Goin Fishin

In the short story “Goin Fishin” by Chris Crutcher gives an example of forgiveness.
Lionel Serbousek lost his parents and little brother in a boating accident. Neal, Lionel’s ex best friend shows up at his door three years after the accident asking for forgiveness. Neal’s mother calls lion to ask for help and is willing to help him out. Elaine tells Lionel off and brings him to reality. After that Lionel goes looking for Neal to talk. Lionel forgives Neal once he finds him and they go fishing. Lionel and his parents were on the lake fishing in the afternoon around the same time Neal, but they didn’t know Neal had a few drinks and wasn’t paying any attention to were he was going and ran into the boat Lionel and his parents were on. Lionel was the only person who seen it coming so he jumped. Neal finds Lionel after three years and asks for forgiveness Lionel turns him down and asks “what the hell are you doing here” Neal reply’s “trying to give myself a chance”. Elaine talks to Lionel about how he treated Neal Anderson like shit and how nobody could tell him anything and how he’s lucky to have friends who “gathered around him like angels”. Lion goes off after his discussion with Elaine, to find Neal, “Lionel wants to believe that he’s doing this because he had come to his senses”. He finds Neal and they talk and he forgives him and says to Neal,” I think its time to go fishing”.
Forgiveness is reviled in the short story Goin Fishin by Chris Crutcher.