Analysis Of Dr. Harlow's Determination Of Phineas

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2. What tragic accident happened to Phineas and what happened to the limbic system and frontal lobe structures? A taping iron shot through his brain and damaged the limbic system and frontal lobe structures causing Gage to no longer be able to assign priority to the messages sent from his limbic system.

“Every time, when I got my self into position to jump, I felt a flash of disbelief that was I was doing anything so perilous. But I always jumped. Otherwise I would have lost face with Phineas, and that would have been unthinkable.” P. 34

John Knowles implies Phineas is naive through the implementation of dialogue. Phineas confesses to Gene that “[he] hope[s] [Gene is] having a pretty good time here… you can’t come by yourself, and at this teenage-period in life the proper person is your best pal” (48). The boys live in a masculine society, which places an emphasis on strength. To expose one’s feelings to someone else is considered “social suicide.” Therefore, Gene takes advantage of Phineas’ naiveté by not responding to his declaration of friendship. Phineas also asserts that “when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love” (111). Phineas’ philosophy centers around a world of youth of peace; he always attempts to find the best in everyone. This naive attitude contrasts with the cruel nature of the world, where wars and competitions are common occurrences. At Gene’s trial for Phineas’ fall, Phineas asks Gene if “[he] was down at the bottom” (170) in a concerned, friendly tone. Phineas fears of Gene’s betrayal; he cannot believe that his friend would have the urge to push him out the tree. In order to protect his high opinion of Gene, he alters the past in his mind to avoid facing the truth. This emphasizes his naiveté as the true events do not align with what Phineas made up in his mind. At the hospital after Phineas’s second fall, following the trial, Gene explains to Phineas that he would "get things so scrambled up nobody would know who to fight any more” and that “[he would] make a mess, a terrible mess...out of the war'" (191). Phineas’ world does not hold any fights or enmity. His good character is unrealistic in this world. Consequently, the war would drive him to madness.

In my opinion, yes, I want to be compensated with what the things I did for science. I’m not selfish or anything, but it is also for my family. I want my family to benefit from something that they would do to me, even if I am long gone. I would also make sure to sue the doctor that took my tissue without permission. It’s called stealing. If he only asked for my permission and explained what he will do to it? I might consider donating my tissue to help science. As long as, my family and I will be recognize for it.

Charlie got smarter after the surgery, because Algernon was experimented on during the surgery and was really smarter than Charlie

Charlie had a chance to learn and do things that most people wouldn't have a chance to do in a lifetime, even if it was for a short time. After Charlie's regression he continued to try to become intelligent again, however, Charlie had said himself that he was grateful when he said, "Im glad I got a second chanse to be smart becaus I lerned a lot of things that I never even new were in this world and Im grateful that I saw it all for a little bit (Keyes 245) [Sic]." You have to understand that, with a mindset like this, you know you have done the right thing. Charlie was grateful for his chance to be smart and was thoroughly pleased with his decision. Nothing can be more favorable than the joyous feeling of gratitude. It can be compared to getting the gift you always wanted for Christmas, or when someone gives you a sincere smile that will brighten any bad day. This must have been what Charlie had been feeling in order to be this grateful. Another piece of evidence to prove this point is when Dr Nermur had said that Charlie was, "trying to cram a lifetime of research and thought into a few weeks (Keyes 238)." Both Charlie and Dr. Nemur both know that he was capable of this, and so much more. After the operation Charlie was super intelligent and grew the ability to understand more things socially, which is what he wanted the most, to be able to understand his friends and be smart like them, two of his greatest desires in one stone.

