With that said, Hudson did feel remorse for her victim since she was unaware her victim was shot “over a gram of crack” (47). After Hudson is informed of this, she feels irate that she had felt sorry for an individual who chose to take the wrong path in life as she adds, “I guess I’ve built a bit of an emotional bunker myself” (47). Hudson’s infers that this “emotional bunker” is metaphorical. Obviously Hudson cannot physically build an emotional bunker, but Hudson does insist that because she was informed her victim was killed over a gram of crack; she feels uncertain why she felt remorse for the shooting victim. After this encounter, Hudson provides less emotion to patients because she felt unforgiving she could not save the shooting victim,
