The Professor

Professor Richard Brown is in the office of his doctor and receives bleak news concerning his health. He has advanced stage cancer of his lungs which has spread throughout his body with mortal consequences. His life expectancy is set by the doctor as being 6 months without treatment, which might be extended to 12-18 months with aggressive and painful cancer treatment. Richard is devastated by the news, becoming self-abusive in verbal tirades against himself, and walking through town and around campus as if in an emotional stupor.