such as concussions‚ but what many people do not know of are what happens to an athlete after sustaining the head trauma. Diseases like Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE) can affect athletes many years after sustaining concussions and can lead to death. Many sports corporations such as the NFL are taking steps to help prevent further head trauma to their athletes‚ but many critics are questioning whether the NFL is really doing enough. The question on everyone’s
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The graphic novel Maus is a novel because it deals with human experiences‚ it is narrated in great detail‚ and it is a connected sequence of events. According to Webster’s New Explorer Dictionary‚ a novel is “a long invented prose narrative dealing with human experience through a connected sequence of events.” A narrative is also defined as “something that is narrated”‚ by the same source. The plot of Maus highlights the story of Vladek Spiegelman’s experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor
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postmodern elements. From Maus contains elements‚ which identify a postmodern text. The elements used are the interrogation of the past‚ pastiche‚ the use of a non-linear journey‚ mixing of genres‚ the use of language and the high and low culture. The fragmented form and the use of anthropomorphism allow the audience to be exposed to a postmodern text. The use of anthropomorphism shows the direct way in which the author hopes to achieve his message. From Maus the text‚ which uses the low and
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Literature review The experience of childhood trauma increases the likelihood that symptoms of PTSD will reoccur during adulthood (JAMA‚ 2008). The New England Journal of Medicine defines PTSD as a result of an events capacity to provoke fear‚ helplessness‚ or horror in response to the threat of injury or death (2002). A PTSD diagnoses will present symptoms of avoidance (to include person‚ place‚ or things)‚ flashbacks of the event‚ nightmares‚ insomnia‚ anxiety‚ depression‚ panic attacks‚ and somatic
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The time of the Holocaust was a very brutal for not just Jews‚ but for other minorities in Europe and Russia. Over 11 million people died at the hands of Germany and its allies. Maus is a novel describing a fictional person’s account of the days of and before the Holocaust. The author (and narrator)‚ Art Spiegelman‚ has a father named Vladek that lived in Sosnowiec‚ Poland. Vladek has a wife‚ Anja Spiegelman‚ that has a condition that makes her need emotional support more than normal. He is a Jew
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Maus II‚ a book by Art Spiegelman about him and his father talking about his life in the concentration camps during the Holocaust. His father had a great story about how he survived and what he did to stay on peoples “good sides”.There are many symbols in the story including the different animals that each mean something. There are the dogs‚ the cats‚ the mice‚ and the pigs. Then there is the relationship between Artie and his father‚ Vladek. Vladek was a Holocaust survivor‚ looping his way around
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How to Overcome Childhood Traumas “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional‚” is a Buddhist proverb. Everyone has had pain in their childhood. The pain can be as diminutive as finding out that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy are a sham‚ or it can be as immense as being abandoned and abused by someone. Trauma can leave mental‚ physical‚ and emotional scars that last a life time. As you transition from childhood to adulthood‚ letting your past skeletons haunt you will hold back and keep you in self
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On September 12‚ 2017‚ Ms. P as admitted to New York Presbyterian hospital after she was hit in the head and suffered a concussion and lost vision in the left eye. After assessing the injury‚ doctors determined that she had experienced a head trauma which indicates a Traumatic Brain injury known as TBI. According to the Center for Disease Control and prevention “traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a disruption in the normal function of the brain that can be caused by a bump‚ blow‚ or jolt to the head
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In the article of The Long Shadow on the Lingering Effects of Childhood Trauma‚ Dr. Bruce Perry explained that “the fight or flight instinct can change a child’s brain for the worse.” If the intimidations the child comes across are life-threatening‚ unrelenting or recurrent‚ the child becomes extremely sensitized‚ overreacting to trivial challenges and occasionally suffering symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. In this article‚ Dr. Bruce Perry emphasized that the transformation of the malleability
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Maus and historical reconciliation History always deals with things that are in the past. In this time and age‚ people usually have the tendency to consider history‚ simply as something that does not exist in reality anymore‚ things that have already passed. In Art Spiegelman’s Maus‚ the novel illustrates readers not only the change in the world after the war‚ but that it also has significant meaning for us in our day. He throws out a variety of subjects in his book‚ the generation before and after
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