Please respond to at least one question below and reply to at least one other person's comments by Monday, May 21st.
We just finished watching Million Dollar Baby, starring Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Hillary Swank. At the end of the movie, Frankie abides by Maggie's wish to help her die. Did he make the right decision? Why or why not?
Frankie goes to church every day, yet he doesn't exactly live the life of someone who is a practicing Catholic. In what ways is religion a conflict and/or a comfort in his life? Why do you think he goes to church every day?
Frankie and Maggie have a special relationship that changes throughout the movie. What does each one get out of the relationship?
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ReplyDeleteI think Frankie did the right thing by killing Maggie. She was a fighter all her life and she wouldn’t have chosen to stop fighting for her life unless it was what she really wanted. She tried to kill herself by biting her tongue, which is a last resort effort, because that is a gruesome thing to do to one’s self. So, she must have really wanted to die. Frankie knew that she was a fighter and that she wouldn’t give up in her attempts to kill herself, so he really helped her go in the most peaceful way possible. She didn’t have to die in pain and she didn’t have to die alone.
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I agree with you 100%. Maggie would have lived through a tragic and painful life if Frankie didn't put Maggie to sleep. Although Frankie felt bad for what he did, I know he did the right thing.
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Good job Emma
DeleteKeep up the good work M, and Dani you are a superstar! So proud of my A+ student!
DeleteQuestion 1: I think that Frankie did the right thing to Maggie by taking her life. Maggie knew her fighting days were over after the accident had occurred and she wanted to go out on top. This was her "fighter" personality coming out of her. Maggie even showed how badly she wanted to die by biting her tongue in the hospital since she could not do anything else to kill herself. In the end Frankie made the right choice by taking Maggie's life since she could no longer fight.
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I think Emma is absolutely positively right! I agree 100 % with her. Emma and I both stated that Maggie was always a fighter and she would have wanted to keep fighting if she could. Since she no longer could he took her life sadly. Also Emma, Maggie did not die alone for she was with Frankie which I'm glad that you said that because I didn't. Overall, a completely great review by Emma!
DeleteEmma is 100% correct, she is a fighter and wouldn't stop fighting. Taking her oxygen out and giving her adrenaline to kill her peacefully was the right thing to do, although it is hard it was the right thing.
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DeleteWhen Frankie put Maggie to sleep, I felt terrible but also glad that she wouldn't have to suffer in pain anymore. Maggie should have lived a beautiful life for believing in herself and never giving up. At the hospital she tried to kill herself because she was in such misery. Maggie would never give up and fought like a champion.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 1: I think that Frankie did make the right decision in keeping to Maggies wish to let her die. Maggie did everything that Frankie had asked her to. She worked hard and made him proud with all her accomplishments in fighting.She clearly was not going to get any better. She would have lived her life in a wheel chair breathing threw a tube. Maggie is a very independent women and didnt seem like she relyed on people to often. If she continued to live her life like that she would never be happy. And by Frankie agreeing with her to allow her to stop recieving the oxygen. Maggie loved to fight and she would have faught this had she known that she would be able to beat it, but there was nothing for her to do and that was as good as she was going to get. And so she wanted to end her life and Frankie definitely made the right decision in doing so.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that Frankie was only helping Maggie by helping her die. Maggie was used to being a fighter and she would not have wanted to live the rest of her life breathing through a tube. After Maggie tried to kill herself, it became evident to Frankie that it would be better off for her to be dead so he was only helping her.
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I also agree with you Shannon. Maggie listened and respected Frankie through out her expierence as a boxer. She looked up to Frankie as her coach, mentor, and fatherly figure. Frankie in return, respected her as an athlete, and cared for Maggie as if she was his own daughter. This being said, Frankie respected Maggie, and understood her wishes to die. He was only helping her.
DeleteI believe that in the end of Million Dollar Baby, Frankie made the right decision to help Maggie die. This was clearly not something that Frankie wanted to do, but he knew it was what he had to do. Maggie was in so much pain and she would never be able to live her life the way she used to. Maggie would have been a vegetable for the rest of her life which would have made her miserable. Frankie at first refused to even think about helping Maggie in her death because he could not imagine how difficult this would be for him. After he watched Maggie try to kill herself numerous times, he realized how badly she would much rather be dead, and he knew that this was this best decision that he could make regarding Maggie.
