Theme Of Euthanasia In The Million Dollar Baby

His inability to control his own strength and his temptations of physical stimulation for soft things have caused him to get into series of trouble. Despite his inability to control himself and his low mental capability, he has the ability to recognize the morals of right and wrong. For example, when he accidentally kills Slim’s puppy, he understands that he did something wrong and knew the consequences, whereas he says “George ain’t gonna let me tend no rabbits”. Since he has the knowledge and ability to distinguish right and wrong situations, he should have kept himself away from Curley’s wife when she tries to approach him. He should also have avoided touching Curley’s wife’s hair as he knew that George told him interacting with Curley’s wife is a wrongful action. He has a realisation that he did something wrong as he once said that “George gonna say I done a bad thing”. Unfortunately, he chose to silent Curley’s wife in wrong way, meanwhile, he accidentally kills and leading to the incident where George has to kill him before Curley does. Therefore Lennie is partly responsible for his own

Lennie is unaware of his own strength, and accidentally kills Curley’s wife, which causes George to weigh Lennie’s options. He decides that killing Lennie would be the best option, and, after delivering the killing bullet, Carlson asks George how he does it. George stiffly sits on the bank, and his “voice was almost a whisper. He looked steadily at this right hand that had held the gun” (107). The fact that George acts very calm and quiet indicates that he is in deep shock. The trauma from killing Lennie really deals a blow to George’s energy. George himself would be happy if his friend did not have to die, but he is completely aware of how it is the option that is best for Lennie. Shooting Lennie causes George to experience deep sorrow, anxiety, and anguish. He feels emotionally drained and tired, which he could avoid by just leaving Lennie alive, but he sacrifices his own emotional health to benefit Lennie. If Lennie was not George’s good friend, George would not invest so much of his own happiness. Friends not only have to deal with their own problems, but also have to sacrifice more energy by managing their friends’ as

Without Lennie, George would be a loner. Even though George gets frustrated by Lennie 's mental weakness, he also feels compassion for his friend. Lennie offers George the opportunity to lay plans, give advice, and, in general, be in charge. Without Lennie, George would be just like the other hands, but with Lennie, George has a strong sense of responsibility. In the end, he even takes responsibility for Lennie 's death. George also understands that Lennie does not have an adult 's sense of guilt and does not understand death or murder beyond it being a "bad thing." George makes it possible for Lennie — sometimes — to understand at least partial consequences of his actions. Unfortunately, George does not realize how dangerous Lennie can be, and this lack of foresight adds to the downfall of their dream.

Although Frankie has never had much love he knows what it means and he finds it in Doc. With Doc he is not alone. Doc is his protection, his comforter. He is also a father figure who he looks up to.

Individuals often show kindness to shape their destiny, depending on how kindness is directed can change course of ones’ destiny. In the film Million Dollar Baby, director Clint Eastwood uses protectiveness and thoughtfulness to demonstrate ways in which a person uses kindness to determine their destiny. In the film Frankie appears to be a stubborn man, who is very self centered although this is not the case. Throughout the film his attitude begins to become clearer to the viewer and he becomes less skewed. His ultimate decision in the end of the film proves his true identity and shows how protectiveness and thoughtfulness has shaped his destiny. Often individuals use kindness to shape and alter their destiny either for, better or worse.

When Doc asks him why he did it, Frankie replied, “I love you,” Instead of fighting to try and get Frankie freed, Doc runs out of the police station (Cannery Row 173-175). The theme that emerges here is: sometimes broken things should be cleared out of the way to make way for change, even if it means giving up something that one has grown accustomed to. Doc did not try to avoid getting rid of Frankie, although it may have caused him pain to let go of someone who has been around him for so long.

Without Lennie, George is relieved of stress and liability. George promised Clara, Lennie’s aunt, that he would take care of Lennie. Providing for Lennie was too much on George’s plate. It was more than he could handle. Often times George snapped. In chapter one, before arriving at their new job George vocalizes “God a’ mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy…I got you! You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get. Jus’ keep me shovin’ all over the country all the time. An’ that ain’t the worst. You get in trouble. You do bad things and I got to get you out”(11). Taking care of Lennie took a toll on George because, Lennie has a mental disability. Lennie restricts George of opportunity and a sense of ownership. Regularly moving from job to job due to Lennie’s wrong doings, George never could settle down. For instance, Lennie and George got fired from a ranch in Weed. George explains “Well, he seen this girl in a red dress. Dumb bastard like he is, he wants to touch ever’thing he likes. Just wants to feel it. So he reaches out to feel this red dress an’ the girl lets out a squawk...that girl rabbits in an’ tells the law she been raped. The guys in Weed start a party out to lynch Lennie.” Life without lennie simpifies life for george and protects other people and

At this point in the scene, Frankie was few up with Anita Bryant. I could tell she wanted to scream at the top of her lungs, about the facts of homosexuals. Instead Frankie thought to herself, “It pissed me off that people put the rap on us for what pedophiles did. If you paid attention to your stats, or the neighborhood grapevine…about the husband down the street, you’d know that damn there all the pedophiles were heterosexuals” (Lennon 160). This was a sarcastic yet frustrating comment that left Frankie feeling aggravated by the ignorance of her peers. I could definitely relate to Frankie’s emotions, we cannot judge others when we are not perfect ourselves. This was not the “safe” time to openly express her sexuality to others.

