Dr. Olson in my mind is a smart Doctor. Simply because of the fact that he did whatever he could to find out what exactly was wrong with the girl. When he first walked into the room I wasn't too sure of his character. The setting took place in the kitchen but the author didn't go into detail why it was too damp anywhere else in the house. For starters the doctor wasn't even greeted with the good intentions "When I arrived I was met by the mother, a big startled looking woman, very clean and apologetic who merely said, is this the doctor?" In my opinion, I don't think the doctor justified force in this story because; he was just doing his job. The job to make sure he finds out what is wrong with the child and he accomplished that.
             In the kitchen the child sat there looking very ill as described in the book; "The child was fairly eating me up with her cold, steady eyes, and no expression to her face whatever", "her face was flushed, she was breathing rapidly, and I realized that she had a high fever". When I was reading this I stopped and thought, what I would do if I was in Olson's shoes? It would be my responsibility to cure her. "She's had a fever for three days, began the father and we don't know what it comes from."
             Another good point is how the doctor asked the child to open her mouth to take a look inside. Rumor has it that there has been a serious plague going around by the name of "diphtheria". It is essential that that Olson gets in that mouth and takes a good look. "In my best professional manner and asking for the child's first name I said, come on, Mathilda, open your mouth and lets' take a loot at your throat". I guess you can say the mother and father were pretty helpful also telling Mathilda to listen to the doctor. The child was very furious and would not open her mouth. Being so
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