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I completely agree with you Renee. Frankie was not willing to let Maggie die it seemed like it was the last thing he would allow Maggie to do. But once he saw how badly Maggie didnt want to be alive and how she tried to physically harm herself, he knew that it was time for her to go and that she wouldnt be happy if she stayed alive. in the end he did make the right decision.
DeleteFrankie and Maggie's relationship can be seen as father and daughter, although their relationship were strictly student and coach at first. But soon Frankie realizes that Maggie has talent and determination to be a great boxer. Maggie was nobody before she met Frankie. Through their relationship, Maggie got attention from the boxing world and got to be who she wanted to be from her relationship with Frankie. As for Frankie, he not only discovered a great boxer, who could potentially be a world champ, but also Maggie was like a daughter to him because it brings memories of his own daughter, who he hadn't seen for a long time and for a long time he could feel what it's like to have his daughter around once again.
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I completely agree that through each other, they discovered new lifestyles - for Maggie, it was the dream she always wanted to achieve and for Frankie, it was caring for Maggie like daughter. They developed a unique relationship and succeeded with the other's help. It's crazy how neither had any idea that they would ever become so close.
Deletei agree with the both of you. I think Maggie was exactly the boxer and person Frankie needed in his life with her perseverence and great heart. After all Frankie talks about how to be a good boxer you need the strongest heart and dedication, and thats exactly what Maggie brought into the gym and ring.
DeleteFrankie and Maggie both gained from their growing relationship throughout the movie. They seem to have a student-teacher relationship where Maggie just desires someone who will train her and motivate her. In the end, they benefit from this relationship by reaching the common goal of trust and companionship. Maggie has no one to lean on in the beginning of the movie and is a very passionate and ambitious character. Frankie turns into a father-like figure for Maggie, becoming her mentor and trainer.They both gain loyalty and friendship and are able to trust each other. They show respect for each other and through this are able to achieve their individual goals. Maggie inspires Frankie by showing him that she is a caring daughter. Frankie cares and supports Maggie in everything she does, allowing her to become what she always wanted to be.
ReplyDeleteGreat answer Dani. I agree with that also. They both really had no family they could count on, so they became eachother's family. When Maggie is in the hospital you see all her family cares about is her money, and Frankie steps in and becomes the person who spends really knows her best.
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ReplyDeleteEven though Maggie was Frankie's fighter, and he was her trainer, their relationship became much deeper as the movie progressed. It's hinted that Frankie had a marred relationship with his daughter, whom he hasn't seen in years, and Maggie has never had anyone to look up to while she was growing up since her father moved out. Yet, Maggie seemed to have substituted as Frankie's daughter: someone that he could have confidence in and whom he wanted to be the best boxer in the world. For Maggie, it seemed as if Frankie became her father-figure when he agreed to train her, which encouraged her to train harder to make him more proud of her. However, at the end of the movie, I think they both loved each other because of the kiss they shared and how torn they were because of the situation and what was about to happen.
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I agree completely with your response Jeffrey. Frankie hasnt seen his daughter in years while Maggies father passed away a long while back. These two characters seem to fill in these places as the movie progresses. Frankie definitely becomes a fatherly figure towards Maggie and she feels the same way towards him. They fill the gaping holes in their hearts which make their relationship so genuine. Great response.
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ReplyDeleteReligion can be complicated because the morals that are associated with its teachings are usually the ones that a person feels obligated to abide by. It is not only illegal, but against the Catholic religion to encourage Euthanasia in any way. Because of this, Frankie's decision to relieve Maggie was even more difficult on a much separate level. However, he found himself at church almost every day for 23 years. Father Horvak told Frankie, "The only person that comes to church that much is the kind who can't forgive himself for something." Personally, I think that's the exact reason why he was there so often practicing his faith. Sometimes it's easier for people to ask for forgiveness if they feel they do enough to deserve it. It's clear that Frankie is not completely happy with his life, nor does he continuously act like a practicing Catholic and so he turns to a higher power for hope of some sort of enlightenment. I believe that by attempting to give himself to God, he is comforted with the fact that he does not have to bear his emotions alone.
