Curley's Death In Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

“George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head the hand shook violently. But his face set and his hand steadied, he pulled the trigger” (Steinbeck 106). In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, one of the main characters George encounters a choice to murder his best friend to protect him from from cruel pain for murdering the wife of another character, Curley, or let Lennie live through the pain of Curley’s vengeance. The novel makes it clear that mercy killing or euthanasia, the act of putting a person or animal to death painlessly and humanely rather than allowing them to die a brutal death, is a moral and justified way to help a loved one in need.
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Then Lennie accidentally murders Curley's wife and George knows Curley would want vengeance on Lennie so he has to protect Lennie. In the conversation with George, Candy another character said, “Curley get em killed” (Steinbeck 94). Candy is talking about what Curley will do when he finds out Lennie murdered his wife saying how Curley will want vengeance for his wife's death no matter the cost. When Curley asks George what happened to Lennie, George said “he would have went south” (Steinbeck 97). When George was asked where Lennie would have run off to, George responded with a lie to protect Lennie from Curley so he could make sure Lennie experiences no pain form Curley. As a result of George learning about Lennie murdering Curley's wife and knowing Curley will want vengeance on Lennie, George goes to the Salinas River and mercy kills Lennie to protect and save him from the pain and suffering that would come from his

The opposing side claim euthanasia is wrong and rather than mercy kill, take pain relievers and go to doctors. The opposing side is incorrect and euthanasia should be a legal option for a hospital patient to decide not the government. Taking medicine every day to relieve pain would be terrible due the fact that the person has to take the medicine multiple times a day and too much medicine can actually cause more health problems euthanasia is a great option and be a decision for the patient Goodman states in his article “We all have better chance of dying slowly while connected to half dozen tubes in the hospital ICU” (Goodman). Euthanasia prevents suffering something medical help can't completely stop also medical help stretches out the pain so you can live longer but it comes with so much pain and