...The Unknown Death A 2014 study shows that 69% of people in the United States say that if someone is suffering from an incurable sickness and they are in pain, the doctor should be allowed to assist them in medicated suicide with patient consent. People in the United States do not want their loved ones in pain and suffering from incurable diseases. Lennie was hurting animals, other people, and holding George back. George made the best decision by putting Lennie out of his misery. The death of Lennie in Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck was euthanasia because Lennie had an incurable mental illness. One important piece of evidence is that Lennie was suffering from a mental disability that could not be cured. George and Lennie have to move multiple times to find jobs because Lennie would always get fired. When George was talking to the new boss to try to get a job George lied and said they were related and traveled together. George also said Lennie was perfectly normal and would not let Lennie speak to the boss. In the text, it says, “Lennie dipped his big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers…” (Steinbeck 3). This quote shows Lennie being compared to a dog because of his mental disability....
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...Steinbeck, George Milton is faced with an ethical dilemma which is a situation that has no clear right or wrong answer. George’s decision can affect the life of his friend Lennie forever. George Milton and Lennie Smalls, who is mentally disabled, are friends who travel together in search of work. Many times they have had to flee a city because of Lennie’s inappropriate behavior towards women.Lennie’s unethical behavior had caused George to make a distressing decision. At the ranch that George and Lennie were working, Lennie had strangled and killed Curley’s wife. George had made the decision to end Lennie’s life in a peaceful manner. Many may say that what George did was unethical and morally wrong because Lennie had no say so in his death and did not have a fair trial. However, George was justified in killing Lennie and there are many reasons why....
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...euthanasia ended her life by using drugs to allow her to have a peaceful, euthanasia death. Pamela was experiencing pain and prolonged suffering as a result of a brain tumor. Pamela ‘s death is quite similar to Lennie’s in Of Mice and Men. Like Pamela, Lennie was suffering greatly and was relieved of this suffering by their death. There was a plethora of hurt that lied ahead of Lennie. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George killing Lennie was a euthanasia act that was an attempt to protect him from...
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...for the trial of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the physician convicted of second-degree murder for helping 130 terminally-ill patients commit suicide, had to decide whether or not he was justified in assisting the death of these patients. After reading Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the readers have a chance to take a side on relatively the same issue of whether or not mercy killings are justified. The novel is about Lennie Small, a huge, mentally impaired man, and George Milton, a friend that looks after Lennie, searching for work in California during the Great Depression. Towards the end of the novel, Lennie enrages Curley by accidentally killing his wife, and George is left with the decision of whether or not to kill Lennie himself. George decides to shoot him solely out of love for his friend, but this killing initiates a debate in which the readers can take sides about his righteousness. Some people believe that George is justified in killing Lennie and should have done it, while others would argue that George should not have done it and should be held accountable for murder. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George Milton should have shot Lennie Small because George is his friend and knows what is best for Lennie, and he knows that if Lennie lives, he will suffer. Other people may believe that George should not have shot Lennie and should therefore be punished because Lennie has mental issues and his killing of Curley’s wife is a complete accident. Because of his mental...
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...the poems in the ‘Moon on the Tides’ anthology be seen to provide a meaningful insight into George and Lennie’s relationship? During the Great Depression of the 1930s when America was plunged into financial crisis, following the Wall Street Crash of October 1929, levels of unemployment and poverty were at a record high. Through this period, life was a struggle and the mentality of society became survival of the fittest, every man for himself. Migrant workers toured the country in search of labour to provide money for food. These men led lonely and emotionless lives, which are reflected through Steinbeck’s portrayal of his characters in his famous, yet bleak, 1930s parable ‘Of Mice and Men.’ In the novel, George and Lennie’s relationship diversifies them from the other ranch workers for the reason that they rely on each other for support and companionship ‘I got you and you got me.’ In particular, the dream they share of owning their own land, reflects the American Dream of being the ringleader of your own life with a level of self- sufficiency. The dream is a significant aspect in their relationship and is portrayed in the poem ‘The Moment’. Apart from each other, the only other thing that George and Lennie have to keep them motivated is the dream. The poem opens with the line “The moment when, after many years of hard work and a long voyage”. This is a metaphor for the life that George and Lennie live as itinerant workers and how they move from ranch to ranch together to find...
