The Role Of Assisted Suicide In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

His aforementioned characteristics lead to a detrimental event: the murder of Curley’s wife. George realizes that Curley will not leave Lennie alone as quoted by Candy: “‘Curley gon’ta wanta get ‘im lynched. Curley’ll get ‘im killed.’” (). George decides to kill Lennie compassionately to prevent further afflictions by lettting Lennie die at his happiest moment.

“One in four people in the world will be affected by mental health … but few of them will seek or receive help …” (Nullis). People don’t seek help for their mental illness because of the facilities they have in place them. These people who don’t receive help are categorized as violent people by a few In America and the UK. John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men demonstrates the real world problem of how people with mental health issues are not treated and seen as equals and how people deal with others with mental illness. Steinbeck uses Lennie in his novel Of Mice and Men to show how people with mental illnesses are viewed and treated by the public.

Lenny is on track to an early death as a result of his lifestyle decisions. If he continues his habits on a regular basis, he will most likely develop preventable diseases. These are some of unhealthy things which affect his chances: smoking, obesity, stress, environment, having high blood pressure, and his diet (containing high-salt). There are major health problem that all are linked to these choices; cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer are several key ones. Without changing, Lenny will probably live a shorter life—as a result of his own decisions and way of life.

Two hours after George killed Lennie, George was at the bar with Curley and Slim to get a drink, and the three began talking about Lennie, making George start to think if he had done the right thing by shooting Lennie in the head. After the three left the bar, George walked out onto the street and saw Curley's wife walking down the street. George decided to shrug it off and told himself that it was all part of his imagination, and George returned to his house. Three years later, George had built the house by the lake that Lennie had wanted, and George had buried Lennie's body in the backyard. Later, George had decided to go to the bar to get a drink, when he got to the bar he saw Slim and Carley, and Curley's wife all talking with each other. When the group saw George, he was in awe "I thought that Lennie killed you..." he said to Curley's wife, Curley replied excitedly "Nope, i'm not sure how but she is alive!" George was still confused, then Slim said "Stop asking so many questions and come have a drink" George had then began thinking about how the only reason he killed Lennie was because Lennie went too far to save by killing Curley's wife. After that, George had began disconnecting himself with the rest of the group because he had become depressed after he had learned that Lennie wasn't a murderer. Just as George was thinking about how he shouldn't have killed Lennie, he heard a knock on his door, and he went to see who it was, Curley's wife was at the door with Slim, and both were looking sad. George had opened the door for them, and said "What happened?" Curley's wife looked back at him, and informed him that Curley had been murdered. George beckoned the two inside is house, and said "Come in, do either of you want anything to drink?" Curley's wife shook her head Slim walked her inside. The three sat down at a table in George's house "Tell me what happened" George said nervously, Curley's wife replied, "I was having an argument with Curley and he had gotten angry and stormed off, later, when i went looking for him, I found him in the ranch, with an axe wound in his head." Curley's wife started crying and Slim looked at George, "She came to me and told me the story, then asked

In the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, there are many human and animal deaths all throughout the book. The most significant death was when George went against his will and killed Lennie. Lennie’s death was unjustified since he was never given any opportunity to make up for it or to just run and get away. After Lennie killed Curley’s wife no one could trust him and with that the workers on the ranch believed it was Lennie’s “turn” to die. Over the course of human history there have been many unjustified deaths leading to no charge against the assailants. Such as, death row, self-defense and euthanasia, these types of deaths are all unjustified and there are many reasons to authenticate it.

“And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger.” George has just killed his best friend (Steinbeck 106). In John Steinbeck’s 1937 novella Of Mice and Men, George Milton and Lennie Small are a pair of pals that travel across California in search of work in the 1930s. With Lennie’s simple-minded thinking, he runs George and himself into trouble which costs them their job. The pair finally settles at a ranch somewhere in rural California after getting chased out of their last job. After a while, the inevitable happens and Lennie does something that does not look good for him, which causes men from the ranch to go chasing after him with the intent of killing him. Lennie flees to a nearby river where George meets him. To spare Lennie from the mental suffering of people always getting frustrated with him and criticizing his mistakes, George takes his life in an act of mercy.

