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Denish Johnson Emergency Analysis

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Fantasy Versus Reality Deep inside the subconscious mind of a human, there is a gate. A gate that differentiates Fantasy and Reality. Denish Johnsons’ story, “Emergency” clearly shows the contrast between the fantasy and reality worlds. “Emergency” is a story which revolves around two characters, Georgie and the writer himself, and different kinds of situations they get into. His use of different characteristics of characters such as the doctor, nurse, and Terrence Weber symbolizes what we see at our first glance may not be the true reality. He also uses Georgie as one of the main character who misuses drugs, but eventually does good to everyone around him to represent that the true nature of a person cannot be judged by looking at the surface. Finally, he uses the unusual events surrounding Georgie and himself to expose that life is full of uncertain events. What is seen on the surface could not be the true reality. In the eyes of the society everything that one sees believes it in the first glance. But the reality could completely be different that what is seen in general, which is shown by the situation on a Catholic hospital in the story “Emergency”, where a guy with a knife in his eye arrives for help. The doctor after seeing the guy said: …show more content…

No one can predict the future and walk in the direction he or she wants. People may plan for something in their life but may be in completely opposite direction. Humans live a complicated life. The quote from the story “The gusts of snow twisted themselves around our heads while the night fell. I couldn’t find the truck. We just kept getting more and more lost.” This shows how anyone’s life can turn to any direction without them knowing. The writer and Georgie were headed home but were completely lost in matter of moments. This quote shows Johnson’s intention to compare the trip of him and Georgie to a person’s

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