Charlie was lucky because Algernon got the surgery a long time before so they could tell Charlie if something was going to happen to him. "He was unusually disturbed and vicious."(216). In this sentence, it shows how they found out that Algernon was acting weird, so they researched on him and they found out what was happening. This way they could tell Charlie what will happen to him and if they had any way they could stop it from happening. "Algernon died two days ago. Dissection shows my predictions were right. His brain had decreased in weight and there was a cerebral convolutions as well as the deepening and broadening of brain fissures."(219). This sentence is describing what happened to Algernon and how he died. This shows that this will soon happen to Charlie. And just like Algernon, Charlie will die. This is why Charlie shouldn't have taken the surgery to become

For most of Gatsby’s life, Daisy has been his motivation is his success and all goals in general. When Gatsby gets the chance to gather with Daisy after 5 years, he acts out. At fear of not impressing her, Gatsby begins to grow concerned. When he is caught trying to leave he says, “ this is a terrible mistake… [Nick replies] You're just embarrassed, that's all’ and luckily added, ‘Daisy's embarrassed too.” (Fitzgerald 87). Gatsby's care is shown in this scene because he is afraid of not impressing Daisy. He wants to make sure that every moment with Daisy is perfect because he does not want to lose her once again. After all, nothing says perfection like worrying. Another example of this is shown when Daisy goes back home after running over Myrtle. Nick tells Gatsby to go home but Gatsby's reply is, “I want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed, Good Night, old sport, (Fitzgerald 145). Gatsby is watching over Daisy from afar to make sure that she is safe. This is the ultimate way to show that Gatsby cares for her. He spent the whole night watching over Daisy just to make sure Tom would not bring any harm to her. Ironically, Nick points out that despite all efforts Gatsby, was not watching over anything. Also, because Daisy made it his life's goal to get Daisy back, he goes to any extent to make her happy. He tells Nick, “Can’t repeat

“He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was” (Fitzgerald 110).

To begin, the impact war has on Phineas’s life is clearly demonstrable.War has dramatically changed his life, he views everything in a different perspective and tries to relate almost everything to war. Phineas jumps off the tree branches into the river because he thinks it helps him prepare for war and believes it makes him a man. In Devon School, it is forbidden to jump into the river. Despite the fact that jumping out of the tree is forbidden, Phineas continues to jump out of the tree, showing his manliness. Phineas believes he has to jump out of the tree “because [he is] getting ready for the war”(Knowles 22). One particular event when Phineas attempts to jump out of the tree he injures himself. Phineas would not have got injured if it was not for war. War is what ignites the fire in Phineas to jump off the tree over and over again. As a result of

12. Assume the role of the surgeons as they explain the procedure to Jim’s parents. Write a one- to two-paragraph explanation about the surgery, paying particular attention to what you would say about regaining use of his arm, forearm, and hand.

As stated above, this humiliation that he has been experiencing has caused him to lose his confidence in himself. This is proved when Charlie writes about his conversation with Miss Kinnian. He writes: “I tried to make a conversation with Miss Kinnian but no matter how much I tried to talk at the same level as her I always brought up psychology in the process. I am having great difficulty in making friends.” This quote proves that after the surgery that Charlie took to triple his intelligence made him find it difficult to make friends after he became aware of this humiliation that he has been experiencing. It

The observations Nick makes are genuine, he does not tamper with the story to suit his liking of certain characters. He notices Myrtle's change in attitude when she entered the apartment, "The intense vitality that had been so immense in the garage was converted into impressive hauteur." Carroway simply states his observation as it occured before him; he does not paint this in a light that can be construed as negative or positive but simply tells the reader what he noticed.

This is a very unique way of upholding Nick’s narration as it parallels the problems that Fitzgerald himself went through, but it makes a contrast between the Nick we see on screen and the one we read about. The fact that he is in a clinic is absurd on its own, implying that he was much more submissive and vulnerable to the unruliness of the city that he had left behind than Fitzgerald had let on, completely incapable of moving on from the past (which sounds just like another character that he was very closely associated with, does it not?); this messes with things a bit, for there is not any room for two tragic heroes, both with a fatal imperfection in this storyline. Along with that flaw, he is maladroit, easily becoming an innocent child looking at the world for the very first time in the awkward embodiment of Maguire, and it comes as a surprise that his jaw does not drop as he looks around with youthful fascination; he just does not give Nick the sense of capability and maturity in his performance as our inert, yet open-minded storyteller needs.