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I agree with your answer. I could also see that Frankie went to church for guidance in his life, as well as finding peace and comfort in his life. It may seem that Frankie might take church as a joke at first, but later on the movie you could tell that he was sincere and seeked help, during the time of Maggie's injury.
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I love that your brought up the significance of religion in regard to Frankie's decision, Mary Rose. That's a big part of realizing how he struggles throughout the movie.
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ReplyDeleteI think that Frankie did the right thing by letting Maggie die at the end of the movie. He didn't want to see her in pain and be paraolized all her life. He wants to do things to make her happy, and by doing that he put her in a better, peaceful place. She got what she wanted in the end. She accomplished what she wanted to do before she died.
Esther Choi
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Au contraire, to defend a viewpoint upholding the supposed virtues of the false dichotomy of ‘good’ and ‘/evil’ is not only childish, but serves as a prophylactic against higher thinking. Whilst the various historiographies of ethics (the cited one in this case master-slave morality, as espoused principally in The Geneaology of Morals, etc) is beyond the scope of the issue at hand for which I would shamelessly digress; the pertinent point remains that each individual must undergo ressentiment, and face himself in a world where his old values have been shattered, it’s up to him to create them anew. Nihilism is certainly the least preferable alternative, as an end in the Heideggerian sense would be uncreative destruction tout court. It goes without saying that codified morality is an impediment towards transvaluation (in the sense of herd mentality). More importantly, it stands unexplained Frankie’s motivations for executing the coup de grace, Lest we descend into fruitless speculation, I must emphasise the pointlessness of arbitrating Frankie’s personal convictions. I leave you with this quotation from none other than Mephistopheles: ‘… denn alles was entsteht; Ist wert, daß es zugrunde geht…’ Just popped into my head.
DeleteThe man Frankie’s persistent visits to his church remove any doubts that he prescribes to the slave-morality of Judeo-Christian tradition. To wrest the crux of the thesis from Feuerbach’s magnum opus The Essence of Christianity, God is the hypostatisation of Man’s inner nature. So pretty much, ‘The Parable of the Madman’ is where Frankie’s going to end up (Nietzsche again). Here at your convenience: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/nietzsche-madman.asp
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Esther, i Agree with your viewpoint completely. I think that Frankie ultimately wanted Maggie to go to a better place since she was like a "living vegetable" as some would describe. She was obviously in pain and crying for attention from him when she attempted to bite her tongue off. He did the right thing when he did this, despite the fact that it killed Maggie. When he did it, he wanted her to be in a better, happier place than she was at that point in time.
DeleteTo add onto everyones thoughts, I also believe that Frankie did the right thing when he killed Maggie. To say that he killed her is wrong, he simply put her out of her misery. The movie made is seem as though Maggie was going to stay in the condition that she was in when he killed her for the rest of her life. Previous to him taking her life, one of her legs was amputated, she could barely speak and be understood, and she attempted to bite off her tongue in hopes of killing herself. Maggie was in obvious excruciating pain and needed someone whom she loved and trusted to help her get to a better place. Frankie was completely warranted when he did this, since he was only looking to do the best for Maggie. Granted, it would have been a lot nicer to see Maggie recover and lead a different life than what most audiences expected, but not all movies have the typical happy ending that most individuals are used to. The fact that Maggie died added depth to the movie and made it different from all other sports movies where the main character is always successful and victorious in the end. Overall, Frankie was undeniably justified for his actions, he helped Maggie do something that she physically could not do, and helped her get out of the miserable state she was in during this time.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this completely. I wouldn't say that Frankie "killed" Maggie, he merely put her out of her misery. As for the fact that this film is different from other sports movies, in the sense that the main character dies, this point did make the movie deeper with a more unexpected ending.
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For Maggie and Frankie the relationship they formed was a surprise to both of them. In the beginning Frankie was not even willing to work with Maggie. Yet they ended up forming a closer relationship then either of them could have ever imagined. For Maggie who came from an unstable family Frankie became her father figure. Maggie had always been close with her real father but after he passed away, she didn't have anyone else in her family that supported her. For Frankie all he ever wanted was the love of his real daughter, and Maggie helped fill that void for him. For both of them they became the family neither of them ever had, and formed a strong bond even through unusual circumstances.
