I think it was right for George to shoot Lennie in the back of the head. Lennie did so many offensive and accidental things that caused George to snap so many times before. In addition to that, he also constantly snapped necks of mice, a puppy, and later on, Curley's wife. Curley, who lost his hand and his wife to Lennie, went after him with the rest of the men on the ranch, intending to shoot Lennie. Bottom line is Lennie will still die anyway if he and George ran away because Curley is a relentless man who doesn't stop in getting what he wants to be done over with. So instead of Lennie dying a painful death with a bullet shot into his gut, he died a painless but reasonable death with a bullet shot into his head.
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