lennie. Like an old sheepdog that is recumbent and can no longer function, George was in so much trouble that he could no longer lead his life, so George had to shoot him. Lennie Small was the friend, not the victim, of George Milton. Would Lennie say that George murdered him? Either way, George will have to morosely live the rest of his life without his best friend Lennie.