In the book, World War Z, by Max Brooks, a character, Jacob Nyathi, recalls a time when he was hospitalized and pumped full of drugs, which kept him from having to confront the reality of his situation, specifically an outbreak of “African rabies” in Cape Town. Through his drug haze, Nyathi overheard voices arguing about the situation and in retrospect says, “It’s funny, I go over that conversation all the time in my head, what I should have thought, felt, done. It was a long time before I sobered up again, before I woke up and faced the nightmare” (32). Like Nyathi, I have also avoided facing reality. One time, I didn’t want to face having to tell my parents that I high centered one of their vehicles. My junior year of high school my parents
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They left some cash, emergency numbers, and of course a mile long “list of rules”. Among the things on the list fell NO DRIVING OUR VEHICLES followed by my name. Along came the weekend and both of my sibling were arranged to sleep over at friends houses. My mom called to make sure I dropped both of them off, then once again reminded me that I was not allowed to take their cars under any circumstances. Later that night my friend Alexa came over. Things only went down hill once she arrived, I fell to peer pressure as she convinced me to take my moms car out for a spin. It was about midnight and the roads were icy because it was mind February, long story short we spun off the road and some how the car managed to get high centered on a huge rock. At this point my heart felt like it was about to fall out of my body and my head was spiraling as I began to think of what my parents were going to say. I thought of every single possibility as a way to avoid the inevitable, which was to call my parents. After multiple phone calls, my friend Cody finally answered. He came to where we were and remarkably was able to get the car off the
They left some cash, emergency numbers, and of course a mile long “list of rules”. Among the things on the list fell NO DRIVING OUR VEHICLES followed by my name. Along came the weekend and both of my sibling were arranged to sleep over at friends houses. My mom called to make sure I dropped both of them off, then once again reminded me that I was not allowed to take their cars under any circumstances. Later that night my friend Alexa came over. Things only went down hill once she arrived, I fell to peer pressure as she convinced me to take my moms car out for a spin. It was about midnight and the roads were icy because it was mind February, long story short we spun off the road and some how the car managed to get high centered on a huge rock. At this point my heart felt like it was about to fall out of my body and my head was spiraling as I began to think of what my parents were going to say. I thought of every single possibility as a way to avoid the inevitable, which was to call my parents. After multiple phone calls, my friend Cody finally answered. He came to where we were and remarkably was able to get the car off the