In the world, many people at least one time in their lifetime will lose trust. The fictional book, Through the Fire by Shawn Grady, represents this major human experience. In this book, the main character, Firefighter Aidan O’Neill, loses trust in himself after a tough call with a probationary firefighter. Having lost trust in himself, Firefighter O'Neill begins to think twice about what he is doing, which sometimes puts the other co-workers lives in danger. And Firefighter O’Neill couldn’t have picked a worse time to lose trust in himself, because the arsonist that had previously killed Aidan O’Neill’s father, is roaming free and is once again making the once safe streets of Reno into a fiery inferno. Even though, this is a serious situation
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In fact, most emergency workers will lose trust just as often, or more than a non-emergency worker does. In Through the Fire, Aidan O’Neill actually starts to become scared of the fire because he has lost so much trust in himself. Aidan describes how he feels when he looks at the fire at a house fire by saying, “Black smoke rolled out of the front door, swirling liquid flowing down the hallway. Two opalescent eyes formed within the flame… A vacuum formed in my gut.” This quote proves how a firefighter is just like any normal person living in today's world, and how they can lose trust in themselves just like any other person. In Flashpoint, Jules, a SWAT team officer, loses trust in herself and begins to mess up the active shooter call that she went to. Though, luckily, losing trust in herself is just what she needed, because it made her human. Police officers and other emergency personnel are often expected to be more than human. But when it comes down to basics, being human is all one can do. At the end of the episode after Jules tells her boss that she wasn’t perfect, he says, “It's okay that you weren't perfect, that is what those people needed.” This quote shows that a police officer can lose trust in themselves and be human. It also shows that anyone can lose trust in themselves, and has the right to do
In fact, most emergency workers will lose trust just as often, or more than a non-emergency worker does. In Through the Fire, Aidan O’Neill actually starts to become scared of the fire because he has lost so much trust in himself. Aidan describes how he feels when he looks at the fire at a house fire by saying, “Black smoke rolled out of the front door, swirling liquid flowing down the hallway. Two opalescent eyes formed within the flame… A vacuum formed in my gut.” This quote proves how a firefighter is just like any normal person living in today's world, and how they can lose trust in themselves just like any other person. In Flashpoint, Jules, a SWAT team officer, loses trust in herself and begins to mess up the active shooter call that she went to. Though, luckily, losing trust in herself is just what she needed, because it made her human. Police officers and other emergency personnel are often expected to be more than human. But when it comes down to basics, being human is all one can do. At the end of the episode after Jules tells her boss that she wasn’t perfect, he says, “It's okay that you weren't perfect, that is what those people needed.” This quote shows that a police officer can lose trust in themselves and be human. It also shows that anyone can lose trust in themselves, and has the right to do