3/3/14

Evaluate Reggie's decision to visit Nate in the hospital. Do you think it was the right decision?

   

               Reggie did make the right decision by going to visit Nate in the hospital because it shows he cares and respects everyone, even his competitors. Reggie is a high school senior linebacker, who in the first game of the season against Milbury High School intercepts a pass, and is trying to run it back for a touchdown when he feels a painful thud on his back. He gets up to celebrate the interception, only to realize no one else is celebrating. Looking back behind him on the field, he sees Milbury tight end Nate Brown lying motionless on the ground. Brown is soon evacuated by an ambulance and the rest of the game is cancelled. In the next few days, Reggie has to deal with guilt, thinking the injury was his fault, so he wants to go see Nate in the hospital to see if he's okay. Nothing can get the incident off Reggie's mind, and he needs to go to the hospital to find out more information about Nate and whether he will be alright. "I had been thinking about the geese for a few seconds when thoughts of Nate Brown rushed back into my head" (33).  When Reggie wakes up that Saturday morning after the game, all he can think of is Nate, and other things can hold his attention for only a few seconds. Reggie is becoming borderline obsessive about the injury, and has basically a psychological need to go check on Nate and find out what is going on. Some people may say it wasn't the right decision because it caused Nate's family grief and Reggie didn't find out much about Nate because of it. However, I think it was the right decision because it gave Reggie an idea of how bad it was, and Reggie didn't do it with any intention of harming Nate's family or causing them grief.