Tuesday, January 14, 2014

House and Cuddy

        Dr. House has a passion for medicine and helping people, but he has something inside of him that allows him to put his morals aside to help people in unconventional ways. House likes to do things his way and will stop at nothing to make sure something goes his way. He acts like a child in some cases, but that gives him an excuse for his loss of empathy. House has less morality than the other doctors, he will put patients through pain or lie to them to find an answer about something. Dr. House has a sense of right and wrong, but ignores it to help patients.
        In the TV show House, Dr. Cuddy is the person who is trying to stop Dr. House from crossing the line from which there is no turning back. She is the head of the hospital and has to deal with House's unethical treatments every day. Cuddy does not share House's ability to put morals aside. She is more likely to do things by the book and threatens House when he does something immoral. House and Cuddy know that Cuddy cannot do anything about House's actions because he is the best doctor in the hospital, and Dr. Cuddy can't give up his valuable knowledge. Cuddy will go along with House's ideas because she knows he is usually right, but has to stop him when things go against her sense of morality.
        House and Cuddy have different levels of morality. House has a very low level, like a child, while Cuddy is at a much higher level. She is able to feel empathy, something House lacks, and this makes her want to help people with as little emotional and physical pain as possible. House doesn't care about peoples' feelings, as long as he heals the patient, he couldn't care less about peoples' emotions. House is a very good doctor because he heals patients and saves lives. Many people don't believe that House should be a doctor because he is so immoral, but it is good to have someone to think outside of the box. Other doctors don't even think about the treatments House does because their morals get in the way. House has a sense of right and wrong, but ignores it when necessary. By doing this, House saves patients that would have died without his out of the box thinking. Hospitals need doctors like House or many people that could be saved would die.