Blog Post #4: House “Pilot”

How do the characters act, and what sort of model do they provide to a reader?

House is the main character in “House”. He behaves negatively because he doesn’t listen to his superiors and he gambles with his patient’s lives. House provides a poor role model for these specific reasons. A true doctor reacts to illnesses based on scientific reasoning and proof. House is the exception.
What consequences do characters face for right or wrong choices?

House’s supervisor told House that because she is a doctor she doesn’t work off hunches because when doctors are wrong patients die. House doesn’t listen to his supervisor. He works off his hunches and strips his patient, Rebecca, of all treatment to discover her ailment by the speed of her deterioration. By the time he discovers she has a worm, she is too broken mentally to desire to be cured.