Of Mice and Men: Why I Shot Lennie There were many reason for me to shoot Lennie. It was the hardest thing I had ever had to do. Lennie was my best friend and he didn't deserve to die. I felt that if he had to die I should be the one that killed him, not someone on a horse with a shotgun hunting him down like a crazy animal. Lennie wasn't I crazy animal from my point of view. He was just misunderstood by many people. I also thought that they might hall Lennie to the funny farm. To me Lennie was very smart. He knew when to say certain thing to get his way. Like the first time we went to the little pon