people, we are able to take the time each day, to try to grow as people and try to self-actualize ourselves to become better people. Carlos comes to accept his pending death and does exactly what Kubler-Ross describes. The way in which this change comes about, has to do with a variety of different inconsistencies in his arguments that come together as a whole and make Carols realize that the things he is doing are hurtful and that they simply aren't "right", as he says it. Aside from his insensitiveness and his lack of compassion, Carlos is very fond, and cares very much for his two children, one girl and one boy. During his group therapy session Carlos declared that if rape were legal he would do it from time to time. The psychologist then asks him weather or not he would want his daughter living in a society such as this. Carlos begins to see the errors of his reasoning, which soon leads to his recovery and the breakdown of his elaborate defense system. " 'I've never asked you before-what do you really want for (daughter) her?' 'I want her to have a loving relationship with a man, and have a loving family.' But how can this happen if her father is advocating a world of rape? If you want her to live in a loving world, then it's up to you to construct that world-and you have to start with you're own behavior. You can't be outside your own law-that's the base of any ethical system.'(79)" This is where Carlos starts to realize the things that Kubler -Ross was talking about when she said that after you die, you have a lasting impression on those around you and you change them, for better or for worse. Carlos is starting to realize that the things he does affect his children, and as a result, will affect the people his children come into contact with.Another inconsistency comes from his firm belief in reincarnation, he believes that people come back as other vehicles of life. This is one of the final aspects of his defense system. This is ...