ReplyDeleteThis is very true of their relationship. They became so close to each other that they actually became the only family they only trusted. Maggie ended up "ditching" her own family and took comfort in Frankie. Frankie took care of Maggie like he would his own daughter. He dropped what he was doing and was with her everyday. I also like to think that he went and moved into that cabin like Maggie wanted when he never returned to the gym at the end of the movie
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At the end of the movie Million Dollar Baby, Frankie abides by Maggie's wish to end her life. I believe that he made the right decision in taking her life. He did not want her to live a life behind closed walls where she would only be stuck with her thoughts. Maggie had a family whose only goal was to reprieve her assets before she passed on. In a nutshell, Maggie's life was not worth living, she would be stuck in a hospital bed with a hole in her throat, staring out the window, hoping for one day to escape from her paralysis and become free again. By relieving Maggie of her oxygen supply and taking her life, she achieves this sense of "freedom" in her eternal afterlife.
ReplyDeleteI think Frankie made the right choice in killing Maggie. Throughout the film, Maggie was always a fighter. She was strong and determined and always ready to fight and take the next big step in her life. After the accident, she was unable to do anything. Her strength was basically beaten out of her to where she was unable to even live alone ever again. Being paralyzed from the neck down, Maggie had nothing left. She asked Frankie to let her die because she didn't want to be left in the state that she was for the rest of her life. She lived her life to the fullest and made decisions that made her life and the fight worth it. Frankie's decision to abide by her wish and kill her was for the best. Not only was it hard for Maggie to adjust to her new life being paralyzed forever, but it was hard for Frankie to see the woman who had so much potential and so much strength become bedridden for the rest of her life. In killing her, he spared her of the misery she would endure in being paralyzed. He let her die with the bit of pride and strength she had left, and ultimately it was the best thing to do for her.
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i feel Frankie made the right choice to help her kill her self. i feel this because its not his way she wants to live its hers.her life is like a fight he trains her to how to fight she chooses what to do. in life he can aid her but not make decisions for her, and she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life paralyzed.
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i feel Frankie made the right choice to help her kill her self. i feel this because its not his way she wants to live its hers.her life is like a fight he trains her to how to fight she chooses what to do. in life he can aid her but not make decisions for her, and she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life paralyzed.
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I agree man, if i was in that state of living, I would not want to live. She had no strong family to support her and she was a burden to Frankie. In the end she made the right choice asking to be killed because she even said she enjoyed her life and did everything she wanted to. She ended her life on a good way and she felt she did what she had to and felt bad she let down so many people because she could not fight anymore. It was a difficult choice but Frankie made the right decision.
DeleteFrankie made the right choice ending Maggie's life and putting her out of her misery. She was basically in a vegetative state and she could not live the rest of her life knowing she was never going to fight again. She even said to Frankie that she did all what she wanted to in her life and she was happy to end her life on a good note knowing she did what she wanted to. Frankie and Maggie had a special relationship and he was the only one who had the power to do what he did. He took a risk with the authorities by ending Maggie's life but Frankie's life was unstable, with the letters from his daughters, so it was not a shock that he left or ran away at the end of the movie.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you completely. He definitely made the right decision even though it was so hard for him.
DeleteFabio i think you hit the nail on the head. He was left with little to no choice. Although, it may have been painful to let go of someone he cared for so much, and to live with the guilt of giving her death; It was a decision that came with much thought and in favor of Maggie's best interests. Ultimately, that is what Frankie honored, and that was what was better for Maggie.
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Frankie and Maggie's relationship was mutually beneficial to both parties. They both had an emptiness to be filled. Frankie had unsettled issues with his daughter and Maggie was missing parenthood. Their relationship filled that void. Frankie cared and nursed Maggie in training and in the hospital as his own and Maggie looked at Frankie equally as a father and a guardian. When her families greed brought to light their true colors, Frankie was still there to care for her. I feel that they both became so attached due to the fact that they were perfect matches for one another.
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Yaz, I think you hit the nail on the head. Maggie's stubborness, along with her thick skin, go hand in hand with frankie's tough love. Maggie is able to have her father back in her life, while Frankie is able to have a daughter figure. Regardless of a situation there is a special bond between a daughter and her father, Million Dollar Baby proves this.