In the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie are migrant workers. They have to move around a lot because they run into many problems due to Lennie and his disability. George made a promise to Lennie's aunt that he would take care of him. They travel everywhere together and George cares for Lennie. At the end of the book, Lennie kills a ranch worker’s wife and a group of the ranch workers hunt Lennie down. George goes with them and finds Lennie, before any of them could and kills Lennie. George killed Lennie because he probably would have suffered a painful death. There is dispute over whether George committed murder or if what he did was considered Non- Voluntary Euthanasia. “Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally

George killing Lennie was justified because George was Lennie’s best friend and Geroge knew that he Curley was going to kill Lennie anyways. George and Lennie both dreamed of living on a ranch together but because of both of their diasadvantages that dream would never be

Defend or challenge the notion that George's act of killing Lennie was one of kindness

To consider murder in absolute terms, murder is wrong. Whether you grew up learning the ten commandments or in a household who valued right over wrong, the act of murder is always going to end up being the wrong decision. However, in the situation with George and Lennie, George was truly thinking of Lennie first. George acts as Lennie’s caretaker and he knew what would be the best for Lennie. Specifically, Mr. Wise, a murder, had killed his wife who suffered from a triple aneurysm. His lawyer, Mr, Adamson, believed Mr. Wise’s wife was suffering in multiple ways so he announced, “But it was not likely that she was ever going to recover to the point where she could care for herself” (Qtd. in Rivera). Even though murder is wrong, mercy killings are sometimes needed to make things right. In Mr. Wise’s case, his wife was suffering and he was thinking about what she would of wanted. George is exactly the same way with Lennie. George wanted Lennie to not suffer the pain that Curley would put him through so he was making a decision with Lennie in mind first. In the end, murder is wrong but George was only looking out for Lennie, as a best friend would

Mental illness in America has always been a sensitive topic because people with mental illness were often times treated as inferior to the common man. Someone with a mental illness can often contribute to society just as well and sometimes better than the average person. The Great Depression was a significant period in the treatment of the mentally ill. It was one of the most difficult eras in this nation’s history. Many people faced extreme hardships. People with mental illness faced discrimination, therefore they faced aggrandized adversity. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck demonstrates this through Lennie, a large man with an apparent mental disability that experiences lots of problems on his journey.

Based on the documents of this scrutiny, George was still involved in the plan of Lennie’s death. The killer acted with deliberation and premeditation beforehand the death of

“I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail”(Steinbeck 7). If a person has a mental or physical challenge, it will have a major effect on how that person is capable of living the rest of their life. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck illustrates how the mental and physical challenges and state of mind of the characters makes them incapable of achieving their American Dreams. Individuals with mental challenges in the 1930’s and now a days, were and still may be considered to be worthless and not good for much. Having a physical challenge, like a missing hand, will affect the type of work someone can do, and could limit someone job opportunities. Usually when a person is told something as a child, they will believe

Two girls died the other day, one sadly took her own life while the other’s life was taken from her brutally. Everybody's upset, putting up suicide prevention posters and talking about how this is terrible and being sorry for the families who lost a loved one. Someone else ended their life through the process of Euthanasia, yet the third death was accepted and was hardly talked about. In Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, one of the main characters, George, is faced with a decision to kill his friend Lennie. George has a hard time doing so because he has known Lennie for so long. In the end George decides that it would be best if he killed Lennie, in a form called Euthanasia, instead of Curley brutally killing him. Euthanasia, also known as mercy killing, is when a doctor kills a patient painlessly because they have no more desire to live. Therefore, mercy killing is cruel and an unnecessary practice that seems to be very similar to a suicide and homicide.

This may be viewed as a compassionate homicide but killing is wrong. George took responsibility for Lennie to always protect and look after him, but he failed by taking Lennie’s