In the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, one of the main characters by the name of George fires the round of a Luger pistol into the back of his best friend’s head, Lennie Small. Without context, this would be seen as murder, as a crime. According to latitimes.com “Many Americans still live in fear that they'll have no control over pain and suffering in the face of death.” (Lynch 1). The previously written quote is referencing mercy killings. A serious topic of debate in today's world. Both in the land of reality, and in the fictional realm of fantasy.
In this particular scenario, this act was not murder, it was mercy. Lennie was a disabled man, he was forgetful, unempathetic, and easily frightened. Not to mention he just killed a woman. …show more content…
Gigi Jordan, pharmaceutical millionaire, did what she could. Gigi was the mother of a small boy by the name of Jude. For the first few years of Jude’s life, he was both happy and healthy. But around the age of three, he started showing signs of autism. It’s even quoted that “the Boy suddenly began to regress and reverted back to crawling” and “Lost his curiosity and became all but mute” (Rosenberg 1). This crushed Gigi. After years tolerating Jude’s disability, she decided it was enough, and that it would be better if they both died. Gigi’s plan was to feed both herself and Jude a mixture of drugs in order to overdose. This plan was quite effective, to an extent. Instead of both Gigi and Jude dying, Gigi actually survived. In court, she explains why she decided to participate in the mercy killing. In summary, Gigi decided to take both her own, and her son’s life because of the apparent abuse of her husband and she legitimately thought it was the right thing to do. While her plan was not well executed, its concept is still the same. George killed Lennie because he thought it was the best possible decision. Furthermore, it can be inferred that Slim agrees with George’s decision since he offered George a drink at the end of the
In this particular scenario, this act was not murder, it was mercy. Lennie was a disabled man, he was forgetful, unempathetic, and easily frightened. Not to mention he just killed a woman. …show more content…
Gigi Jordan, pharmaceutical millionaire, did what she could. Gigi was the mother of a small boy by the name of Jude. For the first few years of Jude’s life, he was both happy and healthy. But around the age of three, he started showing signs of autism. It’s even quoted that “the Boy suddenly began to regress and reverted back to crawling” and “Lost his curiosity and became all but mute” (Rosenberg 1). This crushed Gigi. After years tolerating Jude’s disability, she decided it was enough, and that it would be better if they both died. Gigi’s plan was to feed both herself and Jude a mixture of drugs in order to overdose. This plan was quite effective, to an extent. Instead of both Gigi and Jude dying, Gigi actually survived. In court, she explains why she decided to participate in the mercy killing. In summary, Gigi decided to take both her own, and her son’s life because of the apparent abuse of her husband and she legitimately thought it was the right thing to do. While her plan was not well executed, its concept is still the same. George killed Lennie because he thought it was the best possible decision. Furthermore, it can be inferred that Slim agrees with George’s decision since he offered George a drink at the end of the