Applying Of Mice and Men to our lives today.

What are the lessons to be learned from this book.
At the end of the book, George kills Lennie. Mrs. Foster asked our class the question, was George killing Lennie a “Mercy Killing.” My answer to this question from my analyzing the data was yes. I will explain my answer in a moment. First, I would like to address the phrase “Mercy Killing.”
Here are some definitions provided by various sites:
1. The Free Online Dictionary- Noun1.mercy killing - the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
2. www.ecancerawareness.com/cancer_glossary/m.php - An easy or painless death, or the intentional ending of the life of a person suffering from an incurable or painful disease at his or her request. Also called euthanasia.

It is putting a living thing, Lennie in the book, to death, usually because of pain or suffering. Now for the reason that I chose yes. I chose yes, for many different reasons. Here are the main ones. First, he had a mental illness unknown to us as readers and wherever he went, he got into trouble. If George could get Lennie out of the mess, he was in at the moment it would only keep happening again. Also, the men would’ve caught Lennie, George killing Lennie painlessly was far better than what Curly as going to do to him. I think I remember something about him being tortured and then lynched. Finally, at the end of the book at the pond, Lennie began to hallucinate and he seemed to have finally gone crazy. In that day and time people like Lennie when not treated very well, George put an end to his suffering and eased his pains. That is why I answered yes to the question.