Something the Lord Made The movie‚ Something the Lord Made‚ is based on the true story of two medical pioneers and their working relationship. Dr. Alfred Blalock and Mr. Vivien Thomas worked together for 34 years doing medical research. Together‚ they discovered a groundbreaking surgery that would alter the course of medical history. In order for Blalock and Thomas to work together for so long and to accomplish so much they had to have some foundational aspects of their relationship. This is much
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Something the Lord Made is a story about the development and incredible miracle of the Blue Baby procedure. The movie is based upon how Vivien Thomas‚ a young black lab technician‚ and Dr. Alfred Blalock‚ a wealthy white physician‚ are brought together in friendship and medical research of a procedure to save cyanosis‚ bluish skin‚ children. The movie is based upon these two men‚ who defied the rules of their time to launch both a medical and a civil rights revolution. The medical impact that
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HARMONY- use of the tritone - augmented 4th‚ creates tension and something bad is about to happen despite love story Gives edgy unpredictable feeling Jazz harmony‚ ordinary chords have added blue notes DYNAMICS- -tony starts singing PP‚ breathless and excited‚ impatient -crescendos to f during 2nd theme -theme 3 is softer and quieter TEXTURE- lots of different layers makes music exciting TONALITY- D major‚ happy key to reflect mood of song INSTRUMENTS- -solo tenor voice -accompanied
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He reminds me of my Father I never knew “At the time of his death‚ my father remained a myth to me”‚ were the very first thoughts Barack Obama felt after trying to measure his loss. Similarly‚ those feelings he’d felt then were the exact same feelings I felt when a stranger called me to give me the news back in early May of 2005. The day started with the bird chirping‚ the dog barking at the meowing cat‚ the stridulation of crickets at my ears‚ and the smell of fresh cut grass in the early morning
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In her first novel Everything I Never Told You‚ Celeste Ng craftily depicts an atypical Chinese-American family whose motives and dreams are driven by the fears of unaccomplishment and failure. Through a gentle urge that keeps alive the hope for reconciliation‚ Ng teaches the importance of family. As each character’s carefully planned fantasies are shattered‚ the determination of familial unity might be their lone route back to reality‚ and to each other‚ as each relationship in the developing story
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The film “Something the Lord Made” directed by Joseph Sargent tells the tale of Alfred Blalock‚ a cardiologist‚ and his African American lab technician Vivien Thomas‚ who work together in finding a solution to a disease known as Blue Baby Syndrome before time runs out. Though in the beginning Thomas was intended to be a janitor for Blalock’s laboratory‚ Thomas’ profound knowledge of medicine and the body led him to be Blalock’s right-hand man‚ and together‚ they further their research. Though
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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER ESSEY “Better late than never” is an ancient proverb with a deep hidden meaning. Time and again all of us are told to complete the tasks assigned to us on time and being lazy most of us fail to do any assigned work on time. The result is we completely avoid the work and stop doing it further. Yes it is essential to finish a work on time but what is more important is finishing the work. Here comes the significance of the proverb “better late than never” which means that
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Eng 12B 2/25/2013 “Can a Man Forget He Is Human?” Upon reading the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell‚ I was prompted to keep a question in my head as I read it. Erich Fromm questions‚“can man forget that he is human?” or what is it to be Human. This question was undoubtedly adhered in my mind as I read the book and made me analyze the story in a big picture‚ comparing it to modern governments and pondering the deeper meaning of the text. My goal in writing this reading response is
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The first time I was ignored‚ I never considered too much of it. This happens to the entire population at some point or another‚ right? I figured this concept was normal. I brushed it off and continued with my life; figuring everything would be exceptional and work out. Later in life when new friendships arise‚ the matter should be different. Unfortunately‚ I was wrong. As I walk through the hallway‚ you just walk right past me. You restrict from saying anything to me anymore. Everything seems to
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VANESSA MELINA VÁZQUEZ VEGA WRITING WELL Never alone A blaring sound was shaking into that speedy white escort racing on the road. His hands were thumbing the steering wheel while “hold the line” was on the radio .The volume was louder every second‚ but Victor was careless about exploding his car speakers. Adrenaline went through his body as a drug running
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