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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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