Joe is severely injured. At this point, Joe does not have a face, legs, nor arms. He is without mobility and the ability to taste [because he does not have a mouth], to hear, to see, to smell [he does not have a face at all]. His face is basically like a mask right now, being wrapped in gauze. Sadly, I do not think that whatever he loses from this point really matters. He has lost his ability to do anything but to just like there wishing he could turn back into the past and start over. However, he can not. He only lies in the bed for several years dreaming and thinking and not knowing where or not he is awake because he does not have the eyes to open to know that he is awake.
The question that I had was why are the doctors allowing him to live if he is only suffering. They amputated his limbs because they were too lazy to fix them, however, they are just making his life worse. But I do understand that it is his own decision to whether or not he wants to die being that he is in this horrific state. I honestly believe that I would not want to live like this. I think I would just tell the doctors I would want to die. However, it is so easy for me to say, being that I have never experienced being in this deadly form.
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I like how Ieysha shares something that she questioned, why the doctors let him live...it went beyond the general question and she made a good point, why is he still alive to only suffer?
Ieysha,
I agree with the point that whatever else Joe loses won't really matter because he has lost everything. And to answer your question, in my point of view at least, Joe is being kept alive because the doctors want to see and test how far they can go because he dies. They want to see how close he can get to death. So, the poor guy is a science experiment and can't do anything about it. Unfortunately, he can't do anything about this because, as you mentioned, he has no ability to do so. He just lies in a hospital bed, trying not to go insane.
Good post!
edit: Joe is being kept alive because the doctors want to see and test how far they can go BEFORE he dies.
Physically Joe is severely damaged, but I think he's very much so mentally alive. He thoughts and memories are what keep him living, even if it's miserable. The doctors kept him alive for their own gain rather than out of concern for Joe's well being. I have the same opinion as you. If I were in this situation, I wouldn't want to live like how Joe is living and it's really unfortunate that someone would try to keep someone alive in that kind of state for their own gain.
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