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Dillards Delay - College Paper

Dillards Delay

I think the subject of this story is about making life and death decisions right there on the spot, about staying calm in hard situations. It's also about the consequences of those decisions. Everyday you have to make certain decisions and follow through with them, I feel that it tells what type of character you have when faced with hard decisions that affect someone elses life and you still follow through.
I believe that the doctor did the right thing by helping the victim out of the truck. He wouldn't be alive right now if it wasn't for Dillard. The victim had a blocked airway and was passed out due to the consequences of to much alcohol.
Dillard wasn't quite a doctor yet, but ...

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of run on automatic pilot. You do what you have to do and don't think about the consequences, about whether your actions are right or wrong.
I don't understand why anyone should have to stop and think about the consequences in a life threatening situation. If you are willing to risk your life to help someone, there should not be any consequences to you for being a good Samaritan. If James had not been willing to help that guy, the guy would more than likely have died.
Our society is so sue-happy, it seems that people are out to make an easy buck. We have lost the innocence and the good Samaritan out look that we used to have. We shouldn't have to be concerned with whether or not to help. If we should see someone in need we should help out automatically. If I am stranded along side of the road because my car breaks down, I wish people wouldn't think, is she a serial killer or does she have a gun to steal my car it should be an
automatic reaction to help.
I think that at the end of ...

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Added: 7/4/2007 11:20:17 AM
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 1196
Pages: 5

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