The conflict in my book all started when Anise was hospitalized for the third time. Her brother Marcel promised to keep in touch with her and even got her a cell phone. He was like the only family she had and actually cared for and unfortunately things started to go down hill for him. His girlfriend left him and he turned to drugs. He stopped answering his phone and out of no where decides to show up at the hospital begging Anise for money because hes in trouble. He being under the influence made Anise really upset and she said no I won't give you any money. After that the brother started making a big scene and was taken out of the hospital by security and was not allowed to ever come back.
Anise remained in the hospital worried about her brother and wanting to help him. She started blaming herself saying it was her fault because she didn't give him money. She didn't hear from him for weeks until one night he called her but she decided not to pick up her phone. Since he was ignoring her she decided to ignore him too. Then the next morning she heard the tragic news, her brother Marcel was in the hospital in a coma. He had been doing crystal meth for a couple days, and smoking and injecting himself to the point of getting really aggressive with some friends and having a stroke. Nurses aren't sure how much brain damage he has or if he'll even survive. Anise after hearing the news went automatically to go visit the brother and was disappointed she let her brother down. He had scratches all over his face because he was trying to get rid of insects and worms he hallucinated were attacking him.
Anise felt like a failure and like she let her brother down. As a result of this she decided to leave a note on her nurses door saying, "I hope the exit is joyful and I hope never to return." She ran away from the hospital and passed by a drug store to buy a whole bunch of painkillers. She feels this is the end of her road. She thinks she deserves to die, not her brother. She was the one with Anorexia, the one with the lost cause, the cutter. Not her brother Marcel.
As you can see Anise didn't handle this situation very good, shes decided to blame herself for her brothers faults. She is always trying to take on other peoples problems and forgets to take care of herself. She can't fix the world and she has yet to discover that. The decision that she made to want to commit suicide and to run away is a negative one. Now whether or not the outcome is negative you'll have to wait and find out!
This leads to my question: Would you blame yourself for not answering the phone to someone who was in need? If you were in this exact situation would you go to the point of wanting to kill yourself? What do you think the outcome will be? Will she choose to live or die?
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Of course i would blame myself for not answering the phone!! the reget must be so much to handle. Always wondering why and if i did what could of happend. I think that they outcome might be that she kills herself, if she cant live with the fact that its really not her fault. It could led her down a bad path.
ReplyDeleteIf I were in this situation i would feel the guilt of not answering my phone to someone who was in the need of my help, it would bother me because you could have helped that person from making a really bad decision. I think Anise will not kill herself she will find it in herself that she has to stop herself from killing herself because it will not help her brother.
ReplyDeleteIf I got a phone call from someone who needs help I would feel bad. If I was in her position I would not go to the existent of killing myself to solve my problems. and I don’t think she will either.
ReplyDeleteI think that i would blame myself if i was jsut beign selfish and didnt want to answer the phone. But at the same time i wouldnt have know it was this kind of life or death situation if they were callign me and i didnt answer. I dont think i would go to the point of killing myself but i think that i would be really upset with myself if i knew that i could have dont something to help when i didnt. I think that she will choose to live and try and help her brother get better or she could find out what lead her brother to get into this situation so she could understand why this really happened.
ReplyDeleteI would blame myself for not answering the phone, because someones life was on the line, and If I had picked it up they would still be alive. I would not go to the extent of killing myself, because its not like I killed the person.
ReplyDeleteIf i didn't answer the phone and it was somebody in need and something bad happened to them it would be hard not balme your self because you didn't take that second to help the person. I think that she will come close commiting suicide but then she will realize that it wasn't her fault and she doesn't have to kill her self.
ReplyDeletei think that i would blame my self and i dont know if i would kill my self i think its wrong to do so.
ReplyDeleteIf someone who had called me was in need and i didnt answer the phone, i would very much blame myself for what happened. I dont think i would kill myself though, i dont think that is the right way to look at anything. I think the outcome will be that she kills herself, or atleast will try, maybe she wont succeed, but i think she will more than likely try.
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