PLN post #2- The Magic Bullet "What makes good people do bad things?"

      In the book "The Magic Bullet" by Andrew Neiderman, Allan, a well renowned doctor, is for the most part a good doctor and person, but  he has his problems with the law later on in the book which is caused by fear and paranoia which I believe are two of the many elements of good people doing bad things.  I believe that what makes good people do bad things is desperation, paranoia, and of course fear. This is demonstrated at least four times in this book that I have been reading in class. One of the times that I would like to shine a light on is when Allan is heading back to the office to see his patient, who might be cured of leukemia miraculously. Allan gets into a conversation on the phone through his Bluetooth headset and when he hears the news he begins to worry that the cured patient may not stay cured for long. So while he is thinking about other things instead of driving, he accelerates to over 110 mph which when he is spotted by a motorcycle policeman, a pursuit begins. Not noticing for over 10 minutes, Allan is surprised to see two cops pursuing him, which cause him to pull over. The cops let him off when he explains himself and apparently the cop is a friend to the parents of the patient that he is treating. So as I you all can see, paranoia is one of the elements that seem to drive good people to do bad things. The last one that I will get into is fear, which is demonstrated in the beginning by Allan's mother. When Allan's dad dies from a heart attack, his mother begins to become very bitter and yells at Allan and his siblings a lot. This I believe is caused by fear and sadness, the fear of losing anybody else and the sadness of losing a very close loved one. Allan's mom later on, when she is no longer sad nor scared is nice to Allan and his siblings. I believe that the meanness was justified only because she lost her husband and that has to be very hard to cope with. Well that is about it for my thoughts on this question and how it has been incorporated into this story.  Hope everyone enjoys my blog post!