Terry Pratchett's My Case For Euthanasia

Terry Pratchett’s My Case for a Euthanasia Tribunal: Depiction

The thought of death is a scary one. However the scarier thought is “living” a life in pain and suffering from an incurable and terminal disease such as cancer or Alzheimer’s. Imagine your grandparent has recently been diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung cancer. Now the doctor will list off all the possible treatments and in your heart you want your grandparent to try everything to fight for their life. After hearing the doctor give the terrible news, your grandparent ask the doctor about some options but also mentions assisted death. Your mind floods with memories and arguments against it. Your grandparent explains how they have lived a full life, doesn’t want to put the family in debt from the medical bills along with the inevitable cost of a funeral and have

These stories bounced around a little. He told about how little he knew of his grandfather’s death then to his father’s death then his diagnosis then about his journalism days and back to his father and how he would have helped in the assisted death if he was allowed the choice. It jumps from one point then another which could confuse the reader a little, as it did with me. However, the structure of his argument was consistent. He would list an opposing statement then give data that disproves it and strengthens his own argument. Once listing the supporting facts he purposed a suggested solution that would allow a better and more regulated way to allow patient and families to make the decision to seek a doctor for assisted death. Terry even took it a step farther and gave the guideline for the solution to be successful. It seems as if he uses this tactic of listing an opposing thought and then gives a fact supporting his argument instead allows him to pick apart the flaws to the audience to make the opposing arguments seem weak in