Is There a Doctor in the House? (zoid post)
POSTED BY: zoid
UPDATED: Thursday, June 10, 2004 17:26
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So I'm reading the posts, and I notice there's some contention as to if Simon is truly a dedicated dr, yada yada yada, since he hesitates.
So I began to thunk me a thought, and I realized - in what situations does he hesitate? It's where the training he's recieved (dr) runs into his decision to save his sister.
The whole bit with Kaylee being shot in Serenity. He starts to help her, and then realizes - 'I can use this'. I see it as him reacting the way he's been trained to react, smack-up banging into his newly chosen position of renegade, sister protector, etc.
In Ariel, he hesitates to help that cardiac man, not so much because he wouldn't want to help him, but he's there for his sister. He has a job to do. And the new job is conflicting with his old training.
How many here have ever had a job for a long time, and then moved into a different position with the same company? And say you're pulling a fax off the machine, and start to do what needs to be done with it, and then it hits you - that's not my job anymore, doh! So you put it in someone's mailbox, and feel a bit guilty about it? I see Simon being in that situation. Which is more important? The oath he swore to help people, or the oath he swore to help his sister? (Of course, I'm assuming oaths were sworn; he sang a song on the statue of Hippocrates, after all 
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I don't expect those decisions to ever be easy or comfortable for him, but they sure are interesting to watch!
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Human beings are animals. They are sometimes monsters, sometimes magnificent, but always animals. They may prefer to think of themselves as fallen angels, but in reality they are risen apes.
Desmond Morris, 1967
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