Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Poem choice
I choose the poem In the Waiting Room by Elizabeth Bishop. I will attempt to use theTPCASTT: Poem Analysis Method.
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe by Katrina Firlik NOTES
Pg 11 ischemic stroke-strokectomy
Pg 15- 5% of neurosurgeons are female
Pg 17 most surgeries are on the done rather than the brain
Tome?
Colloid cyst-pg19 sure at a critical crossroads of cerebrospinal fluid circulation if it grows larger enough it can block this flow and cause a dramatic and rapid increase of pressure inside the head.
Pg 21-bezor
Pg 22- psychiatric disorder (pica) the involuntary urge to eat nonfood iteams
Pg 23- inmate who swallowed a pen so he could leave his cell does it twice when he goes back.
Pg 23-freak shows- rubber man (probably had a serious and potentially life-threatening connective tissue disorder.
Pg24-father was an emergency surgeon who had a case where a kid ran with scissors tripped and fell and ended up getting stabbed in the eyes by the scissors
Pg 25- curved metzenbaum scissors
Pg 30- first years in med school are a buffet. You get s little taste of everything as you go around the take
Pg 33- if you hope to become a neurosurgeon you have to price your pain for science to the gatekeepers in the academics of neneurosurgery
Pg34-med students do all they can to bolster the research section of their resumes (the academic equivalent of a peacocks tail)
Pg 35- carotid arteries-two most significant arteries that feed the brain
Pg 15- 5% of neurosurgeons are female
Pg 17 most surgeries are on the done rather than the brain
Tome?
Colloid cyst-pg19 sure at a critical crossroads of cerebrospinal fluid circulation if it grows larger enough it can block this flow and cause a dramatic and rapid increase of pressure inside the head.
Pg 21-bezor
Pg 22- psychiatric disorder (pica) the involuntary urge to eat nonfood iteams
Pg 23- inmate who swallowed a pen so he could leave his cell does it twice when he goes back.
Pg 23-freak shows- rubber man (probably had a serious and potentially life-threatening connective tissue disorder.
Pg24-father was an emergency surgeon who had a case where a kid ran with scissors tripped and fell and ended up getting stabbed in the eyes by the scissors
Pg 25- curved metzenbaum scissors
Pg 30- first years in med school are a buffet. You get s little taste of everything as you go around the take
Pg 33- if you hope to become a neurosurgeon you have to price your pain for science to the gatekeepers in the academics of neneurosurgery
Pg34-med students do all they can to bolster the research section of their resumes (the academic equivalent of a peacocks tail)
Pg 35- carotid arteries-two most significant arteries that feed the brain
Monday, March 30, 2015
Lit Analysis 1 Divergent
1. In the novel Divergent by Veronica Roth, the main character suffers from identity disorder as she moves through a new way of life. Not only does she leave her family and join a group of adrenaline junkies, but she finds out that the true nature of her identity could get her killed. She completes a series of body-destroying tasks in the hope of avoiding a low ranking. Her physical body is pushed beyond what is humanly possible. Veronica's use of imagined substances that can cure injuries faster than is possible is a great look into how imagination can fuel how medicine grows. There are creams that help heal bruises, drinks to help concussions and liquors that place the mind in trances that can be transferred to the subconscious mind of another. The liquids they use are a good representation of how narcotics and drugs take our minds to places that we are subconsciously unaware of.
2. The theme of the novel relates to the way that drugs can overtake the mind and to discover ones true self they must beat the "drugs" of the society.
3. The author has a sadistic, calculated tone towards the drugs in the story. She let's the drugs take over the while plot of the story in the way that they become the central message. It's either adhere to what the drugs tell you or become bigger than the addictive nature to join in. We see this in the way that Tris learns to overcome the hallocenogenic effects of the drugs.
Characterization
1. We see direct characterization with Tris and Four in the way that each soak their mind. At the beginning if the novel we could only infer about Four from Tris's own account and from rumors of others. Later on as Four becomes closer to Tris we see him open up to her and hear detailed accounts from him. The simulations that the characters are placed under are a good insight into the human mind of each character but to rely solely on the drugs for a characterization is wing because drugs change a person in ways that are unimaginable. You could have a school teacher who (under the influence of a substance) can kill a man without knowing what he's doing. With Christina, Will and Eric we have to rely on what is said about them and what the simulations Skye to determine their characteristics.