She worked hard enough and was able to get an incredible trainer to train her. Maggie is in the hospital after her downfall, getting punched after the bell and now being paralyzed, she is going to lose her legs, has to breathe out of a breathing tube and will never fight again. Maggie says to Frankie, “I can’t be like this, Frankie. Not after what I’ve done. I’ve seen the world. People chanted my name. Well, not my name… some damn name you gave me. I was in magazines. You think I ever dreamed of that’d happen?” In this quote Maggie exhibits that she is ready to die, she has achieved more then she could ever dream of. Maggie learns that she can do anything if she puts her mind to it.

George appreciates Slim’s mature demeanor and views him somewhat as a holy figure. Slim reciprocates his friendship towards George by gifting Lennie a puppy from his liter. George asks a favor from Slim and thanks him saying, “It wasn’t much to you, maybe, but it was a hell of a lot to him” (38). George acts as a God-like figure towards Lennie because he takes care of him and Lennie in return praises him. No human being would commit a murder, killing the one they loved, if the two had a healthy relationship, which was one that George and Lennie possessed.

The purpose of my poem ‘Some Poison To Cure My Disease’ was to raise awareness to the issue of human euthanasia. The poem was based off Bruce Dawe’s text ‘The Wholly Innocent’ which was centred on the theme of abortion. Dawe wrote many poems on controversial topics such as this and in doing so, managed to raise awareness of some of these issues. I am very much for the idea of human euthanasia and I felt like the topic hasn’t been discussed in the media as often as it should be. I wrote this poem in hopes that people can try to understand what it would be like if they were in the same position as the main character in the text.

There is nothing ordinary in Frankie’s world, now inhabited by Eddie and Maggie. Frankie has lost his daughter’s respect and is trying to get it back. Eddie, an ex-boxing champion who has lost his eye in his final match, is now living in the gym. Maggie is maniacally obsessed with becoming a boxing champion. In a way, these diverse and complex characters are made for each other. Frankie and Maggie need one another. She seeks a mentor and trainer and he needs a person to care for in order to overcome the loss of his daughter. Eddie is there to balance the fragile relationship between Maggie and Frankie. These intricate relationships allow Clint Eastwood to treat matters of love, respect, and success insightfully and thoroughly. The main subject of the movie is the relationship between Frankie and Maggie and the tough decisions, which Frankie makes so that Maggie can fulfill her dream. As the audience sees it, it is not always easy to make the right decision. Sometimes they are so obscure and controversial that one really can’t decide what to do and which way is right. And, it becomes even more complicated when one’s decision affects not only him or her, but also a person he or she loves and cares for. In this sense, Million Dollar Baby is really about the sacrifices that people sometimes make in order to achieve success, fulfill their dreams, or care for their loved ones.

However, "the old laws she had known before meant nothing tp F. Jasmine, and without a second thought she ... went inside" (53). In this scene, Frankie took note that this bar was no place for children, nevertheless, she went inside because she does not think of herself as a child. Going into the bar represents the passage of becoming an adult. As Frankie stands on the sidewalk, peering into the bar, she is a child. Thus, walking into the bar signifies her walking away towards childhood and into

Lowry touches upon in the Giver is euthanasia. In General,The society in the novel "The Giver it has alot of similarities and diffrences in our mordern day society. Jonas, as a result of conflict with his beginning of the story to the end on the novel. examples and gives many alike diveraent characteristis about Uto For example,in "The Giver'',we both live in a distopya society. Instead, we all have problems in the same society.

Ethics can be defined as a set of principles which dictate what is considered as morally ‘good’ and ‘bad’. Abortion is defined as the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy through a medical procedure which results in the death of a fetus. Within ethics, there are many arguments as to whether abortion should be permitted in society as many regard it as an act of murder and others simply see it as a decision that should be given to the mother only. The issue of abortion remains to be one of the most controversial topics in society, which causes an inevitable clash of opinion. Through the exploration of philosophical principles, we are able to evaluate the origins of such opinions. In the same way, utilitarianism equates wrongness or blameworthiness of an action with its resultant pain or unhappiness. The central principle of utilitarianism expresses the belief that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Since utilitarianism differentiates ethical and unethical actions on the basis of the outcomes of those actions, it falls into the consequentialist class. With this belief, utilitarianism challenged traditional views that abortion was an 'evil ' act, arguing instead that the end justifies the means. In contrast, the deontologist would consider the intent of the person seeking an abortion in evaluating its ethical standing. In addition to this, postmodernism argues that, since there is