Oliver Sacks’ novel‚ The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat‚ depicts the various histories of patients that have suffered with neurological disorders. Dr. Sacks is a professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine‚ and was able to work with the patients mentioned in the novel when he worked as a consulting neurologist. Some of the disorders that the patients suffer from include Tourette’s syndrome‚ autism‚ Parkinsonism‚ epilepsy‚ phantom limbs‚ schizophrenia‚ retardation‚ and Alzheimer’s disease
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a 1985 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks describing the case histories of some of Dr. Sacks’s patients. The title of the book comes from the case study of a man with visual agnosia. The other essays in this book include: "The Lost Mariner"‚ about Jimmie G.‚ who has lost the ability to form new memories due to Korsakoff’s syndrome. He can remember nothing of his life since his demobilization at the end of WWII‚ including events that happened only a
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may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” Says the character John Proctor in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Probably the most powerful line the entire play‚ it is apparent that the idea of the importance of “names” is the central theme of this great classic. The author begins to develop this idea early in the play beginning with the conversation between Reverend Parris (a fearful reverend who instigates the witchcraft panic when he finds his daughter‚ Betty Parris
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Oedipus All of Oedipus’ obstacles were an effect of his own actions. It all began when the Oracle at Delphi announced to Oedipus that he was destined to murder his father and marry his mother. He made the decision to escape the life he knew to stop this event from occuring. He was not aware that by doing so he was allowing the prophecy to happen and that he was entering his destiny of tragedy. When all is said and done‚ Oedipus was blind and found guilty for the death of the king of Thebes. Although
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: By Oliver Sacks Oliver Sacks wrote a collection of narratives titled‚ The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat‚ we see the suffering of those with neurological diseases‚ their attempts to cope with these diseases and the conclusions that Sacks makes on their conditions. Sacks is the physician in these narrative stories that tell about his studies of the person behind neurological deficits. Sacks’ interests are not only in the disease itself but also in the
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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari The Monk Who sold His Ferrari: a fable about fulfilling your dreams and reaching your destiny‚ by Robin Sharma‚ is an interesting book. It’s a book that will make you see life from another perspective it will also make you give some thought to your life‚ your goals‚ your dreams and how your daily habits help you reach those dreams. It’s a book that gives us great teachings about life‚ and that motivates us to have a balance in it‚ activities and relationships that
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Jack Slotnick 3/30/2011 The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat What is completely amazing is that with these conditions attacking his mental abilities Dr. P was able to function and continue working with his music students. The left side of the brain controls four very important everyday functions. Listening‚ calculations‚ logic and analysis. The author makes a very interesting observation. Neurology and psychology discuss many facets and explanations of our mental processes but almost
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Holden a name that has always been a weird one. My name means to hold‚and I have always hated that‚ because people would always say ’’ what are you holding Holden’’. My name has been used for many things such as a: a car‚ out door gear‚ a character in a soap opera‚ and a restaurant. I wish my name could have been something like Chad or something‚ so what kind of name is Holden. I guess since my name was not a common name I would be more outlandish to more people. Holden is one of those names that
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defines you? The one thing that defines me is‚ my name. My name to me is special‚ unique‚ different‚ and the person I am and will forever be. How many people do you actually know with the name Sopriya? Not many im sure. Considering there are 316‚719‚944 people in the United States of America and there are very few people with my name. You will probably never meet anyone else with my name‚ and if you do then that’s pretty unique its self. My name has become a big part of me‚ even though not many
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Important Symbolism in Young Goodman Brown What’s in a name? Parents often put a great deal of thought into picking out a name for their children in hopes that others view it as a reflection of their uniqueness and a representation of their future aspirations. Authors also put a great deal of thought into their characters’ names and supporting objects to help the reader understand the meaning of their writings. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses duplicity in the characters of Young Goodman Brown and Faith;
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