He was told by the cardiac at the West Middlesex Hospital that two of his heart valves were blocked, and his heart struggles to function properly. He had a minor heart attack because of the unbearable pain and a keyhole operation was needed to clean the blockage, but the bad news was that the operation will be done after nine months. It was described by Thayers as a« virtual death sentence» when he was trying to think of a solution to this fatal problem. Suddenly, the doctor suggested that he can make procedure in a week if he chooses to go private. The cost was £8,500 which a working-class man can’t afford. However, he accepted right away living all the thinking after the surgery. And within four days of his analysis, he was sitting in a comfortable wheelchair, eating cookies and reading magazines. The procedure was smooth and painless, and all the pain was just one of the worst memories he had. Roy Thayers a brave man who didn’t consider the consequences of telling a white lie to live for another …show more content…
When a member of the family dies, it starts always with a denial. We can’t stand the harsh truth, so we say that he’s in a coma or he’s just faking it to decrease our sorrows and pain. We humans find it hard to let go of someone that shared with us our ups and downs in life and helps us make our first steps holding our hands so tightly and with a bright smile that creates an inner peace. This scene is what the child can remember after the death of his caring mother. Adults try to avoid his repeated questions and make him forget by offering him what he usually can’t resist. However, it doesn’t work all the time, so they lie to him to save him from all the mixed feelings and anger that could lead to transforming his personality and what he believes into dustand built new ones based on drugs, prostitution, and bullying to relieve his stress. Kluber-Russ said that children are excluded in the case of death and we always lie to evade hurting their feelings. («I will bury my doggy now and next spring when the flowers come up again, he will get up» quoted from Kubler-Ross who quoted a little child) (Kubler-Ross. Page 481), this sentence of the essay explains clearly that we want to protect the innocent child from the bitter truth that will absolutely affect himby saying a white, pure, and harmless