Euthanasia has a strong presence in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, “also called mercy killing the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition”(Dictionary.com). In the book there is a pattern of killing for selfish reasons, the people and animals are killed for the good of someone else which is almost the opposite of euthanasia.
The euthanasia of Slim’s puppies was a sudden occurrence, most people do not usually drown their dog’s puppies. This killing was more for the benefit of his dog and himself than for the puppies. They were just born so how was he supposed to know if they would survive or