Life, Love, and Death Chandar Hastings Gateway Technical College “Seven Pounds” is a story about a man’s intense regret for what he felt he has done wrong and how, with seven acts of selflessness, he tries to redeem himself. It is a story of a broken man, who wants nothing more than to make things right before he gives the ultimate sacrifice; his life. This film combines phenomenal acting with a compelling storyline. It is a must see movie that will make the audience cry tears of sadness and tears of joy. “In seven days, God created the world, in seven seconds, I shattered mine”. With seven bodily donations, Tim Thomas tries to make up for the worst seven seconds of his life, in which he caused the death of seven …show more content…
While texting and driving, he causes a horrific car accident, which takes the lives of seven innocent people, including his fiancée. During the course of the film, he changes the lives of seven strangers, by giving them each something very special. He gives a part of himself to each of them, but only after determining that they are deserving of such an important gift. He uses deception by posing as an IRS agent to gain information about several people he is thinking about donating to. One of these people is Emily Posa, a woman who has congenital heart disease (Black, Lassiter, Blumenthal, Tisch, and Smith & Muccino, …show more content…
Tim is grieving not only for his fiancée and the six other people that died in the accident, but also for himself. He knew he was going to end his own life as the final payment for what he felt he had done wrong. He felt he had no other choice than to give everything away. He gave his house away to a beaten woman and her two children, so they could hide from her abusive boyfriend (Black, Lassiter, Blumenthal, Tisch, and Smith & Muccino, 2008). Acceptance of death comes when Tim finds out Emily has only a 3 to 5 percent chance of receiving a donor heart. He decides it is time to complete his plan (Black, Lassiter, Blumenthal, Tisch, and Smith & Muccino,
In “My Brother Sam is dead”, James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier portrayed Tim as a very brave man, smart man, and quick to grow into his role as the man of his house. Tim was a hard worker and a respectful kid. He did all that he could to keep his household running and was eventually rewarded for his hard work by being a successful
Diane was a patient of Dr. Timothy Quill, who was diagnosed with acute myelomonocytic leukemia. Diane overcame alcoholism and had vaginal cancer in her youth. She had been under his care for a period of 8 years, during which an intimate doctor-patient bond had been established. It was Dr. Quill’s observation that “she was an incredibly clear, at times brutally honest, thinker and communicator.” This observation became especially cogent after Diane heard of her diagnosis. Dr. Quill informed her of the diagnosis, and of the possible treatments. This series of treatments entailed multiple chemotherapy sessions, followed by a bone marrow transplant, accompanied by an array of ancillary treatments. At the end of this series of treatments, the survival rate was 25%, and it was further complicated in Diane’s case by the absence of a closely matched bone-marrow donor. Diane chose not to receive treatment, desiring to spend whatever time she had left outside of the hospital. Dr. Quill met with her several times to ensure that she didn’t change her mind, and he had Diane meet with a psychologist with whom she had met before. Then Diane complicated the case by informing Dr. Quill that she be able to control the time of her death, avoiding the loss of dignity and discomfort which would precede her death. Dr. Quinn informed her of the Hemlock Society, and shortly afterwards, Diane called Dr. Quinn with a request for barbiturates, complaining of insomnia. Dr. Quinn gave her the prescription and informed her how to use them to sleep, and the amount necessary to commit suicide. Diane called all of her friends to say goodbye, including Dr. Quinn, and took her life two days after they met.
...im. As they stood in each others arms, they experienced a sense of ease that neither of them had ever felt before. They had led hard lives and this was the end. Theirs dreams were crushed, yet these moments were very important in the course of their lives. This was also the point in which they decided that if they couldn't live with each other, they wouldn't live at all. They decided to commit suicide mutually, and failed. It may have been better off if they had succeeded, because they led miserable lives after the accident.
The cruel and unnecessary death of Tim’s best friend, Jerry, had a major impact on his choice of neutrality. Losing anybody in your life can make a drastic impact on a person’s life but it was the way Jerry had died that really made Tim think about his choice. Jerry had been taken by the
The discussion about what palliative care really is was brought up and how there are so many different perspectives people can have with the idea of palliative or hospice care. The same idea pertained to physician assisted suicide and what really makes that right and wrong. The book then begins to talk about multiple stores that were similar to Kim and Amy’s. Cases that were similar were mentioned, such as the three nurses who worked for Veterans Affairs Medial Canter and how they all had high mortality rates during the times that they worked along with more cardiac related deaths that
In the short story “The Reach,” Stephen King addresses the fact that in life there is a constant fear of death, but when confronted with it is easier to accept when someone has seen many deaths and knows that they are dying themselves. The narrator of the story knows that she is dying and, being an elder, has seen many deaths. We reach this conclusion when she questions the love she has for others and no longer cries when others die around her anymore. She has seen many deaths in the years and can only accept that death is inevitable and a part of life. Mostly everyone she grew up with has passed on already.
