The Boy with the Topknot
Chapter 8 – Doctor! Doctor!- pages 115 - 127
Chapter summary:
The chapter starts out with Sathnam and his family making their way to Croft Resource centre in Bilston. Sathnam first describes how each of his family members look like and how odd they must seem as a collection to onlookers. Sathnam and his mum start a series of discussions and he describes the bus ride vividly referring back to his teenage days where he remembers the same people in the street. Once at the Croft Resource Centre, Sathnam remembers a peculiar conversation he once had with a friend; to determine if someone is mentally ill, a person needs to yawn repeatedly and if they do not yawn as well, this means they have more chance of being mentally ill. He describes the people with him in the waiting room and how he sympathized with them after he had spoken to them. He amplifies the fact that it’s important not to judge a book by its cover like he does. After that he describes his father’s doctor and how Indian he is. Furthermore, Sathnam gets more information about his father’s disease and his condition at that point. He listens to Dr. Patel and when his father speaks he seems overwhelmed with how his father acts. Eventually Dr. Patel explains that his father is doing so well because he is in a family setting. An Indian family setting, as studies show that Indian families cope better with schizophrenia than western families. By the end of the chapter, Sathnam, having just interviewed a major recording artist, was distracted with more questions about his father instead of having his questions answered.
Analysis of song /chapter title:
There are a couple songs that have the title “Doctor! Doctor!”. The most likely song for this chapter is by Iron Maiden. The lyrics are:
Doctor doctor, please
Don't you know I'm going fast
Doctor doctor, please
Don't you know I just can't last
She walked up to me and really stole my heart
And then she started to tear my body apart
Livin' lovin'
Chapter summary:
The chapter starts out with Sathnam and his family making their way to Croft Resource centre in Bilston. Sathnam first describes how each of his family members look like and how odd they must seem as a collection to onlookers. Sathnam and his mum start a series of discussions and he describes the bus ride vividly referring back to his teenage days where he remembers the same people in the street. Once at the Croft Resource Centre, Sathnam remembers a peculiar conversation he once had with a friend; to determine if someone is mentally ill, a person needs to yawn repeatedly and if they do not yawn as well, this means they have more chance of being mentally ill. He describes the people with him in the waiting room and how he sympathized with them after he had spoken to them. He amplifies the fact that it’s important not to judge a book by its cover like he does. After that he describes his father’s doctor and how Indian he is. Furthermore, Sathnam gets more information about his father’s disease and his condition at that point. He listens to Dr. Patel and when his father speaks he seems overwhelmed with how his father acts. Eventually Dr. Patel explains that his father is doing so well because he is in a family setting. An Indian family setting, as studies show that Indian families cope better with schizophrenia than western families. By the end of the chapter, Sathnam, having just interviewed a major recording artist, was distracted with more questions about his father instead of having his questions answered.
Analysis of song /chapter title:
There are a couple songs that have the title “Doctor! Doctor!”. The most likely song for this chapter is by Iron Maiden. The lyrics are:
Doctor doctor, please
Don't you know I'm going fast
Doctor doctor, please
Don't you know I just can't last
She walked up to me and really stole my heart
And then she started to tear my body apart
Livin' lovin'