Willpower in the brakes
It was an alarming noise -- definitely loud enough to startle a child my age. And not the way an eight-year-old would want to wake up on a long drive back home. Nobody ever really wants to be responsible for these kinds of tragedies, much less face the consequences of dragging the dead thing off the road. So I guess you can forgive my dad for not stopping. It's not that he didn't care about the deer, he did. It's just who wants to touch the dead deer on the side of the road. The speaker in William Stafford’s “Traveling Through the Dark” experiences a similar dilemma when he comes across a dead doe only to later realize it's pregnant .He/she is faced with the moral issue of what is right and what is wrong. Although at first glance some readers may find the speaker's reaction to the dead creature heartless the speaker made the most humane decision by pushing the doe off the cliff preventing loss of human life,causing the unborn fawn further pain and particularly…show more content… It is probable that the fawn will suffer birth defects from oxygen deprivation and the fawn will be weak from having blood flow and nutrients cut off early. Calling for immediate medical attention ,the mountainous wilson river road is not very populated meaning the nearest wildlife rehabilitation center could be hours or days away.A fawn also requires their mother's milk while there is replacements the speaker could use .Most local pet stores do not sell such items .Then there is the issue that tossing a newborn fawn into a vehicle minutes after it is born could be extremely dangerous ,it is recommended that you refrain from touching a newborn fawn until 12 hours after it's birth . much less throw them into a car expose them to the harsh driving conditions of a mountainous
