If Gage’s accident happened to me I would not want to live. Even though he made a full recovery he was totally different. His personality changed, I would not want to experience the pain he felt.
On September 18, 1848, Phineas should have been dead, but he was not. The shock and trauma should have been enough, but it was not. Phineas was able to talk and walk. He was fully conscious. I can only imagine the pain that he was in, even though he did not show it. I would not want to survive this accident if it happened to me. Mostly because I would not be able to have a positive outlook on life.
For the most part, of his recovery, he seemed to be fine. Eventually, Dr. John Martyn Harlow realized that his personality had completely changed. He went
As you can see, in my professional opinion I do think that Gene Forrester is responsible for what happened to Phineas. I do believe that he intentionally caused the first the injury to Phineas. In all respect, I believe that Gene could have prevented what happened to Phineas the second time. With this being said, I do believe Gene is responsible for everything that happened to
He does not want others to go through his pain because of all the adversity he went through. His actions also troubled many of the people around him, like friends and family. In addition to wanting the readers to learn from his experiences, I also believe that he wants to remind himself of his past. Therefore, he can witness the improvements he has made. In the start of the book, he believes that “your body tries to keep you alive no matter what you do.
I think his parents should have been more there for him though and noticed that he didn’t have many friends and had weird behaviors, I felt as if they didn’t discipline him enough or he wouldn’t have acted out in the way he had. His parents got divorced when he was a teenager plus the contributing factors that he didn’t have any friends played a part of the way he was. I think the surgery and stress of everything was overwhelming and that he didn’t have someone to look up to and see right for wrong. As for his behaviors as
He went from the illusion that he can do anything, to that of no one wanting him, that he was useless. In both cases, the reality of the situation was quite the opposite, he was able to get away with everything because of the value he brought to Devon’s athletic department, and Gene his best friend relies on him every day. Gene relies on Phineas as we have seen on multiple occasions, as Phineas is apart of and helps form his identity, however Phineas never acknowledges that, in fact he has never acknowledged the reality of any of his circumstances. With the exception during his breakdown when he partially acknowledges the fact that military service is not a route for him to take, regardless of his desire to do so. Phineas is a character who was never known to reconcile.
He states in many interviews that he knew he was sick and that he would never be able to control it. (Jeffrey Dahmer
It was not even really a choice. It was on the advice of his doctors and it had to happen. He's plodding along. We are, too. It was necessary.
Indifference can cause people to not believe in themselves. It says in the biography, “He closed his eyes, as though to escape time. You don't understand, he said in despair. You can't understand. I have been saved miraculously saved…”.
Gatsby’s death is tragic because he was one of the most important characters and died to forces outside of his control. The resentful and tragic nature of Gatsby’s death is portrayed well in Fitzgerald’s
He got incredibly sick and was on the verge of death and had finally realized how precious life and happiness was (paragraph 34). Suffering and illness impacts the way a person profits from life. Coming from my own personal experiences with multiple family members suffering from cancer or other life-threatening diseases, they end up valuing life much more after being diagnosed. The ironic thing is that after they heal, they go back to taking advantage of life’s most precious moments. Another article titled, "What Is a Life Worth?" by Amanda Ripley, explains how the government puts a dollar value on the lives of humans.
Phineas was athletic and thriving for the summer but as soon as the seasons start to change and it gets closer to Fall he becomes a cripple. Gene's one movement when they were in the tree caused Finny to fall changing the way some people looked at him. During the Summer people looked at Phineas like he was a god. Finny was great at sports but once Autumn came near and after the accident he lost the way people looked at him in a god like manner. People looked at Finny and saw him as the kid who fell out of the tree, they didn't look up to him anymore.
By the end of the story, unlike the other characters, Gene was unpredictable and unsure of where he was headed next after Phineas’ funeral and the ending of the
Phineas, after being tormented by Gene’s actions, still finds forgiveness in his heart. Shortly after Gene visits Phineas in the infirmary, Gene tells Phineas how it was he who purposely jounced the limb (Knowles 191). Phineas, in response to Gene’s great remorse, says, “Something just seized you. It wasn’t anything you really felt against me, it wasn’t some kind of hate you’ve felt all along. It wasn’t anything personal” (Knowles 191).
Then his life was flipped and he had to make some hard decisions, an he became very troubled. He walked around depressed and if suicide wasn't
I’m not saying his life was perfect, but in many peoples point of view, including myself it seems like he was privileged. Now obviously people see things differently. Maybe in his point of view he just feels the need to abandon everything and he didn’t like his life. In Chris Ingram Remove The Bus essay about Into The Wild he states “For him to sever contact with his family and loved ones and die of simple starvation is just terribly sad and selfish (Online Source).” I completely agree with Chris Ingram.