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ReplyDeleteI think that Frankie made the right decision to end Maggie's life. She wanted it completely, there was no doubt in her mind that she was ready to die. Although it was sad and certainly difficult, it was best for her and it also helped Frankie by knowing she wasn't suffering any longer. She fought her heart out and Frankie became quite close to her throughout the movie. In the end it was the right decision.
I agree with you Dan. She did not deserve to suffer any longer.
DeleteI agree, she was a fighter and wanted to go out like one and there was no one better than Frankie to do the job.
DeleteFrankie made the right decision by pulling the plug. Maggie wanted to die anyway and she even attempted suicide by trying to cut her tongue off. Also Frankie was the only one important to her so its not like anyone she had anyone else had a different view that was important to her on the decision. Even though Frankie sort of got her into the mess I believe it is right that he ended it.
ReplyDeletei agree, Maggie wanted to go out the way she was now because in the future she won't be remembered.
DeleteFrankie and Maggie each provided for the other the relationship they lacked. For Frankie, Maggie was a second chance to do right raising a daughter after his shunned him for his "unspeakable" past. His redemption may have been shunned by his daughter but Maggie was more than happy to bring a father back into her life after losing her's as a child. Maggie became Frankie's, "Mo cuishna."
ReplyDeleteIt is a hard concept to grasp that, by ending someone's life you are in turn giving them life, but for free spirited Maggie, a bed ridden life just was not possible.Her quote about having thousands of fans chant her name, and not wanting to live long enough to stop hearing them chant in essence sums up why frankie decided to follow through. I support his decision,and it was his special bond with her that made it possible to do.
ReplyDeleteI think Frankie did the right thing by removing Maggies source of oxygen because its pretty clear thats what she wanted. Asside from her asking him to do it, she tried killing herself by biting her tounge, not once but twice. Like Maggie said, she has had the chance to live a life she never dreamed of, with her picture in magazines and many people chearing her on throughout her fights, and getting a shot at the title, and spending the rest of her life breathing through a tube stuck in a bed isnt for her. I cant imagine how hard of a decision that is to make, but i agree with his final decision.
ReplyDeleteI believe Frankie did the right thing by giving Maggie her wish and her off the oxygen machine which was keeping her alive. Maggie would have lived the rest of her life in pain and suffering by not being able to breath without a tube. She wanted to go out known as a fighter and thats exactly what she did. She had nothing to go back to if she stayed alive and she would not be able to do what she loves the most which was boxing. After countless hours of thinking Frankie finally decided to disconnect the tubes and he knew it was the right decision.
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I agree dude,why let someone live with pain and suffering when you have the chance to save them from all that.He def made the right decision by letting the oxygen machine turn off.
DeleteEvery person should have the right to make decisions regarding their life. When Maggie became paralyzed, she had a bitter understanding of where her life was heading, and it was one she did not want to face. Maggie clearly grew up in a dysfunctional family who never truly supported her. She became an independent woman, who was entirely focused on achieving her dream within her passion, which happened to be boxing. She successfully became an achieved boxer, who could of went even farther with her passion, if it wasn't cut short by the accident. However, the success she had was enough for her to be completely satisfied with her life. She didn't want to wake up every day, knowing she could never train or fight again, let alone move her body. Maggie wasn't used to being completely dependent on others, and she looked for her freedom in death. Therefore, I believe that Frankie made the right choice in helping Maggie die. It is her life, and should be entirely her decision.
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ReplyDeleteFrankie and Maggie have a relationship at the end of the movie that really compliment each other. Frankie has a tough love attitude and is missing a daughter. Maggie fills that roll in perfectly. She handles that tough love very well and simply fits in as his daughter perfectly. Maggie on the other hand is missing a father and because of Frankie's tough love attitude he keeps her settled, gives her advice, and helps her achieve their dreams. They both fill in as that one person the other is missing in life and their relationship becomes a father and daughter one by the end of the movie.
