Euthanasia In Suzanne Collins's Of Mice And Men

One reason as to why George did not murder Lennie is that George had thought about what he was going to do to Lennie. He did not do it out of cold blood or out of hatred for Lennie. This is clear on page 105, when the text states,

This showed that Lennie had to check in with George to see if it was right to defend himself. According to Source D, “It is claimed that sometimes it is permissible to cause such a harm as a side effect of bringing about a good result even though it would not be permissible to cause such a harm as a means to bringing about the same good end.” This shows that Lennie is incapable of thinking and making decisions for

Another example of Lennies death being an example of euthanasia would be because George made a promise. He promised Aunt Clara before she passed that he would always look after Lennie. This means that no matter how annoyed he got with Lennie, he would always stick up for him, and fight for him. Most people will not break any promises because it can hurt a relationship, so when George euthanized Lennie, it was because he cared about him, and didn’t want him to go out on a bad note. One last reason for why the death of Lennie was an example of euthanasia is because Lennie was almost like an animal that got too comfortable with humans.

In the novel, Non-voluntary euthanasia is expressed when George killed Lennie because George thought it was the right thing to do, and if he didnt then Lennie might have been tortured and would have suffered. At the end of the novel, George was justified for performing non-voluntary euthanasia on Lennie, or in other words, killing Lennie without him knowing. George was justified for performing non-voluntary euthanasia on Lennie because Lennie would have had a more brutal and painful death. A quote from the book that supports this is, “I’m gonna shot the guts outta that big bastard myself, even if I only have one hand”(Steinbeck 98).

He doesn’t take everything into consideration, for instance, Lennie’s disability to understand, comprehend, or lack of intelligence. Therefore, George’s decision to euthanize Lennie is not justified because Lennie doesn’t know any better, he gets scared easily and does things out of fear, and he isn’t aware of his own strength. One reason George killing Lennie wasn’t justified lies in the fact that Lennie doesn’t know any better. He doesn’t know the difference between wrong and right, he never means any harm to anybody on purpose.

This save Lennie from a lot of pain, also helps george become free, and Lennie does not even know what is happening. George is justified because he makes the choice that protects Lennie from a lot of pain and makes himself feel guilty. The choice let's lennie die without guilt and pain. Lennie was also incapable of caring for himself. He counted on George for everything.

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.

Although many believe that mercy killing is wrong or unjust, Mercy killing, also knows as euthansiss is and a moral way to show empathy and compassion to a loved one in need. For example, In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. George, one of the main characters in the novel, killed his best friend Lennie because he thought that killing him was the best for him. Lennie is “a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, and pale eyes” who acts and thinks like a child who doesn't know right from wrong.

Another reason Lennie should not have been killed for what he did was because Lennie doesn't know his own strength. George should not have killed Lennie because he should of taught him that he is stronger, when the first accident happened in Weed. George should have taught Lennie how to control himself when he was little.

Lennie with his simple mind, always gets into trouble. This time, Lennie gets himself in a bind once again, that George can’t save him from. George decision to kill Lennie in the story, was due to his responsibility, sympathy, and love for Lennie. George’s decision to kill Lennie was out of sympathy for him.

The main reason George killed Lennie is because Lennie would have killed somebody again. And the evidence is clearly there, the pet mice that he killed, the poor puppy that he accidently hit to hard, and especially Curley’s wife. He almost killed the girl in weed if he had gone any further. The sad thing is is that he doesn't know how strong he really is, nor does he know what he’s done wrong in the first place.

George killing Lennie is justified. Lennie was either gonna get killed by the other men or George. The other men were only doing it because they hated Lennie, George would have done it for the sake of Lennie’s safety and mental state. George would have felt guilty if he did not handle it himself. One reason George was justified in killing Lennie was that George had realized Lennie would never get better and their dream would never come true.

It is clear that George did not have the right to end Lennie 's life in such a selfish way. George always talks to Lennie about how fabulous they are when they are together at their own ranch and from day to day I end up with their life in a very cruel way. In conclusion, it can be said that George 's reasons for ending George 's life were enough to do so since Lennie was a very dependent person and could not stand alone. George tried to help him at all times as far as he could, but still Lennie was still in serious trouble, that 's precisely the reason why George wanted to prevent Lennie suffering in the future because he realized that he could not live alone.

When George realized this he killed Lennie peacefully before the ranchmen could hurt him. George was justified in killing Lennie because if he wouldn 't have Curly and the other ranch men would have made Lennie 's death very painful while George killed Lennie nice and peacefully without pain. In the book Of Mice and Men there is an example of euthanasia, when

Is killing something that is in pain or is sentenced to live a life of misery murder or euthanasia? Murder is usually defined as the act of killing someone unlawfully and that has been preplanned and thought out, whereas euthanasian is killing to end one's pain and suffering. While euthanasian is usually associated with putting down animals that are suffering or had a troubled life it also applies to humans, over the course of history it has been commonly used in people with mental disorders, the terminally ill and criminals given the death penalty. In John Steinbeck’s, Of Mice and Men, readers see the death of Lennie caused by his friend George and can either claim it is murder or if George euthanized Lennie.