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My stance on euthanasia is that there are times were it is right, but there are times were it is definitely wrong. The only times that it is okay is when the person who is going to be killed has a very painful disease that can not be cured and it makes people restless. The disease does not really have to be painful, just that it can not be cured and you can not do anything about it to help the person. It is wrong though when the disease is curable because killing the person would be a disrupt to their life. It is also very wrong when a person commits euthanasia against their own family just because they were feeling very bewildered, like when people loose a job, a friend, or their partner. They don't know what to do, they feel like the whole world is against them, they act very inscrutable, and when no one expects it, they kill their entire family. I earnestly believe that there would be a better solution to the problem than killing your entire family, just because you feel like if it was the end of the world. The person can have other alternatives instead of just killing. I could still have vicissitudes on this topic depending on what I learn and hear from others.

eUtHaNaSiA....."mErCy" KiLLiNg?

1) a. George shot Lennie at the back of the head. He did that because he wanted to “save” Lennie from Curley. To George, it was better to kill Lennie himself, rather than having Curley find Lennie and probably torture him and lynch him. That would be all because of Lennie killing Curley’s wife, which was not completely his fault because he doesn’t know his own strength.George probably thought that by getting rid of Lennie's life, life would be easier for both of them. It would be easier for George because he wouldn't have to worry about Lennie getting them into any kind of trouble, and George wouldn't have to worry about looking out for Lennie. It would be easier for Lennie because he wouldn't even have to worry about living.

1) b. In my opinion, I believe that killing Lennie wasn’t really the right thing to do, but at the same time it was. The reason to why I think that killing Lennie wasn’t the right choice is because George and Lennie were best friends; they were really close friends and they were both helping each other through their hard times. They were even planning the future together and how life would be like as long as they stayed together. I also think that killing Lennie was the wrong thing to do because they could of just ran away together, like they already had done before. At the same time, I also believe that killing Lennie was the right thing to do because what if George hadn’t killed him; they would of probably both thought about running away, and while they were trying to run away, Curley and his men would probably find them. Then, not only would they have killed Lennie, but also George for trying to help him run away. I also think that ending his life was for the best because he didn’t have to suffer of his disability anymore, and of the troubles it caused him.

2) a. In my opinion a quote to represent the reasons that the father had would be,“Late last year, 67-year-old Beppino Englaro, won an intense 10-year legal battle to allow his daughter's feeding tubes to be removed, saying that was her wish”. I believe that explains why he did what he did. He was only a caring father who wanted to make his daughter’s last wish come true.

2) b. A quote to show that it was the best thing to do for the girl would be “The court accepted that before the accident, his daughter had expressed a preference for dying over being kept alive artificially”. The reason why this quote is good is because even the court accepted that the daughter did say what she preferred after the accident. She expressed that she preferred to die than to be kept alive artificially; if she preferred that, then that is what needed to be done.

2) c. I agree with it in a way, but I disagree with it in a way. I agree with it because if that was what she wanted, and even the court accepted it, and the father agreed with it, then it was okay. I also agree with it because artificial living is like not living at all in a way. But at the same time, they are still living, even if it is artificially, so it would be like murder.

3) a. Things going throgh the father's mind:

• he didn't want to leave his young kids in anybody's hands.
• he and his wife both lost his job.

3) b. Parents could support their kids without money by:

• sending them to school.
• encouraging them.