'Number 12 Looks Just Like You'

Being a lonely patient, her only friend was the constant flashbacks from her tenure as a professor. First came the memories of her success as she published volumes after volumes of literary analysis of Jon Donne and her praisal of the way his poetry reveals “how good you really are” (Norton 1507). At this stage, she relied on her interpretation of Donne’s sonnet and combats death coldly and rationally. In discussion with Dr Kelekian, she doesn’t hesitate to embrace a strong and dangerous experimental chemotherapy method. Within her mind were the constant urge to know more facts and an one-step-removed void of feelings, unlike that of someone who is facing a terminal disease. Then, things take a turn when Vivian ceased to see the world through Jon Donne and looked at those who surrounded her instead. Stunned by the cold treatment from Jason Posner, her former student turned doctor, she began to question the way that she perceives life. In a flashback to her teaching tenure, she regrets an instant when she refused to grant a student an extension on an assignment as his grandmother had recently passed

Does feeling valuable or not dictate daily emotions? Does it develop an impediment for happiness? Does it make humans bored, angry, and unhappy? Well, only Hector can tell. Hector lives a tidy and comfortable life where his only worry equates waking up alive each morning.

With careful examination, it proved that there was a multitude of problems building on each other worsening the condition exponentially. After comprehensively examining the problem, the doctor spoke in a soothing, hopeful voice. He explained every single detail about what was occurring in her body and why she acquired the dilemma she is in now. More important than the diagnosis was the look in her eyes. Her dead, beaten eyes became alive. Her posture, at first looking down, cold and defeated, altered just the slightest as her chin rose a few inches. Her door was on the verge to slam shut and every trace of light along with it, but, the doctor was able to conjure a flame and bring the light back to the darkest room. Although the treatments at every specialized doctor proved futile, this doctor was able to return hope to her. It was more than just a diagnosis; he had saved her

Through the ratification of The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on March 10, 1848 by the United States, the war between the U.S. and Mexico came to an end. However, it can be argued that the legacy and aftermath of this treaty at the end of the war has had consequences that are still felt to this day. Issues of race, culture, and social political status continue and although diplomatic peace may have occurred the legal, cultural and physical violence continued. In this document, we will review the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, its provisions and method of enforcement for land rights, citizenship, and violence that targeted the Spanish speaking inhabitants of the land in question.

Do you think fear can kill? “For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own - for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to The Twilight Zone” (“Rod”). In 1959, one of the most popular television series was The Twilight Zone, wrote and produced by Rod Serling. The series includes many tales and adventures that are very thought provoking. The Twilight Zone highlights the tragedies during the 1950’s, specifically in the episode, “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”. The Twilight Zone contains five seasons but only thirty-six of the episodes were during the 1950’s and 1960’s, and were based on fear and catastrophe. The later episodes of the 1960’s reflected the catastrophes in the 1950’s. In The Twilight Zone episode, “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”, the events display tragedies of the 1950’s, like the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and the Space Race.

A person’s attitude changes frequently, especially when they are considering to do something good or bad. Jean Muir, in the book Behind a Mask; or, a Women’s Power by Louisa May Alcott, has a recurrent attitude change. Muir’s attitude changes talking to both men and women, but depending on who they are and what rank they are in the family.

The consequences of excessive desire to be someone else, a recurring theme I evaluated from an accumulation of texts ‘All the bright places’ written by Jennifer Niven, ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’ directed by Anthony Minghella, Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol and Catch me if you can directed by Steven Spielberg. To examine this theme in detail to further an understanding of how the same theme can be expressed in a number of ways, I used three questions to help develop a conclusion-, has society alienated the protagonist and if so how, how does the characters struggle with their identity , also what consequences this desire has caused.

In conclusion, Person introduces two conflicting opinions of the main message, medical ethics. However, there is a bias towards Jenna’s initial view, and the opinions of Lily and Alleys. Overall, the author uses this book as a way of showing us the ever-more relevant debate of medical ethics, but wants us to make our own decision of what view to

She had abused a cocktail of prescription drugs that lasted over ten years which now had become a part of her life. She had attempted suicide numerous of times and had been committed in the past to a psychiatric wards. Still after that her essence that was Marilyn remained untarnished.

This film offers the public an important piece of medical history through the telling of Thomas’ achievements in a way that is thought-provoking. Also, the social issues it raises, for example the relationship

The movie “The Doctor” takes an intimate look at the life of a surgeon who is immensely detached from his patients and often acts callously towards his patients and even his family. The arrogance and heartlessness that are seen in the beginning of the movie slowly become subdued when Jack McKee finds out that he has a malignant tumor. The diagnosis of the life-threatening tumor forces Jack to reevaluate his life and in turn allows Jack to see life from the perspective of a patient. The differences in McKee’s character are abundantly evident but one of the best examples of how much he truly changes are how starkly different the opening scene in the surgery suite is as compared to the final scene in the surgery suite. When the movie opens

Harvey Fierson once said,“never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accepts no one’s definition of your life, but define it yourself.” Throughout life many people struggle to find who they are or the person they want the world to see. One can say this dilemma stems from the human need of belongingness, as demonstrated in Maslow 's hierarchy of needs. “Day of the Butterfly” by Alice Munro depicts this idea through the relationship, that is formed between the main characters Helen and Myra. Helen can be viewed as a dynamic and round character because her personality shifted a lot throughout the story. The reader was also allowed to see her battle with “self” from the beginning to end of the narrative. Myra on the other hand, would be a foil or static character. This is due to the fact that Myra remained constant and she was the reason behind Helen’s actions and thoughts. However for this analysis we will focus solely on Helen and how her character was affected and evolved. She was a very weak-minded, submissive, and scared individual, who later exhibit qualities of bravery. At the end we can see how she began to step into who she was as an individual. Now we will look at how Helen was affected mentally, socially and emotionally.

In Grier English classes, we have discussed about the change of identity in many different books, for example, Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Sometimes, the mental activities experienced by the characters that are facing great transformations resonate with our life. Within all of these books we read and suffered through with countless tests and projects, I find a very important lesson in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

ashamed of their body, their looks, or be insecure about any body part because everyone is

Often, there is a disconnection between the self whom we present to the world and our “true” self. Some people try to blur the line between the person they are in the inside and the person they present to others. They try to rub out their imperfections and use plastic surgery to try to become that person they think they really are. However, plastic surgery does not change one`s “true” self.