(1) I think mercy killing can be both good and bad. Say someones terminally ill with cancer and they don't want to let the cancer decide when they die. I think it would be fine then. It can also be bad because people can try to use it as an easy way out of their problems.

(2)I think we should let old people do their own thing. Let them work until they want to/cant work anymore, and I think we should only put them in homes if they need it. Same goes for crippled people. Let them work if they can, and only give them help if the need/want it.

(3)I think mentally handicapped people should be included in society as much as possible. If we include them in society, they learn how to act around normal people, and normal people learn how to act around them.

(4)I think George is justified for killing Lennie. George knew Lennie was either going to die a painful death because of Curley, or Lennie was going to sit in jail strapped up because hes mentally challenged. George killed Lennie because he didn't want Lennie to suffer.

(5)At the end of the story, they're in the same setting, but it feels a lot less happy. The beginning of the story seemed happy as we learned about the farm and them going to work. As George kills Lennie, he tells him about the farm. I think that sort of signifies the dying of their dream.