Tim’s father life was a loyalist who supported the king. While taking the journey back to Redding, Life gets captured by cowboys and ends up on a British prison ship. The author explains “ … it wasn’t a Rebel prison ship, it was a British one,”(164). After Life gets captured, he gets put on a British prison ship where he catches a sickness and dies. Furthermore, Life was killed by his own side. Even though Life supported the king, his loyalty did nothing to prevent him from being put on the ship. Tim does not see why he should pick a side when obedience isn’t rewarded. The irony of his own father’s death puts Tim’s thoughts in perspective, therefore, showing him that he is on neither side in the
Though there are several patients featured, the story centers around Cody Curtis, a woman who was diagnosed with liver cancer. At 56, she is a beautiful woman who doesn’t appear to be sick. She seems healthy and happy. However she is in constant pain and is suffering greatly. She is given a diagnosis of only six months left to live and sets a date to choose to die. She has complete control over when she will die. She can make peace with those around her and complete her life before she dies. She says that death with dignity won’t be easy, but it would be easier than the alternatives. However, she outlives her diagnosis and her quality of life continues to improve. When things take a turn for the worst, she decides to end her
Envision that you're laying in a hospital bed hooked up to numerous machines knowing that your life is ending. Nurses and doctors come in often to check in on you, yet they know nothing they will do can keep you alive. You’re tired and feeling the effects of the many drugs you’ve been put on to control the pain, breathing is hard and you don’t enjoy food like you used to.Doctors have told you there is no chance of survival and you will die very soon. The only thing that matters now is when you will die. You have said goodbye to your family and friends and have come to terms with the harsh reality. If you had the chance to choose how your life would end you could do it now. Yet you can’t. This is because in the place you live, physician assisted
Now that the summary is out there for all who did not get to read the story let’s make some connections to everyday life. In the story is it said by the author that, “All the while I hated myself for having wept before the needle went in, convinced that the nurse and my mother we...
Melinda and Melissa are faced with a difficult decision. Matthews the two sisters brother, are faced with a situation after Matthew becomes comatose due to an accident that destroys eighty percent of his brain. Melissa and Melinda are supposed to give the final decision as to whether to turn off the life support, or to allow him to live off of a machine (Laurents, 2016). Unfortunately, Melissa and Melinda do not have the same opinions as to what life is. Melissa, on one hand, believes that the brain of a person makes the person who they are. Now Matthew’s brain is almost gone and the doctors say he will never wake up on his own. Melissa says that their brother Matthew is gone. Melinda, on the other hand, believes that a person has a soul and the soul is linked to the body. She believes that if they keep their brother alive then his soul will still be there but if they unplug the life support
Smith’s character has become consumed with guilt because a car wreck that has transpired. The motives behind Tim’s actions the film narrows guilt down into the category of survivor’s guilt because he caused the accident and was the only survivor. People that survive any traumatic ordeal involving death begin to question what they did wrong in the situation and how they could have changed the outcome. Tim has concluded he must sacrifice his life in order to gift seven ill people with his organs. Tim feels the seven lives he saves will make up for the seven lives he helped end and clear his guilty
comes near his daughter. After living like this for so many years, Emily is left with
A tragedy is an event that can evoke pathos or even deliver justice. These rollercoaster emotions felt are predominantly the reason why people have decided to create their own tragedies. Many modern day filmmakers use the backbone of past tragedy stories as a muse to create their own versions and interpretations of a tragedy story. Gabriele Muccino is one of these film directors that incorporates ideas from the Aristotelian tragedy to create the film Seven Pounds. In the film Seven Pounds, the protagonist, Tim Thomas, causes a fatal car accident which takes the lives of seven, including his wife’s. Tim’s outlook on life changes with the tragic incident along with his life mission. Driven by remorse, Tim decides to impersonate his brother, an