Like all the bright little colored boys and girls whom I knew when I was growing up in the 50’s‚ I wanted to be a doctor. More accurately‚ my mother raised me to be a doctor. In a thousand ways‚ some subtle and some not so subtle‚ my mother implanted the idea that the sole calling worthy of the name was that of the physician. I do not use that word ’’calling’’ lightly. For my mom‚ physicians -- those masters of the cabalistic mysteries of universes seen and unseen -- were not only the most richly
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guess Michelle was lucky because we got right in a room. So now Michelle is still really‚ really out of it and they hook her up to oxygen and try to get her hydrated. In the course of being there we saw about six different nurses and two different doctors. She had a chest x-ray‚ EKG and blood work done and little by little her blood pressure started coming back to normal. All I wanted was to take her home. I hated to leave the room to find a bathroom because I was afraid of what I was going to see
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emphasize the difficulties people have separating emotions and standards. The doctor‚ the main character‚ and his patient‚ a young girl‚ portray a troubled encounter that is subject to discussion. The characters like in most stories reflect real or plausible issues comparable in real life. Should the professional aspect of a job be put beforehand or does personal reasoning take part? The author uses the persona of the doctor to reveal a dilemma when a serious issue is confronted. This is put into reasoning
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seems unimaginable with all of the burdens they have brought upon themselves. As Miner mentioned‚ “It seems desirable to describe them as an example of the of the extremes to which human behavior can go.” It seems almost crazy! Also‚ When visiting the doctor‚ there is no guarantee one will be cured. In certain cases‚ one might even be killed; so why is there such a great amount of faith in the health care system? Why is so much hope and faith put into things that are actually harmful? The things that
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held Benny back from getting things done. Benny’s father had a bad habit of comparing his boy to another boy that had succeeded far in life. When Benny’s teacher suggested he find trade‚ Mr. Garber piped up about how Shapiro’s boy was a doctor. Benny would often curl up and tremble when it was raining and storming outside because the war had left his with horrible memories. Instead of Mr. Garber comforting him he commented on how the other boys had went to war and that Shaipro’s
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The Analysis of “Doctor in the House” The analyzed text is an extract from the book “Doctor in the house” by Richard Gordon‚ a well-known English writer. His own life was closely connected with medicine and he had also gone through such examinations that is why the characters and the situation are true to life. The author has selected the first person narrative‚ but it is combined with several lines of dialogues. Despite the fact that we see the story through the eyes of the main character‚ we
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emphasize the difficulties people have separating emotions and standards. The doctor‚ the main character‚ and his patient‚ a young girl‚ portray a troubled encounter that is subject to discussion. The characters like in most stories reflect real or plausible issues comparable in real life. Should the professional aspect of a job be put beforehand or does personal reasoning take part? The author uses the persona of the doctor to reveal a dilemma when a serious issue is confronted. This is put into reasoning
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birth of my first child. While reading the story delivering Lily‚ It is easy to tell that the author went through this experience personally. He recalled minor details such as the room the birth was in‚ who was with them before the birth‚ and the doctors directions that he heard on the phone. He seemed very into the moment‚ even more than the wife did. Author Phillip Lopate seemed overly tense from the moment the story started while his wife acted unexpectedly calm especially since she was the one
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because she forgot where she is. You can find her very troubled during this scene but she composed herself finally remembering where she is and decided to head home. The next part of the movie illustrates Alice going to the doctor. She tells him her memory problems and the doctor gives her some memory exercises‚ this includes asking her the name of her parents which answered correctly but there’s this one question that she failed to reply. As the story goes on‚ Alice is showed preparing for the family’s
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what is wrong with you. I mean you are a healthy girl and shouldn’t be passing out.” He replied. Passing out.. Passing out‚ the words pierced my ears and bounced around in my head. ‘But why? How? What’s wrong with me?’ I thought as I waited for the doctor. I looked around the sad plain room‚ my IV drip slowly going out. I crank my neck to look at my mom and as soon as I did‚ I smiled as I saw a familiar face enter the room‚ I squinted hard and saw my grandma. Not having my glasses nor contacts didn’t
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