Crime of Compassion
A Crime of Compassion or Just a Crime?
In “A Crime of Compassions” Barbara Huttman (writer) told the audience in the Phil Donahue show and every person that read A Crime of Compassion about Mac and the way Mac suffered from lung cancer. “Mac was a young, witty, macho cop who walked into the hospital with 32 pounds of attack equipment, looking as if he could of single-handedly protect the whole city, if not the entire state” (par 4). By the vivid description and effects Barbara Huttman gives her audience of Mac makes you wonder if she is trying to manipulate the audience.
Barbara states that Mac was her favorite cancer patient but why? Is it to make her sound more honest to the crime she committed, or is it the truth in itself? In A Crime of Compassion we often notice she use’ the term “We” at the beginning and then automatically jumps to “I” before the sentence is finished (par 3).
From the description Barbara gives of Mac was like a dog with mange, he was covered with sores, he had feces that burned his skin like lye, he had lost all ability to care for himself, he lost his hair, his bowel, bladder control, his sense of taste and smell. When most people see a dog with mange they tend to stay away due to fear of catching the virus, so how do we know that she actually sat and held his hand?
When Barbara went home she tried to scrub away the smell of Mac from her skin, her uniform and hair, it was everywhere even in the upholstery of her car (par 8). And every night she prayed that Mac would die, that his agonized eyes would never again plead with her. Were those prayers out of love as she said she loved Mac or was it her way of saying that she didn’t want to care for Mac any longer, that she was truly fed up of taking care of him?
Barbara thought about standing before a judge, accused of murder, why did she think of these things? Was it because she had intentions of calling a no code? How long did Barbara think of these thoughts and was Mac the only
In “A Crime of Compassions” Barbara Huttman (writer) told the audience in the Phil Donahue show and every person that read A Crime of Compassion about Mac and the way Mac suffered from lung cancer. “Mac was a young, witty, macho cop who walked into the hospital with 32 pounds of attack equipment, looking as if he could of single-handedly protect the whole city, if not the entire state” (par 4). By the vivid description and effects Barbara Huttman gives her audience of Mac makes you wonder if she is trying to manipulate the audience.
Barbara states that Mac was her favorite cancer patient but why? Is it to make her sound more honest to the crime she committed, or is it the truth in itself? In A Crime of Compassion we often notice she use’ the term “We” at the beginning and then automatically jumps to “I” before the sentence is finished (par 3).
From the description Barbara gives of Mac was like a dog with mange, he was covered with sores, he had feces that burned his skin like lye, he had lost all ability to care for himself, he lost his hair, his bowel, bladder control, his sense of taste and smell. When most people see a dog with mange they tend to stay away due to fear of catching the virus, so how do we know that she actually sat and held his hand?
When Barbara went home she tried to scrub away the smell of Mac from her skin, her uniform and hair, it was everywhere even in the upholstery of her car (par 8). And every night she prayed that Mac would die, that his agonized eyes would never again plead with her. Were those prayers out of love as she said she loved Mac or was it her way of saying that she didn’t want to care for Mac any longer, that she was truly fed up of taking care of him?
Barbara thought about standing before a judge, accused of murder, why did she think of these things? Was it because she had intentions of calling a no code? How long did Barbara think of these thoughts and was Mac the only