Is Mercy Killing Merciful Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be fully paralyzed since you were born, of to become brain dead at age 10 and like your whole life doing nothing? Not much fun, so why would you let these people suffer. In the story of mice and men Lennie is somewhat like this, he doesn't register things in his head as well as others, and during during the great depression it was a horrible time for lennie to be alive. The story shows how mercy killing should be a thought for people whenever something bad happens to someone. It also shows that George is very kind and actually cares about Lennie. This is able to be seen because he is telling Lennie about all of the good times and ideas they had planned out for their future together. …show more content…
George used a method called mercy killing or euthanasia to have Lennie pass. George did the right thing, there is really no other why that people would have wanted to see it go down than a mercy killing. George did everything right. This is shown when he starts to talk about the farm. The rabbits and all of the flowers they would have at the farm. The following caption shows how george didn't want to shoot Lennie but he knew that he had to. “George pulled the gun out of his jacket and slowly raised it to the back of Lennie's head, While still explaining all of the success they would have. George tentitionessly shot the gun at the back of lennie's