Life And Death Analysis

Life and Death The life and death letter was about a man who is eighty years old. He is a man who lives all alone, his wife and all of his children live out of state. The man feels as if he is becoming a burden for his family. He suffers from prostate cancer, which makes him have to use the restroom several times a night. Most of the time just standing in front of the toilet hoping that something comes out. He also suffers from stiff bones and joints, so it hurts him when he tries to walk. Another thing that he has a problem with is that he has bits of skin cancer that needs to be removed. Although he seems to be in good health and everything that is wrong with him now is treatable, he knows that one day he will not be able to take care of …show more content…
He feels as if paying for all the pills and procedures he will need to treat all of his conditions would be a waste of money. He feels as if he could do better things with the money, like pass his saving down to his grandchildren to give them a jump start on their college tuition. He does not want to die a long drawn out painful death, he would like to lie down and go quietly and peacefully. The man does not understand why people think that it is wrong for an old person to want to end their own life. He does not like the fact that if he did decide to end his own life it would be classified a suicide. His death would become just another statistic of elderly people who have taken their own lives. One thing he does wish for is for society to come up with a solution for elderly people to choose when and how they pass on (Ghillyer, …show more content…
It should be used to have someone who will go through lots of pain and a very bad way of dying. There should be a process you should have to go through before you are even considered to be a candidate for assisted dying. The process should be one where a person’s whole family is involved to make this hard decision. I think it should be that way because although the person is getting the help they need this is something that not only affects the person but, the entire