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Paul Kalanithi When Breath Becomes Air

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Dana Cheng Mrs. Williams English 1 2/25/2017 Have you ever wonder about your future as kids? When I was little, I imagine the life of being a photographer who travel to remarkable places to take stunning pictures, a successful artist who paint astonishing images and living a lavish lifestyle or an astrophysicist who get to experienced the vastness of the universe. Many of us don't achieve or give up our dreams due to the environment or change in personal interest. Based on the research, there's only 23 percent of people ends up with their dream job and Paul Kalanithi is one of them. Paul Kalanithi is both the protagonist and the author of When Breath Becomes Air. Not only was he a talented neurosurgeon, an intelligent litterateur but also a thoughtful and empathic man. Paul wrote his memoir When Breath Becomes Air to share his passion and journey of fighting back and dealing with cancer. The story shows the fortitude and intelligence in one's life. The story starts with an image of him flipping through CT scan, as a neurosurgeon, instead of looking through cases of patients, he was the one that was diagnosed with cancer, stage IV. Paul, unlike many other, was calm. You can never feel the sense of fear or irritation about him throughout the book; his writing was always beautiful and compelling although he was suffering from the pain due to the lung cancer. I find this powerful and influential. Paul proved to us that time is not the matter of living vigorously and passionate, from his work you will be inspired and motivated to live life more fully and meaningful. I find this book …show more content…

When Breath becomes, Air is both an inspiring and deeply emotional memoir, written by a man with so much promise and empathy. It shows the power and passionate in Paul's life. He proved to us that time is not the matter of living vigorously and passionate. From his work, you will be inspired and motivated to live life more fully and

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