Going Bovine Analysis

A reader can gain a deeper understanding into Cameron’s choice to escape the hospital in Going Bovine by applying Libba Bray’s life. When pondering if he should leave the hospital, Cameron says “How long till the pain medication? I could count the minutes. Go to sleep and not wake up. I could stay here and wait for the inevitable. Saving the world. That’s impossible. Insane. Still. A cure. I could be cured. That’s what she [Dulcie] said. And some little atoms come awake inside me, swirling into a question I can’t shake: “Why the hell not?” I could have a chance. And a chance is better than nothing”(Bray 123). In an interview done with Libba Bray, when asked about the car accident that she was in that broke almost everything on her face especially her eye, she states
And I remember my parents were really upset, because they were like, you can’t ask her that! And he said, she’s 18. She has to make the decision, because she has to live with it for the rest of her life. Of course I said, take it, I don’t want to go blind”(Bray). These two quotes relate to each other because both Libba and her character, Cameron, have been put in life-threatening situations and have to make a decision that will affect the rest of their lives without parental guidance. Libba must decide, by herself, if she wants a prosthesis eye that will change the way she sees forever. While Cameron must decide, by himself, if he wants to go on a mission given to him by an angel in a hallucination to save the world and find a cure. By knowing Libba Bray’s accident, the reader can see that this decision is a pivotal moment for the rest of Cameron’s life. The reader may see it as a pivotal moment because he’s going to go out and save the world but, it’s really a pivotal moment because he’s finally doing something for himself. Constantly, we see Cameron making poor decisions like getting high and avoiding responsibilities as much as