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Cutting For Stone Analysis
Cutting for Stone used various flashbacks from the lives of Marion Praise Stone and Thomas Stone to exemplify the theme of the novel; death can reveal destiny. Thomas Stone experienced death through the loss of his mother, Dr. Ross, and Sister Mary Joseph Praise which led him to discover his true calling as a surgeon and a father. Marion Stone also way able to use the death of his brother to continue on his journey as a doctor back in Ethiopia. After looking back on these events in their lives, the two men are able to live their lives for a better purpose. The theme of this novel demonstrates how even the hardest events in a person’s life, such as death, can result in the finding of one’s true passion. As a person “cuts for stone”, he is trying

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