Re: Steve as a father
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Re: Steve as a father
Do you think that Steve should have paid more attention to Jimmie?
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Jimmie wasn't fatally injured. He didn't die; fatal means death. He did have a life-altering serious injury.Kajori50 wrote: ↑02 Apr 2019, 03:32 Steve did everything he could to provide for Jimmie who was fatally injured. However, he did not give him his time. Jimmy was a lonely boy. He spent his time in the expensive sanatorium. Even his mother washed her hands off him. The only thing he looked forward to was his father's visits. It was only in the end that Steve decided to stay with Jimmie.
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This is true. If he could have stayed at home, he would never have had any money to help his son. So I guess his options were really limited.Charlyt wrote: ↑02 Apr 2019, 04:51 I think that yes, he should have been there more. But at the same time, I couldn't blame him because his job paid for Jimmie's stay in the institution. Steve did the best he could to be a father in the most possible way he could think of. It's an unfortunate sacrifice that parents all over the world decide to do. I think he reprived himself by choosing to stay with Jimmie in the end.
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I agree. He just needed his father's attention.Ferdinand_otieno wrote: ↑02 Apr 2019, 04:25 I think that Steve was a great father who worked himself to death trying to afford the care Jimmie needed, but I believe what Jimmie needed most of all was his father to be present.
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That's a noble observation. Sometimes, parents need to do things that they don't want to do for their children's sake.Charlyt wrote: ↑02 Apr 2019, 04:51 I think that yes, he should have been there more. But at the same time, I couldn't blame him because his job paid for Jimmie's stay in the institution. Steve did the best he could to be a father in the most possible way he could think of. It's an unfortunate sacrifice that parents all over the world decide to do. I think he reprived himself by choosing to stay with Jimmie in the end.
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It was quite apparent that he loved his son. However, I think Jimmie needed his physical presence as well.
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Yes, you are absolutely right. It was a life-altering injury. I just wanted to show that his injury was fatal for his dreams and aspirations. I guess that did not come across. Thank you for pointing it out.CatInTheHat wrote: ↑02 Apr 2019, 10:14Jimmie wasn't fatally injured. He didn't die; fatal means death. He did have a life-altering serious injury.Kajori50 wrote: ↑02 Apr 2019, 03:32 Steve did everything he could to provide for Jimmie who was fatally injured. However, he did not give him his time. Jimmy was a lonely boy. He spent his time in the expensive sanatorium. Even his mother washed her hands off him. The only thing he looked forward to was his father's visits. It was only in the end that Steve decided to stay with Jimmie.
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He worked around that by the end. Maybe, he could do that a bit earlier. Just a thought.Kibetious wrote: ↑02 Apr 2019, 11:17This is true. If he could have stayed at home, he would never have had any money to help his son. So I guess his options were really limited.Charlyt wrote: ↑02 Apr 2019, 04:51 I think that yes, he should have been there more. But at the same time, I couldn't blame him because his job paid for Jimmie's stay in the institution. Steve did the best he could to be a father in the most possible way he could think of. It's an unfortunate sacrifice that parents all over the world decide to do. I think he reprived himself by choosing to stay with Jimmie in the end.
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