Mental Disability Flashcards
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Context
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Moniz- inventor of lobotomy- doctors open up your brain and remove part of it to seperate their emotions and thoughts whilst claiming retaining intelligence- but it didnt.
Lennie- calmed by george.
Approach of medical proffesion.
What george thinks when he kills lennie.
Who is george to decide that lennie shouldn’t live etc.
Steinbeck plays with idea that we should treat mentall ill people is to kill them when they become dangerous??
2
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Lennie
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Mind of a five year old- innocence
Emotions will dominate and ruin reason- kills mouse, puppy and curleys wife.
Cant comprehend his strength.
Society will not make allowances for mental illness- only slim understands however slim says it was right for g to kill l.
