The characters of House and Stacey work together to convey to the viewer that the director’s attitude towards trust is that people trust too easily. It was a very wise decision to convey this value through House, whose character is stubborn, unfriendly and definitely not the type to trust people. When House discovered his patient, Clarence, was still unwell, he told Stacey and trusted her not to tell Cuddy, their boss. It is not in House’s nature to trust another, so this highlights the director’s attitude that anybody can trust people easily.
The viewer learns that the character of Cameron values companionship because the close-up camera shot on her face allows the viewer to see her sympathetic expression when learning her patient, Cindy, has no family. Also, Cameron experienced the five stages of death for Cindy when learning Cindy is dying and nobody will notice. This shows the viewer how important companionship is to Cameron, and, furthermore, the director. The director’s attitude is conveyed through Cameron’s dialogue when she was feeling helpless and stated “someone should notice when someone dies.” The attitude of the director simply is that everybody should have somebody with them throughout their lives.
The value of freedom is clearly a very important value of the director for it to be conveyed through the use of a suicide attempt. The character of Clarence attempts to kill himself because he had no freedom and it was the only thing he had control of. Clarence valued freedom so much that he was willing to take his life just to succeed in having that freedom. Clarence is a very vulnerable character, which was shown through an over-head shot of Clarence getting ill playing basketball, and this vulnerability conveys the director’s attitude that everybody deserves even the smallest amount of freedom because people might rebel against life to achieve it.
Trust, companionship and freedom were values conveyed in the episode ‘Acceptance’ of House, alongside various other important values, such as respect. The values are conveyed through the use of characters, and, furthermore, the attitude of the director. The director of House believes that even the unfriendliest of people have the ability to trust, everybody needs someone alongside them through difficult times in life, and if a person isn’t given enough freedom, it is only natural to rebel against the rules.
