In going to Duke, Farmer experiences all kinds of people and tries new things until he finds his vocation, and dedicates himself to becoming a doctor. He achieves this as he graduates from Harvard Medical School, and becomes a top doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital. The thing that makes him more significant is the fact that he explored all possible vocations, before deciding on what he was truly called to do. This is very unlike Ames who never considered leaving Gilead, or pursuing another vocation. If Ames has not experienced the world, then he cannot know what is better and may be settling by performing what he falsely believes to be his
In going to Duke, Farmer experiences all kinds of people and tries new things until he finds his vocation, and dedicates himself to becoming a doctor. He achieves this as he graduates from Harvard Medical School, and becomes a top doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital. The thing that makes him more significant is the fact that he explored all possible vocations, before deciding on what he was truly called to do. This is very unlike Ames who never considered leaving Gilead, or pursuing another vocation. If Ames has not experienced the world, then he cannot know what is better and may be settling by performing what he falsely believes to be his