New Hope New Dreams Summary

In the article entitled "New Hopes, New Dreams", Roger Rosenblatt (1996) provides the audience with information about the accident that changed Christopher’s Reeve`s life. Christopher Reeve was a successful actor as superman and after his accident he became a real hero to many people. In the article, it was mentioned that he became superman in real life because of his accident and was not scared to appear to the public. He also began to fight for the rights of people who suffered paralysis. Reeve said most money went to groups of Alzheimer or other groups and very little money went to paralyzed people. Reeve wanted to help people who were paralyzed and wanted to make a difference in their lives.
At the beginning of his accident, Reeve was shocked and scared. Reeve suffered from a lot of problems after his accident. He had trouble berthing and would get infections in his nails if he did not continue to cut his nails regularly or would get …show more content…
Like Reeve, I received my own room because I was young and a parent had to stay with me. I remember I would feel lonely. I the article, Reeve also felt lonely alone in his room. It feels lonely to be ill and lay in bed all day, but with the support of my friends and family I was much better and would not feel ill. Reeve had a lot of support from his family. Reeve’s wife and children supported him and kept him company as he improved. Reeve would receive visits from his family members and would cheer him up and that would help him feel better. Having support from his family helped him stay emotionally positive because if he did not have support from them, he would have been alone or may have suffered from depression. Reeve had a lot of positive support and the efforts he did to get better helped him feel better about his paralysis and began to move some of his muscles again