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Summary Of Breast Cancer No. 2 By Margaret Overton

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In Readings for Writers, the essay “Breast Cancer No.2”, by Margaret Overton is simply about revealing the face of a doctor that’s dealing with life or death. The doctor of the story is struggling between a professional and a personal standpoint. Throughout the entire essay, Overton uses description and story mainly as her methods of development. Overton uses story to tell how the doctor is struggling about keeping her emotions together while a patient she cares about is going through something terrible. Overton also uses description to help the reader picture and imagine the patient and what the patient is going through. Overton uses description throughout her entire essay to help the reader imagine and picture what the patient is going through.

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