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But perhaps we need to ponder it at least a little, on occasion. This is true to some extent because if we thought about anything all the time it would drive us nuts. Before Vivian’s death, Jason tells Susie that “you can’t think about that meaning-of-life garbage all the time or you’d go nuts” (77). I think that Jason is going to change because of Vivian treating her allowed him to see his reflection and, through the events surrounding her death, realize that he is human and he needs love and support and friendship just as much as everyone else does, that he can be a great researcher or doctor or whatever in addition to caring for people on a personal level. And, I believe, she left a significant impact on Jason and perhaps Susie. But she was smart and she taught her students something (even if the only thing they got from the class was that they really don't like John Donne). She may not have developed emotional connections to others. It is an inherent quality of life that it is valuable (like Moey mentioned in class today), and just living, being alive, makes you worth something. I think that the play is saying that all lives are worthwhile.

We of course do not know what happens to Jason later in life, but the ending made me think that he becomes a kinder person and does what Vivian never did: develop genuine human connections.Ģ.

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Her death and his incorrect Code Blue give him the opportunity to perhaps become less of a researcher and more of a man who cares for sick people, dying people. He is, in a way, learning what we all hoped Vivian would learn before she died. Jason is so vulnerable, so raw, howling “I MADE A MISTAKE!” and then collapsing on the floor (84)-he is realizing for the first time that humans refilled with mistakes and that he is human. I do think that the play can be interpreted either way (since I myself have thought of it both as a story about Vivian and as a story about cancer). Vivian is just a fascinating vessel for that larger story. The ending made me think about the play as less of a story about Vivian and more of a story about cancer, about doctors and hospitals and death. The ending of the play is so dramatic, and I don’t think that the rest of the play is dramatic (I know that it’s a drama but it is more subtle, a quiet sort of provocative as opposed to the in-your-face ending).

Life goes on, yes, but in a brusque, rude, harsh manner with machines and people running and yelling. After Vivian dies, her story, her life, which we have spent the whole play attaching ourselves to, does not matter. The ending changed my outlook on the play, changed the way I thought Edson wanted the audience to react. Instead, she dies and then there is chaos. I knew that she would die at the end, but I somehow wanted her to come to terms with her life, to die in a if not happy at least peaceful way. I didn’t love the ending as much as I did the rest of the play. Let each other know when a comment enlightens you or makes you think more deeply than you had been.ġ.

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What do you think the play is saying about this? Go ahead and quote once in your answer.Īs always, please feel free to respond to what your classmates write. We've been batting around the question of a worthwhile life vs. Left thinking about, pondering, after the conclusion of the play?Ģ. Is your reaction to the ending? Satisfying? Not satisfying? What are you

Reading Vivian's lecture to her class-even a God? Much to consider as we God's forgiveness? Is there-and this was one of my questions when Is she going to rest with the angels? Does she gain The play, I think, still leaves Vivian'sĪscension ambiguous. And Vivian's ascension, for lack of a better word, is cut.īut you might disagree. Vivian's body by the code team seems toned down, compared to the play'sĭescription. Personally, I don't like the film version's end. You're welcome to look at the very end of the film.

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