Summary

In King’s introduction, King shares his experience with pain. King was hit by a van while walking. His injuries required nearly three years of rehabilitation and physical therapy. He explains the story “The Little Green God of Agony” is his search for closure.

In “The Little Green God of Agony,” Katherine “Kat” MacDonald listened to Andrew Newsome talk about the accident that has left him bedridden as she put TENS units in place for physical therapy. She had heard Newsome’s story so many times she could anticipate what he would say. She did not criticize Newsome when he complained the TENS units were too tight even though she knew they would not work correctly if they were too loose. Because Newsome was the sixth richest man in the world, few people did criticize him.

Newsome told the...