He's clearly still alive when Ed takes him back home, in that time he could have called 911 or at least drove him to a hospital. His son is dying and all he does is take him home and wet a wash cloth?
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I agree with this. I wondered why he didn't take him to the hospital. He WAS alive after the accident. It felt like he just let him die.
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I know its like he didn't even try to save him. I could understand if he was killed on impact, but he wasn't he was still alive. Ed just took him home and sat down with him, and basically just sat there and let him die.
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Perhaps he didn't have health insurance?
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It's unlikely that there is a hospital nearby.
Also, it is established that Ed and his son, live a very different life than the 'city folk'. If Ed cuts his arm, he likely cauterizes the wound. If his son gets the flu, he likely wets a rag and gives him ginger ale.
In places like Ed lives, the Father (or mother) is the doctor... and the house is the hospital.
Plus, I think his sons wounds were severe, and internal, and it is likely he would not have made the trip to any hospital within the area.
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Ed's a very down to earth and country fellow and they tend to hate the newer ways of life sometimes. He probably didn't even know there was a hospital nearby, but I doubt the boy could have been saved if they got him in an ambulance. Those kids should have never let their friend act like he did to begin with.
I live in the south and there are several people who live life like Ed around. They are good people but can be extremely hard headed.
Well from where they lived it's doubtful that they would even make it to a hospital! And they're dirt-poor anyway!
shareLance's character had a lot of that strong silent wisdom thing going on, & I think we're meant to assume that he could already tell there was no way to save his son, so at least the boy would die in his arms and not in some hospital (or vet clinic, whatever they would have had out there). In real life, today, he'd probably end up behind bars for it.
shareLance's character had a lot of that strong silent wisdom thing going on, & I think we're meant to assume that he could already tell there was no way to save his son, so at least the boy would die in his arms and not in some hospital (or vet clinic, whatever they would have had out there). In real life, today, he'd probably end up behind bars for it.
As others have said, it was a very poor, country town out in the middle of nowhere so the son would've died by the time Ed could drive to a hospital anyways. Plus, healthcare isn't free in this country, so he probably wouldn't have been able to afford whatever treatment they would've been able to give his son. I think it's realistic. No offense, but I think lots of people nowadays (not just you, but many people) watch movies wanting to feel highly intelligent so they pick apart the most minute details looking for plot holes. If there are none, they'll invent some of their own.
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