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I agree with Adam's analysis of the relationship between Maggie and Frankie. Maggie has had a hard life and she doesn't mind Frankie's tough love at all, and as Adam says, she thrives on it. Maggie is not always able to see the bad motives of other people because she let's her family treat her like garbage. But with Frankie, she knows that he is looking out for her best interests. In the scene when she tells Frankie about her Dad and the crippled dog, she knew that her dad went into the woods to put the dog down and this is a foreshadowing of the very close relationship that they develop because Frankie will be called on to do something to test his true love for Maggie as a daughter. To give her rest.
DeleteFrankie did the right thing by deciding to unplug Maggie from her breathing system. Maggie was suffering terribly and just wanted to be out out of her misery. If Frankie had not unplugged Maggie she would have lived the remainder of her life not able to move any of her body. Maggie had given herself this imagine of a tough girl who would knock anyone out in the ring, and now she would be in a bed for the rest of her life. Frankie did the right thing by unplugging her because it is what she wanted.
ReplyDeleteI agree with ryan if frankie had not unplugged maggie she would have suffered laying in her bed for the remainder of her life paralyzed
DeleteI think that when Frankie decides to grant Maggie's wish to save her he makes a good choice. he saw that she was struggling and he made the right choice to take her off the oxygen machine. Maggie told Frankie that she wanted to be known as the fighter who won championships not some old washed up fighter who got paralyzed in a fight. Maggie had no true family so it didn't really affect anyone but Frankie who saw her as a daughter so he had to make the decision.
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I agree dude, Maggie didn't want to live the the rest of her life like that. Frankie made the right choice helping her, she clearly wasnt going to live an enjoyable life after the accident.
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We just finished watching Million Dollar Baby, starring Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Hillary Swank. At the end of the movie, Frankie abides by Maggie's wish to help her die. Did he make the right decision? Why or why not?
ReplyDeleteFrankie does the right thing by helping her die because it was what she wanted. All Maggie wanted was to fulfill her goals as a boxer and when she did that, she felt her life was complete. Maggie's family didn't treat her well, which made Frankie care about Maggie a lot more. He looked to her as a daughter figure and he realized Maggie didn't have a family giving her a reason to continue living.
Olivia Austin
I believe that frankie made the right decision by abiding to Maggie's wishes. Maggie was use to being a tough fighter but her dreams were crushed when she was turned into a vegetable.why let someone suffer in sadness and depression for the rest of their when you have the chance to set them free from that.no one would happy in her position so I would have wanted what she wanted to.Frankie did the right thing by doing what he did for Maggie.
ReplyDeleteExcellent point Jesse. Maggie has completed her goal for life by actually making something of herself and now, she wants to end her life so that her legacy lives on as an incredible fighter and not as a paralyzed unknown woman
DeleteQ1: Frankie did the right thing by ending Maggies pain. Although it must have been very hard for him to do it, it was what she wanted. If he didn't kill her, it would have been selfish of him because then he would keep her alive just for his own reasons but he later realized the kind of pain she was in when she tried to kill herself by biting her tongue off. Another event that supported this decision was when he saw her family and how they didn't really care about her.
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In my opinion, Frankie makes the correct decision when he decides to help Maggie out of her terrible position. She has become a quadriplegic, unable to move any part of her body. When her and Frankie are in the same room together, she asks him to pull the plug on her and you can tell he considered to do it at the moment, but he decides to wait on it. He goes to Church and in the end agrees to put her out of her misery. He ends her lfe by givin g her a big dose of adrenaline. In the end, te audience knows she did what she always wanted to do and didnt die happily but at least made something of herself.
ReplyDeleteI think that Frankie did the right thing by killing Maggie. Although it is a hard concept to grasp and hard for someone to do it was the right thing. Maggie was going to spend the rest of her life trying to find ways to kill herself, like the way she did biting her tongue off. Also those sores were going to get so bad and she could lose her limbs and she would have just been miserable for the rest of her life, so i think that Frankie did the right thing.
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Frankie made the right decision to help Maggie because she was trapped in terrible situation. She was desperate to die because she was paralyzed from the neck down and her family was terrible with her. Frankie was against her desire at first, and he did not want to have anything to do with helping her die. But after finding out about her biting her tongue off he realizes how desperate her situation is and realized she is suffering very badly and realizes he is doing the wrong thing by letting her stay alive like that.
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