A random thought: why is it fifteen men on a dead man's chest? Wouldn't two be enough -- one trying to perform CPR, and the other one saying "I'm sorry. He's dead, Jim"?
I'm wondering into what sort of texts or genres are different emotions turned into. I am angry, in despair, loving, hopeful, etc, therefore I write..maybe every emotion becomes a driving force for one character's action in a story/scene.