Runner - Post 2

I saw this quote on the very first page of the book and it got me thinking about the idea of it.

"I've read about kids who hate their parents for being alcoholics. I've never understood that. It'd be like hating a wounded animal for being wounded, which makes no sense at all." (pg. 3)

I thought about how much sense that statement actually makes. One way to look at it is that once they become an alcoholic, it is just as hard to change your life as it is to quit smoking, because it is a whole life style change. So why would you, or how could you, hate somebody for something that they can't stop doing that is part of their life?
On the other hand, the only reason they are an alcoholic is because they chose to start drinking, and drinking more. There was a way that they could have stopped before it got too bad, but it didn't, and that isn't really anyone's fault but there own.

I think that this is a very good statement and that it makes you realize the truth of it. A wounded animal can't help but be wounded, just like an alcoholic can't hep be an alcoholic.