I enjoyed this book. I found Caputo’s words to paint a very explicit picture. His style of writing revealed the emotions he must
This book deserves an A because it includes creative scenarios, an ingenious setting, and a surprisingly menacing antagonist, but can be confusing to keep up with at times. The first
Doctors, one side of the coin they are viewed as the ones that can cure the sick with their knowledge, the ones that are supposed to help them get better. The other side they are feared and are avoided at all cost by some. Doctors have this bad reputation about them because sometimes they don’t even tell their patients what is wrong with them. Or the patients themselves don’t even question the doctors because they went to school and have a prestigious piece of paper. In “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot, she describes benevolent deception, which doctors had no trouble of doing in the mid-century, as the doctors keeping their patients in the dark.
In this novel, the mistake of the Army caused millions to suffer and their national prestige was destroyed. The stages of these events were well featured and thought out by the author
This book did not sit well with me until about a quarter of the way in. I was bored and dulled and found the back of my eyelids too far more interesting. Something changed though and out of nowhere the story became alive and I seemed to be caught under a spell as it seems a few of our characters were as well. I felt slightly lost and confused journeying into The Promised One. The setup was off for me.
Whether you buy the book or borrow it from your library, I am begging you to read this book. At 301 pages, you’ll tear through it and have enough time to go back and ask yourself “How did I miss
I do not know how to convey my feelings, my thoughts, . . . Basically everything into words for this book. The writing of this book was so effective, intriguing, powerful, and it had everything an EXTRAORDINARY book would need. The powerful read was plot-driven, full of suspense in every corner, and it kept me hooked every second. This book had a unique, dystopian plot and the book itself was action-packed.
There are parts of the book I found very interesting and parts that I feel may have gotten lost in translation. Overall, I would not recommend this book to someone who is looking to further their academic knowledge on the subject, but instead to someone who takes interest in this particular place and time, and would like to be informed on minuscule details of the day to day
When we hear stories about how the doctor ambulated the wrong leg or left surgical tool around in the patient’s body, we indeed think, how could such a person be a doctor? Did he or she not reflect the mistake? In the chapter, “When Good Doctor Go Bad,” Dr. Gawande provide the story of a former orthopedic surgeon, Hank Goodman. Hank Goodman used to be highly respected and sought-after surgeon. However, after he had become increasingly busy working on ceaseless surgeries, his work become sloppy and careless.
In the case of Donald (Dax) Cowart, one can determine that the conflict is between Beneficence and Autonomy. The doctors were morally right in choosing to treat Donald despite his autonomy by using the principle of beneficence. Firstly, doctors entire training is about how to save lives, so in a sense it is something they are morally obligated to do. Patients go to hospital in the hopes of being treated.
In the novel, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey uses mechanical devices and imagery to represent modern society and nature. By the means of mechanisms and machines, society is able to gain control and suppresses individuality and natural impulses. The hospital, is representative of society at large, and is pretty easy to say that it is unnatural. The nurses and the big nurse are machines themselves that manipulate and control the patients in the ward.
The reader learn certain information based on Beah’s first person point of view. Next, he highlighted facts about his life that could not be left out of his story. He implied emotion through his diction he chose to write with. My response the book was incredible satisfaction that Beah was able to escape the horrific war and migrate to another country where he would be safe from the dangers of Sierra
The confusion made me read the whole story in order to understand the role of the two main characters who are mysterious, romantic, and wise. And also to identify the situation of the story through its setting which is confusing, imaginable, and dull. A teenage bodiless and genderless character
It is a historical fiction that the author uses historical facts and situations as background for this story about fictional characters. From the reading of this historical fiction, readers learn to appreciate stories from the past as most of them feel bored while reading history textbook. It is good to engage readers with the exciting world of history. They can also develop an appreciation for the life experiences of those who may be culturally or socially different from themselves. Throughout reading this book, the readers can feel that he or she experiences the historical setting and situation as all of the plots in this book is in real places and a definite period of time in history that the readers intends to know more about.
To be honest, this book is a little bit difficult to understand. I have to look up the new words into the dictionary. When I read the first ten pages, I don’t even know what the author is talking about. Well, it’s my fault, because I don’t have enough knowledge to understand, but I still do it. At least I know the story that the author tried to tell me.
