In this literary work by James Rachels, the author is fighting to make his opinion believed, rather than give an unbiased article. He is arguing about the differences between active and passive euthanasia. The author makes references to several stories to try and sway the reader to believe that the best thing to do in cases where people want to die, is to go ahead and perform assisted suicide. He states that, "If one simply …showed first 75 words of 957 total…

…showed last 75 words of 957 total…opposition. He does give a pretty good glimpse of both sides to this story, however he forces the reader to oppose euthanasia as a whole by the way he writes. For example he stated things like "it would be wrong to prolong his suffering" rather than saying "it would be wrong to prolong his life". He very sneakily causes the reader to feel negative towards the things that he wants us to be opposed to.