Tacky Rehabilitation
Steve Earle tells of his experience with "Jonathan Wayne Nobles", who claimed to be rehabilitated in the story "A Death in Texas" (Earle 72). I do not think that Nobles was truly rehabilitated. I believe Nobles was just putting on a show to try andget some self-worth, and get people to feel sorry for him. In my opinion, I think that there are a few things we should consider before we can say that someone is truly rehabilitated.
Firstly, I believethat for someone to be truly rehabilitated, they must be able to not only function in their current surroundings, but also be able to function in actualsociety. Nobles, may have seemed to be rehabilitated to Earle, because Earle himself was rehabilitated from drugs and wanted to believe that it is possible for someone else to be also. The problem with this in the case of Nobles, is that not only did he needed to be rehabilitated from drugs, but also rehabilitated from his horrible anger issues that caused him to commit two counts murder and seriously injure another person.
Secondly, Nobles did not show that he was trulysorry for what he had done. …show more content…
To some it may have seemed to be so, but I believeit was only because those people were blinded by the fact that they wanted it to be true so badly, that in their eyes it became true, causing them to be blind to the many other things hiding below the surface, but clear to others who were not so easily swayed. Do not be fooled just because someone claims to be rehabilitated and they do some good things. There are so many other thingsyou must consider, like how they might hide things they don't want you to know, and just how exactly do they really think and feel about stuff. We will never be able to tell someone's thoughts, but if they are changed, they will be totally disgusted with what ever it is that they are cured from and won't stand for any of it going
Steve Earle tells of his experience with "Jonathan Wayne Nobles", who claimed to be rehabilitated in the story "A Death in Texas" (Earle 72). I do not think that Nobles was truly rehabilitated. I believe Nobles was just putting on a show to try andget some self-worth, and get people to feel sorry for him. In my opinion, I think that there are a few things we should consider before we can say that someone is truly rehabilitated.
Firstly, I believethat for someone to be truly rehabilitated, they must be able to not only function in their current surroundings, but also be able to function in actualsociety. Nobles, may have seemed to be rehabilitated to Earle, because Earle himself was rehabilitated from drugs and wanted to believe that it is possible for someone else to be also. The problem with this in the case of Nobles, is that not only did he needed to be rehabilitated from drugs, but also rehabilitated from his horrible anger issues that caused him to commit two counts murder and seriously injure another person.
Secondly, Nobles did not show that he was trulysorry for what he had done. …show more content…
To some it may have seemed to be so, but I believeit was only because those people were blinded by the fact that they wanted it to be true so badly, that in their eyes it became true, causing them to be blind to the many other things hiding below the surface, but clear to others who were not so easily swayed. Do not be fooled just because someone claims to be rehabilitated and they do some good things. There are so many other thingsyou must consider, like how they might hide things they don't want you to know, and just how exactly do they really think and feel about stuff. We will never be able to tell someone's thoughts, but if they are changed, they will be totally disgusted with what ever it is that they are cured from and won't stand for any of it going