Thursday, April 17, 2008
Jensen and Strunk's Friendship
Jensen and Strunk had a huge fight over a knife, and Strunk ended up badly injured with a broken nose and a lot of facial bandaging. After Strunk got back from the medical centers, Jensen was apprehensive, fearing the revenge Strunk may pursue. After much internal strife, Jensen breaks his own nose to prove to stunk they are even. After this little episode, they slowly gain back their trust, and eventually their friendship. They make a pact with each other, saying that if either one of them ends up injured to the point of wheelchair confinement they would kill each other, to save them the agony and disappointment. When Strunk loses his leg due to a mine, immediately he changes his mind about ending it over a leg. Jensen, of course doesn't kill him, but is relieved when he hears that Strunk did die a few days later. In Jensen's position could you honor an agreement with a friend like that even if he wanted you to? Would you want to be killed if you were to lose your ability to walk, or even something more intangible like your sight?
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Interesting.
I think that it would be very hard to kill a friend, even if he was suffering. A leg is a big deal to some, but it's possible to get used to even wooden legs.
But that's beside the point. Jensen had reason to be relieved. It would haunt me, personally. I mean, if you made a pact like that, how could you really be sure? What if Strunk changed his mind and always remembered Jensen with distaste? What if he suffered? And what if Jensen had killed him, for nothing?
It's very serious, you know. I can sympathize very well. Such things need to be considered. And you should let your family know what sort of decision you would like them to make if such a thing were to happen--in case you weren't able to make it yourself.
I could stand losing an arm or a leg..even my eyes...I would HATE being paralyzed or having to wear a bag on my side...I don't think that I would off myself or anything, I hate quitters. Being paralyzed would be THE WORST. I could even tolerate my legs, but I NEED my arms!
Well I would never make a pact like that. It would be my luck that some new medical procedure would come out and i could have been totally healed if my friend had not pulled the plug. i would have trouble doing it for someone else for the same reaason, what if I found out that they could have been saved?
I think it would be hard to decide a thing like this intell it actually happens. You can think and say that you would like to be killed if you were in a situation like that but you cant really tell in till you are the one that is lieing in agony and the border line between life and death. You might stick to your previous decission but you might end up like Struck and beg to be kept alive
I worry about that whole "pull the plug" thing; what if you did change your mind and could not communicate that?
I do not think that i could honor that agreement. I could not kill someone because of a leg, even if they wanted me too. Now if the situation was different and mentally the person was gone, then maybe I would consider upholding the agreement. (Like what Chief did to Mcmurphey in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") But even then, I do not know if i could knowingly kill one of my friends.
I would not want to be killed if i lost my legs or arms..etc. I would be unhappy at first but I think that after awhile i could grow to accept it and find happiness within it.
---Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump ended up okay.
its one of those things you never know what will happen till you are in that situation. I can say that I don't think i would be a happy person if i lived with no legs. I would not want to Die but if I lived it would be a unfulfilling life. I would never have the guts to kill a friend i feel bad if I accidentally trip a friend lol. i could never live with myself
I would most definitely not want to die...i know a girl who is awesome and really cheerful and fun, she's 13 and I met her in rehab. She is paralyzed from the waist down, but is trying to make the most of her life...she also lost her dad, pregnant step-mom and baby brother. I would try to not let that limit me anymore than was absolutely unavoidable and pray for healing...but it's not worth killing yourself.
I think it would be way too hard for me to kill a friend, especially if it's over something like a missing leg. Instead, I would try to encourage my friend to pull through; he shouldn't simply give up on life because of a missing appendage. Life will go on. He will learn to cope. He just needs to be reminded of everything that he has going for him.
There is no way I would be able to kill my friend. That would be the toughest thing in the world. However, if they were truly suffering and not living a happy life anymore, than I would have the doctor or someone else do it to put them out of their misery, but I could personally never do it. However, only if they were in the vegetable state would I consider having someone put them out of their misery. Life can go on if you are missing a leg, arm, etc.
Medicine is a big thing to me...I want to be a doctor...so killing someone when i know i can do something to help, espcially people close to me, wouldn't happen. there are so many solutions for people who have lost a limb-plastic limbs or if you lose your sight-surgery...or a nice dog.
I don't think I could bring myself to kill a good friend even if they wanted it. I would probably not make an agreement like that. But if I did, the only way I would go through with it would be if it was obvious that they were going to suffer and live in pain for the rest of their life. bu teven then I don't know if I could do it.
I would not want someone to kill me if I lost a leg or even my eyesight. I could always find new ways to overcome my disablity. Dying would be taking the easy way out; that's just not how I do things.
I could never kill a friend, because I believe there is always a chance and I would be very hard to live thinking you were they reason their life ended. And I wouldn't want to be killed over losing my legs, arms, sight or something like that because you can still lose your life. But if i were to be paralyzed or a "vegtable" i'm not sure, I would feel like a burden to my family but I need to think about that one a little more...
I think that jensen and strunk were just caught up in the bonding moment and didnt really stop and analyze what they just agreed on. Of course Strunk changes his mind once it really happens to him because he never thought about it and that he would actually die. and as for me, i could never make kill a friend or even make a pact like that. it would always haunt me whether or not i made the right decision.
It is easy to say now that I would not ask one of my friend to kill me if I lose a leg or my eyesight but if I actually lost my eyesight or leg I would not know what to do if it actually happens
Wow Aimee that is so terrible. I think it would be too hard to keep a promise that I made in a pact with someone. First off, I probably would never agree to make a pact just because I know that I would never ever want to kill anyone. If I did though I would for sure check with the person I made the pact with just to see if they still felt the same way they did before. Also, yes it would be so difficult to live without a leg, but I think that he could get used to a wooden leg or something and still appreciate and enjoy the life that he had. I just don't think I could kill someone... actually I know I totally couldn't! Never!
If i were in that situation i would do what they wanted me to do whether that be to put them out of their own agony or let them sufer as they wish. I would not want to die if I lost my ability to walk, but losing my sight would be a lot harder to decide because everything would be so frustrating and difficult to do and i do not think that i could handle that.
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