Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Evaluate Nate's view of his injury vs that of his Mom. How do they differ?

         I think overall Nate is more accepting of his injury and accepts more responsibility,while Nate's mom is in denial and doesn't want to accept it. An example of this is when Reggie goes to see Nate in the hospital, Nate is not mad at Reggie and even tells him it's not his fault, while Nate's mom is still mad at him. After seeing his therapist for the first time, Reggie decides it's time to try and visit Nate Brown in the hospital again. He goes up, and makes it into the room without seeing Nate's mom. Reggie sees Nate and talks to him, and Nate is very friendly and happy to see him, and tells Reggie the injury is not his fault at all and there are no harsh feelings between them. Eventually, Nate's mom does walk in. She is still upset with Reggie, but Nate unsuccessfully tries to convince her to not scare Reggie away again. "'Stop it Mom!' Nate yelled. 'Reggie didn't have anything to do with this. It was my fault, not his. Why are you doing this?'". Nate and Reggie went to a football camp together a few years ago, and developed a friendship there. Nate knows Reggie is a friend and would never do something like that on purpose, while Nate's Mom doesn't know Reggie at all and has no idea what he's like. Also, I think Nate is more accepting of the injury and knows it's his fault, while Nate's Mom is looking to just blame anyone she can because she doesn't want
to believe this is happening to her, and she wants even less to believe there is no one to blame and take her anger out on.





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