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...George George in Lennie’s minder, instructor or even some would say a father figure. He’s always telling him what to do and how to behave much like a father would with his child, which would suggest George cares about Lennie “I ain’t gonna let em hurt Lennie”. However this is not always shown to be true as George doesn’t always treat Lennie very well in the novel, he often shouts at him and calls him a “crazy bastard.” But George does help Lennie stay out of trouble, and sorts things out if they have any problems “like [they did] in weed” as George says “you do bad things and I got to get you out.” Killing Lennie shows how loyal George is him as he knows it’ll be kinder to kill Lennie while he’s imagining their dream farm than to let Curley shoot him painfully in “his guts.” George is reasonably smart, he’s clever as far as finding work is concerned. He often says he’d be better off alone and sometimes it seems like he’d rather do this than own a farm with Lennie “if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble.” But George isn’t just with Lennie because he feels responsible for him. Lennie gives him companionship and lets him believe that the dream of owning a farm could come true. George is a realistic character when he lies under the stars in chapter one, he seems happy “tonight I’m gonna lay right here and look up. I like it.” He obviously enjoys the things most people would enjoy like being free from work and demanding bosses. Steinbeck...
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...him to kill Lennie at the end of the novel. George most likely killed Lennie to either save him from a painful death by Curley or to saving him from killing others. He could also have killed Lennie for his own sake. George kills Lennie by shooting him to save him from a more painful death by the hands of Curley,who vowed to make him suffer.In the novel, Curley picked a fight with Lennie. Curley was beating Lennie and he wasn't even defending himself,waiting for George to give him permission to do so. When he did Lennie grabbed Curley's hand and ended up crushing it. Lennie didn't intentionally mean to crush Curley's hand but once he did, he couldn't stop himself...
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...thoughts of what we see. We see society in a good and bad way around us. Euthanasia is unjustified because it brings death, pain, and suffering. The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck took place during the Great Depression, which means it was a harsh life living during the 1930’s. The two main characters in the novel, Lennie and George, both try to accomplish their American Dream by having a field of rabbits, puppies, etc. George and Lennie are best friends and act like big brothers defending one another, but there was an incident where their friendship faded to black and white. Lennie was a person who was big and muscular, forgot everything important, and acted like a little kid. George was a unique person from Lennie’s point of view. George was tough, responsible, and strong. He looked after Lennie all the time. Lennie is innocent because he has likes touching soft things; he has a mind of a child, and only does the things that he is told to do. First of all, the two best friends’ friendship and their American Dream have faded away. The dream of Lennie and George begins to tangle up when Lennie was living in Weeds and touched a woman’s dress. He later ran away because he feared that someone would get him and beat him. He didn’t know the difference between right and wrong. If he knew the actions that he did in Weeds he would do it; Lennie is mentally disabled. Lennie’s actions and intentions made him act like a child and not think for himself: always needing George’s support....
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...encounters him in the opening pages. Simply put, he loves to pet soft things, is blindly devoted to George and their vision of the farm, and possesses incredible physical strength. Nearly every scene in which Lennie appears confirms these and only these characteristics. Although Steinbeck’s insistent repetition of these characteristics makes Lennie a rather flat character, Lennie’s simplicity is central to Steinbeck’s conception of the novel. Of Mice and Men is a very short work that manages to build up an extremely powerful impact. Since the tragedy depends upon the outcome seeming to be inevitable, the reader must know from the start that Lennie is doomed, and must be sympathetic to him. Steinbeck achieves these two feats by creating a protagonist who earns the reader’s sympathy because of his utter helplessness in the face of the events that unfold. Lennie is totally defenseless. He cannot avoid the dangers presented by Curley, Curley’s wife, or the world at large. His innocence raises him to a standard of pure goodness that is more poetic and literary than realistic. His enthusiasm for the vision of their future farm proves contagious as he convinces George, Candy, Crooks, and the reader that such a paradise might be possible. But he is a character whom Steinbeck sets up for disaster, a character whose innocence only seems to ensure his inevitable destruction. George Like Lennie, George can be defined by a few distinct characteristics. He is short-tempered but a loving and devoted...
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...1. he predicts it's Curley for OMAM, Mr Birling for AIC -Steinbeck can use the theme of fate to present Curley. - Curley does not have to work hard like the others but still holds power because he is the Boss's son. - Curley picked a fight with Lennie. Lennie hurt Curley. George asks slim "Slim, is Curleys old man gonna can us?" George is worried as Curley has authority because he is the Boss's son. - Curley is said to be evil and was born with authority. - Steinbeck uses Curley to highlight the American Dream. No matter how hard you work success only comes to those who are fated to receive it. This links to the theme of fate. And his fate has brought him power and authority because of what he can do and because he is the Boss's son. he predicts it's Curley for OMAM, Mr Birling for AIC -Steinbeck can use the theme of fate to present Curley. - Curley does not have to work hard like the others but still holds power because he is the Boss's son. - Curley picked a fight with Lennie. Lennie hurt Curley. George asks slim "Slim, is Curleys old man gonna can us?" George is worried as Curley has authority because he is the Boss's son. - Curley is said to be evil and was born with authority. - Steinbeck uses Curley to highlight the American Dream. No matter how hard you work success only comes to those who are fated to receive it. This links to the theme of fate. And his fate has brought him power and authority because of what he can do and because he is the Boss's son. ...
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