The Role Of Attitude In Joe Connelly's Bringing Out The Dead

In contemplating the different facets of occupation and the world of work, it is conceivable that one may overlook the significance of a person’s attitude on how a job is done or handled. This therefore, poses an interesting question, which is, in what way does a person’s attitude influence their working life? How can someone’s attitude towards their job have an impact on it, and in turn, on themselves? As defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary, attitude is “a mental position or feeling/emotion with regard toward a fact or state.” Utilizing this definition in regards to our aforementioned questions, we can draw answers from the 1998 novel, Bringing out the Dead, by Joe Connelly. Although a fictional novel, Bringing out the Dead provides clear examples from which we can make our real-world discovery about how attitudes affect …show more content…
To get an understanding of this perspective, we can take a look into Marcus who is another of Tom’s coworkers in the EMT department. Throughout our interactions with a number of characters in Bringing out the Dead, I believe that Marcus is a character like no other, based on his religious belief system. I would define Marcus as having a strong sense of religiosity in his attitude. Religiosity, we can say, is the quality of being religious and devout. We can see this in many of Marcus’ words and actions, such as how he counsels Frank
“I think the worst is over mainly because I figure it can’t get worse. It’s like I’m floating in a big tank, suspended, like in formaldehyde, waiting to go to the lab. Then there’s this constant buzzing too, and my fingers feel like they’re coming unglued.” “Hey man it can always get worse. That’s the thing. You can’t change what’s coming at you, only where you’re coming from. Let the Lord handle out there, you take care of in there.” (Connelly