Awakenings Movie Essay

Unbroken Essay In Wiesel’s Nobel Peace Prize speech, he communicates the importance of hope in times of despair, and the memory of these moments in changing the world for the better. He says that “because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair. I remember the killers, I remember the victims, even as I struggle to invent a thousand and one reasons to hope.” Wiesel explains that one of the only ways to survive the despair is to find hope; a light in the darkness, in order to move on or prevent it. The biography Unbroken, it tells the story of Louie Zamperini and his life from being an 1936, track Olympic athlete, to a castaway, to a prisoner in a Japanese war camp. Louie holds on to every last hope in order to make it back home alive.

Her doctor, Dr. Sottiurai had ordered her to have bilateral arteriograms to see what could be the cause of the poor circulation. The hospital that Dr. Sottiurai was located were unable to perform the procedure, so she was transferred to another hospital under another doctor by the name of Dr. Lang who performed the procedure on the incorrect location, the procedure was performed on the thigh instead of the elbows. The procedure seemed to go well, however shortly after her procedure her condition started to deteriorate and ultimately she suffered from a stroke 11 days after and passed away. Her children filed a lawsuit claiming that the incorrect procedure was performed and that the patient had not consented to

Henrietta Lacks was a young black woman who was diagnosed with cervical cancer at John Hopkins Hospital. Her doctor collected cancerous cells and healthy cells from her cervix and gave them to the cancer researcher, George Otto Gey, who was trying to keep cells alive for more than a couple days. Henrietta endured intense radium treatments, but she still died at the age of 31, leaving her husband and five children behind. An amazing discovery was made Henrietta’s cell were immortal. Racism is prevalent in this book through the limited availability of healthcare, unethical behaviors of the doctors, and how racism affected her family.

After living many years with the Finch family, Deirdre admits to him that his therapist doctor, Mr. Finch had sexually abused her during one of her treatment. Due to the stress, he decided that it will be best for him to move out of his host family. While living on his own, he failed college and many more. Augusten realizes that his life, though hard, prepared him for a richer life as a writer in the city. Given all he overcomes, such endeavors fail to scare him any longer.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, which in high dosages can result in a decrease respiratory rate, hypertension and bradycardia that can lead to death if untreated (Olson et. al, 2010). Robert having worked in a hospital as a respiratory therapist gave him an opportunity as to how and when the medication could be stolen without detection. While his family slept, he went into the home and injected his wife and two children with lethal doses of Fentanyl. The two story traditional Victorian house exploded and engulfed in flames to eliminate evidence.

The short story "Quitters, Inc," by Stephen King, is suspenseful and filled with many twists. Quitters, Inc is a rehab fasiclity for people that want to stop smoking, but their healing treatment is very unique. Jimmy McCann recommends his friend, Dick Morisson, to join the same program that changed his life and helped him to stop smoking. But Morrison does nit know what is in store for himself and his family. Stephen King uses foreshadowing to anticipate the tortures done to a family member, if they do not meet the rehab's requirements.

During Hawking’s time in the hospital, he exhibits difficult in putting on cloth clips using his various finger and he also exhibits weakness in his ability to push using his legs. It is further evident in the scene when Hawking is having dinner with his friends; he displays vigorous shaking of his hands when he attempts to pick up a glass to take a sip of champagne. Comparing Hawking’s symptom in the movie to a case study done by Gail Houseman and Mary Kelley on a man with ALS in his fifties (216). In the case study, during the man’s initial diagnosis of ALS, he exhibited weakness of his left arm, unclear speech, and difficulty in swallowing (Houseman & Kelley 1). The symptoms exhibited by the man was very similar to Hawking’s symptoms presented in the movie, thus providing support for the accuracy of the

In the past, patients with diagnoses such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Panic Disorder were given this medication in order to reduce anxiety symptoms. My preceptor and I discussed both the dangers of this class of medications as well as their usefulness. We also discussed the fact that there is new research to

The reconciliation of the guilt goes hand and hand with the escape from the eternal return. In a similar way that Cobb enters the cycle, the moment where he begins to reconcile and finally accomplishes the reconciliation of his guilt appears within a particular scene. This occurs in Fischer’s subconscious, where Mal holds him hostage; she only allows them to leave if Cobb stays with her. Cobb first suggests that he will stay to be with Mal, but ultimately says, “Saito’s dead by now…I have to stay here and find him.” This statement from Cobb signals his readiness to break the cycle and a symbolic rejection of lingering heterosexual romance in favor of homosocial bonding, mirroring the Orpheus myth. As the scene continues, Mal forces him to

Conrad has lots of needs, but his first priority is to learn to communicate effectively with his parents and his peers. He has trouble sleeping, and when he does sleep, he is having nightmares of the traumatic accident that .triggered his symptoms of depression and PTSD. With the help of Dr. Berger and medication Conrad will be able to sleep throughout the night. Conrad is having survivor’s guilt, he blames himself for the boating accident, which killed his brother Buck that manifested physically, emotionally, and socially so in turn, he lost his appetite, has very little social contact with friends, and cannot concentrate in class. Conrad, will learn his triggers for PTSD with the help of Dr. Berger and I, he will also learn to accept he does not have to try and be his brother.