Slim is represented throughout the book as a sort of holy figure who is inherently good. When Slim and the men come to the clearing where George has just shot Lennie, the other men don’t truly understand what has happened. Slim does. Slim realizes what has happend, but still supports George, comforting him by saying “ Never you mind… A guy got to sometimes.”(107) and “ you hadda, George. I swear you hadda...” (107). Slim giving his approval is Steinbeck 's way of suggesting that God and Jesus have accepted and forgiven these actions. Steinbeck feels that euthanasia - either of dogs or people - is a kind and charitable …show more content…
However, the popular opinion of euthanasia was not going to last. When World War 2 broke out articles began to appear and showed the horrible things Germans were doing to mentally ill and handicapped people. Germany killing handicapped people to create the Aryan race spread like wildfire, and new found support for euthanasia found in the thirties disappeared."When an opinion poll in 1950 asked Americans whether they approved of allowing physicians by law to end incurably ill patients ' lives by painless means if they and their families requested it, only 36 percent answered 'yes, ' approximately 10 percent less than in the late 1930s” (Historical Timeline).Supporters of Euthanasia how to figure out a way to show how Euthanasia and Nazi killing were not the same thing (Historical