Mercy Killing In John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice And Men'
Janae Perez
English II Pre-AP
Ms. Sifuentes
11 November 2014
Mercy Killing If a loved one is on life support, should you pull the plug? People have their own fate and that is what is set. In Of Mice and Men, author John Steinbeck depicts the fate of Lennie. But if they can’t control what is going to happen to them than a loved one takes the responsibility to choose whether they want to stop the treatment or keep them on the treatment and making them suffer . This is more of torture then caring for them and helping them. Mercy Killing is a justifiable solution, because it ends someone’s life that is either on the line or who’s ill and there is no way the will make it, meaning they don’t have to suffer. To begin …show more content…
Yes, it’s somewhat inhumane to some people, but it makes people suffer more and longs them of being supported in life, not independent like everyone should. It’s not only the patient suffering it’s the family. By letting the ill person out of their misery like George does to Lennie, there was no way around the fact that he is now destined to death. Just the same a person with cancer or is brain dead, there’s no way out. Your trapped in your own body, you’re no longer leaving, but then again it just the last phase in life. Your are not the only one that will go through this. It your choice and your loved ones to either make it quick and unpainful or long suffering. No one wants to see their loved one suffer there last days on earth with tubes connected to them surrounded by machines. And you don't have to waste all you’re saving and hard work on the outrageous hospital bills and the hospitals will have more resources and hospital beds for other patients in like or curable situation. And lastly, you it gives the ill person peace and final resting with no worries, no disease, no mental illness, no suffer. Yet there are those people who wish so much they could have their loved ones back, but wouldn't you also want the best for them if you were in a situation like how would you feel? Would you feel lost because you wouldn't know what to do? Or powerless because there’s nothing you can do to help that person? Someone’s life is in your hand. What would you
English II Pre-AP
Ms. Sifuentes
11 November 2014
Mercy Killing If a loved one is on life support, should you pull the plug? People have their own fate and that is what is set. In Of Mice and Men, author John Steinbeck depicts the fate of Lennie. But if they can’t control what is going to happen to them than a loved one takes the responsibility to choose whether they want to stop the treatment or keep them on the treatment and making them suffer . This is more of torture then caring for them and helping them. Mercy Killing is a justifiable solution, because it ends someone’s life that is either on the line or who’s ill and there is no way the will make it, meaning they don’t have to suffer. To begin …show more content…
Yes, it’s somewhat inhumane to some people, but it makes people suffer more and longs them of being supported in life, not independent like everyone should. It’s not only the patient suffering it’s the family. By letting the ill person out of their misery like George does to Lennie, there was no way around the fact that he is now destined to death. Just the same a person with cancer or is brain dead, there’s no way out. Your trapped in your own body, you’re no longer leaving, but then again it just the last phase in life. Your are not the only one that will go through this. It your choice and your loved ones to either make it quick and unpainful or long suffering. No one wants to see their loved one suffer there last days on earth with tubes connected to them surrounded by machines. And you don't have to waste all you’re saving and hard work on the outrageous hospital bills and the hospitals will have more resources and hospital beds for other patients in like or curable situation. And lastly, you it gives the ill person peace and final resting with no worries, no disease, no mental illness, no suffer. Yet there are those people who wish so much they could have their loved ones back, but wouldn't you also want the best for them if you were in a situation like how would you feel? Would you feel lost because you wouldn't know what to do? Or powerless because there’s nothing you can do to help that person? Someone’s life is in your hand. What would you