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Euthanasia In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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For years you’ve been taking care of your mom who has been in the hospital , you’ve had to see her suffer. You hate seeing it,but what else could you do except legally allow her to end her life. In the novel Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck Lennie kills Curley’s wife and Curley wants revenge. George had to make the decision to either let Lennie suffer through Curley’s way of killing him or allow him to do it himself. George wants Lennie to die in a peaceful way, and that’s just what mercy-killing is. It’s where you’re allowing someone you love and care for to pass away painlessly so they don’t have to suffer anymore.

George killed Lennie for the right reason, he was saving his friend from more pain. Candy has had his dog since he was …show more content…

Christian's supporting choice for voluntary Euthanasia said choosing a pain-free death is ‘demonstration of love and compassion.’ The group argues voluntary Euthanasia for people who are terminally ill would increase their quality of life by removing the stress of facing a painful death. Benjamin Presis supports mercy-killing because he says, “it’s submission to the inquiry says watching a patient die slowly in a medically-induced coma can also be extremely distressing for family members and medical staff. It supports my argument because its saying how it’s not stressed at all for everybody and it’s less sad because you’re doing it for a thoughtful reason and you’re the one who’s making the decision. In addition the article says, “the group also supports voluntary euthanasia when someone is suffering from an incurable illness with no hope of a cure. It supports my argument because it’s saying that their letting someone pass on because there is no cure for their illness so they would have no other way of living for much longer so they would end up passing away soon in any case. What you can conclude from that is that it can happen in reality and not just in a book that someone wrote, real people have been there. They agree it’s the right thing to do, others think

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So it is considered murder either way you look at it throughout the book. Do you think this book is for students? Well if not I have another piece of evidence I have to give you. Another one would be Euthanasia, Euthanasia is known as mercy killing, which is what George HAD to do to Lennie so he wouldn’t suffer. Other people like you maybe would see it as murder like I said in the other evidence, but in this situation I would say it's not murder its euthanasia.

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According to debatewise.org 52 percent of people agree with mercy killings while 48 percent disagree. In the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, one of the main characters by the name of George fires the round of a Luger pistol into the back of his best friend’s head, Lennie Small. Without context, this would be seen as murder, as a crime. In this particular scenario, th George’s act was not murder, it was mercy.

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Sometimes, the most humane way to help someone you love is to end their life. In the story Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, multiple characters choose to help their loved ones by killing them. The killings of Lennie, Curley’s wife, and Candy’s dog were all out of mercy as their lives would’ve continued to drag on, hurting others and being more and more miserable. Even if killing them was hard and sad for some, it would be better for everyone around them and for themselves. Even though Lennie killing Curley’s wife was an accident, she was incredibly lonely and miserable at the ranch.

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