As soon as the men found Curley’s wife’s body, Curley said, “I’m gonna get him. I’m going for my shotgun…I’ll shoot ‘im in the guts. Come on guys” (Steinbeck 96). Not only did Curley want to kill Lennie, but the other men agreed, except with less vain and vengeance. Slim and George talked about having Lennie jailed, then Slim noted, “…they lock him up an’ strap him down and put him in a cage. That ain’t no good, George” (Steinbeck 97), and they agreed death would be better than jail. Curley wanted Lennie to suffer for as long as possible and George had even protested to not kill him, but Curley strongly opposed. George had made the decision to kill Lennie himself so that he could let Lennie die quickly and peacefully, the choice he made was a difficult one but there was no escaping the fact that Lennie would be killed either