'A Literary Analysis Of Breathless'

Breathless
“None of us truly knows what we’ll do when the circumstances became so overwhelming and complex that we can’t even tell right from wrong.” You may think you know what’s right and what’s wrong. But during a drastic situation, you’ll lose your mind. In the story, the main characters are named, Travis, Darla, Cooper and Emily. Travis, which is the main character of the story, is Emily’s brother. Darla is his girlfriend and Cooper has been his best friend for years now, so he’s more like a brother to him. The minor characters in this story are Travis’s parents, Cooper’s mother who’s always drinking and Darla’s father whom abuses her and her mother. Travis loves his life; he’s a champion diver and one of the most popular kids at school as well. The first day of summer came, Travis, Darla, Cooper and Emily all decided to go to the lake. Since Travis loves diving he then decides to jump off a cliff. His leg has been hurting but he ignores it and jumps off anyways. When he does, he realizes something is not quite right. He starts drowning and cooper saves him. He has no control over his legs anymore so they all head to the hospital since he can’t even walk anymore. The doctors then tell him the news that he’s diagnosed with bone cancer.
His reaction obviously wasn’t good at all. On page 38 he says, “I’ve watched the wheelchair Olympics on TV. That’s not who I want to be.” Travis doesn’t want to give up on his dreams of becoming a professional diver. I personally think that his parents shouldn’t be making the decisions for him. He should be making his own decisions since it’s a big change for him. On page 39 he says, “All the space in the world won’t make me feel better about what they want to do with