2. The syntax and fiction of the story changes as we follow Tris on her journey of understanding what the drugs really do and how they effect people in negative ways. Towards the beginning the author has a tone of hopefulness because Tris believes there is hope in her society. As the plot unravels, Tris loses hope in humanity and the time becomes more dark as she comes under attack of the evils that the drugs pose on society.
3. Tris changes from hopeful pertain who believes in humanity to a dark hateful person due to her knowledge of how drugs are being manipulated to more effectively control people without their knowledge. Isn't that how medicine is growing to more effectively control the aliments that it is supposed to but there are always the few that bypass the drugs and cannot be controlled.
4. I feel that this story brings to light one of the world's puzzling aspects, how drugs effect our bodies and what to do to bypass that influence. The drugs in the book take over the lives and concerns of others because they wanted to perfect the ideal drug that can control all. It is similar to our would of medicine today because we are trying to perfect the cure of cancer that can control growth and ultimately end it. However what we must understand is similar to what the book characters had to understand. That things change and mutate all the time to create one drug that can control all of a specific aspect is impossible and that changing to the specific variations is more with the time spent.
2. The theme of the novel relates to the way that drugs can overtake the mind and to discover ones true self they must beat the "drugs" of the society.
3. The author has a sadistic, calculated tone towards the drugs in the story. She let's the drugs take over the while plot of the story in the way that they become the central message. It's either adhere to what the drugs tell you or become bigger than the addictive nature to join in. We see this in the way that Tris learns to overcome the hallocenogenic effects of the drugs.
Characterization
1. We see direct characterization with Tris and Four in the way that each soak their mind. At the beginning if the novel we could only infer about Four from Tris's own account and from rumors of others. Later on as Four becomes closer to Tris we see him open up to her and hear detailed accounts from him. The simulations that the characters are placed under are a good insight into the human mind of each character but to rely solely on the drugs for a characterization is wing because drugs change a person in ways that are unimaginable. You could have a school teacher who (under the influence of a substance) can kill a man without knowing what he's doing. With Christina, Will and Eric we have to rely on what is said about them and what the simulations Skye to determine their characteristics.
2. The syntax and fiction of the story changes as we follow Tris on her journey of understanding what the drugs really do and how they effect people in negative ways. Towards the beginning the author has a tone of hopefulness because Tris believes there is hope in her society. As the plot unravels, Tris loses hope in humanity and the time becomes more dark as she comes under attack of the evils that the drugs pose on society.
3. Tris changes from hopeful pertain who believes in humanity to a dark hateful person due to her knowledge of how drugs are being manipulated to more effectively control people without their knowledge. Isn't that how medicine is growing to more effectively control the aliments that it is supposed to but there are always the few that bypass the drugs and cannot be controlled.
4. I feel that this story brings to light one of the world's puzzling aspects, how drugs effect our bodies and what to do to bypass that influence. The drugs in the book take over the lives and concerns of others because they wanted to perfect the ideal drug that can control all. It is similar to our would of medicine today because we are trying to perfect the cure of cancer that can control growth and ultimately end it. However what we must understand is similar to what the book characters had to understand. That things change and mutate all the time to create one drug that can control all of a specific aspect is impossible and that changing to the specific variations is more with the time spent.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
TOBERMORY EXPLAINED
- monosyllabic- (of a word or utterance) consisting of one syllable, (of a person) using brief words to signify reluctance to engage in conversation
- Axminster-
- a kind of machine-woven patterned carpet with a cut pile.
"If he was trying German irregular verbs on the poor beast," said Clovis, "he deserved all he got." Throughout the short story, Cornelius Appin showed his "acquaintances" how he had taught the cat to talk. This last quote was from a part dweller who was disturbed by Appin's accomplishment. The quote relates to how things that shouldn't be done have been done and that the punishment from such a heinous act should be death. Appin was killed by an elephant that he was training. Although the quote was meant as a joke, it gives the appearance of a bad critical evaluation. Clovis was trying to allude to the fact that what Appin was doing is unimaginable and he should have gotten all the pain that he received. It relates to the theme in the story in the way that it shows how work that is done in the scientific community always has the chance to be deemed unethical. There are always a difference in opinions and there is no way that all can be satisfied.
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