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Giving Howard A Lobotomy Analysis
Giving Howard a lobotomy was wrong.There was nothing wrong with his behavior. Howard showed no sign of mental illness in a any way. The way he acted was just like any other normal thirteen year old boy. They were so concentrated on the fact that he wasn’t a perfect kid that made it seem like he needed a lobotomy. The lady claiming he needed a lobotomy gave the illusion that Howard was mentally ill because of his flaws. When in reality he had nothing wrong with him, Howard was just going through a teenage boy phase.
The book says on page fifty-nine, “ According to some of the doctor’s notes and from what my dad told me later, Lou met with six psychiatrists during the spring and summer of 1960. She wanted to know what was wrong with me and what

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