David Earle Birney Summary

In Earle Birney's "David" the title Character's request of his friend is unreasonable because his request revolved around the wellbeing of his life in which was poorly rationalize in this situation. While David was laying on the ledge after the fall he was talking about the outcomes of his injury he just endured such as being in a "wheelchair" (VIII, 33) for the rest of this. He didn’t want to deal the consequences of his action every day for the rest of his life. David's friend Bobby felt guilty about the incident and tried to reassure David that he could help him. Bobby explained that "the bleeding will stop" (VIII, 32) and that there was hope to be able to save his friend. As Bobby tried to help his friend in every way, however David tries