Реферат: How Far Do You Think Whose Life

from the psychiatrist about any relationships, he says ?A fiancee actually. I

asked her not to visit me any more. About a fortnight ago.? He sent her away

because he feels she didn?t really want to stay with him, she was just doing it

out of a sense of duty. It was meant to ?release her from the guilt she would

feel if she did what she really wanted to.? He claims he sent people away

because he didn?t like to be the way in which they punished themselves. He

doesn?t want to be a duty, unpleasant but which makes you feel better when you?ve

done it. He has separated himself from others as a result of choice, which

counteracts the previous point. ??????????????? The people who he does have

contact with, the medical staff, he feels hold back from him. He refers to them

as gods; ?[Dr. Emerson] will sweep in here like Zeus from Olympus, with his

attendant nymphs and swains?. Nymphs and swains imply the others are

subservient to Dr. Emerson. It?s a fair comparison. The medical staff are

omniscient, all-powerful and hold the power of life and death over him.

Although they only mean it to be good for him and they just want to help, he

cannot do anything without them or anything that they do not want him to do.

They have physical power over him because he is incapacitated and cannot

survive without help, and they have mental power over him because the law is on

their side. They are also aggressively cheerful which he feels is infringing

his right to be miserable. Because of this he calls the ?the monstrous regiment?

and reminds them that they can?t say anything personal or in anyway negative

because they work ?in the optimism industry? and must be professional, i.e.

distant at all times. All these collective terms solidify them and class them

as the opposition or the enemy. They are firmly marked as THEM not us. This

segregation defines the sides and shows it as Ken vs. everyone else. I think

this raises the topic of individualism vs. groups. ??????????????? The hospital can also administer

drugs to him against his will, if they think it is good for him. ( after being

injected) ?Doctor, I didn?t give you permission to stick that needle in me.? He

can?t defend himself and they have every right, apparently, to do whatever they