GE 375 | Case Studies of Brain Injury | Phineas Gage | | Jeff Sorenson | 4/2/2013 | Phineas Gage Tamping Iron Phineas Gage Tamping Iron Trajectory of Phineas Gage Accident Trajectory of Phineas Gage Accident | Trajectory of Tamping Iron from Phineas Gage’s accident Trajectory of Tamping Iron from Phineas Gage’s accident PHINEAS GAGE CASE STUDY 1. Summarize the event leading to the individual’s brain injury, trauma or damage. * Phineas Gage was foreman of a crew of railroad construction workers who were excavating rocks to make way for railroad tracks. This involved drilling holes deep into the boulders and filling them with dynamite. A fuse was then inserted, and the entrance to the hole plugged with sand, so that the force of the explosion would be directed into the boulder.
Kristapher Guillen Mrs. Trammell Ap Language & Composition January 30 2013 The Juxtaposition of the King's men Within the famed novel, All the King's Men, Robert Penn Warren uses juxtaposition in order to convey one of the novel's most prominent themes. Throughout All The King’s Men, there is a constant struggle between innocence and awareness. For a reader to fully understand the novel one must acknowledge this struggle, for it is integral to the transformations of several major characters and the development of the novel itself. In the book, there are many cases where ignorance does prove to be bliss. However, there are also quite a few instances where awareness helps to empower a character.
Once an LSD consumer, Ken Kesey, defines the importance of freedom throughout his world renowned Post-Modern novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. One element of Postmodernism in the novel, is the effect of society against the individual. Society and government power systems become the machine and our postmodern anti-hero rages against that machine (Bendingfield). In the story, Chief, the narrator, in the book is a damaged ex-soldier who sees the machine enemy all around him. The reader takes it as metaphor, but Chief who is a paranoid schizophrenic, sees it as reality.
Two part Response to “ The Joy and Enthusiasm of Reading” Part 1. Summary In this essay, Ricky Moody writes an essay about the joy and enthusiasm of reading. He shares all of his beliefs about reading, like wandering through the stacks and picking out the first thing that strikes him. Ricky believes in books when others dislike them. Ricky choses the hardest books imaginable.
The Charater of Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Chief Bromden, a tall American-Indian mute is the central character that symbolizes the change throughout the text and also throughout society. Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest uses this character that is subject to change as the narrator event though his perceptions cannot be fully trusted. Initially the ward is run as if it was a prison ward, but from the moment the brawling, gambling McMurphy sets foot on the ward it is identified that he is going to cause havoc and provide change for the patients. McMurphy becomes a leader, a Christ like figure and the other patients are his disciples. The person who is objective to listen to his teachings at first is Chief Bromden (often called Bromden), but then he realizes that he is there to save them and joins McMurphy and the Acutes (meaning that they have possibility for rehabilitation and release) in the protest against Nurse Ratched, a bureaucratic woman who is the protagonist of the story, and the `Combine' (or society).
The Bad Future Over reliance on technology can be bad. Both of these stories have similar backgrounds. The book “Feed” by M.T. Anderson which is a sad novel about the love life between the main character Titus and the dystopian protagonist Violet. And the movie “The Island” directed by Michael Bay, it is an action drama film where the main character Lincoln6Echo is the dystopian protagonist.
Tanner Vinson Carroll English Comp. II 28 May 2010 Symbolism in “The Great Gatsby” In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” we see the use of symbolism at its finest. Although the symbolism in this novel can be seen physically through the character’s eyes, the symbolism must be further analyzed to understand its significance in the story. The list of symbols in this novel is relatively lengthy, but among the most important are East and West Egg, the green light, and the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg gazing over the valley of ashes. The conflict of interacting social classes is seen through the symbolism of East and West Egg.
Critical Review on “How David Beats Goliath” by Malcolm Gladwell The author of the article “How David Beats Goliath” is Malcolm Gladwell. The purpose of the text is to educate the reader about the advantages of being unconventional. Another purpose was to compare Vivek Randaive’s life to the myth of David beating Goliath. This article is lengthy yet well written, keeping the reader engaged. The charm of this article comes from the author’s writing style.
It is shown through the characters names, for the names are often related to important political figures of the early twentieth century. Each character is symbolic of something all his or her own. Helmholtz Watson is sought to be one of the most rebellious characters in the brave new society. He has a conflict within himself but is much interested in others. Much like John B. Watson, the man known for the Little Albert Experiment, Helmholtz is curious, but much too bored with his lifestyle.
To continue Kesey expression through strong-willed lead roles who differentiate from the crowd, he created the character of Randle Patrick McMurphy, to showcase his own rebellious ideas into, “a defiant man in a madhouse where madness was the only affirming and clarifying response to the dehumanizing tyranny of an authority figure” (Great American Trip). Though the use of psychedelic drugs contributed to Keseys expression, he states that, “Drugs don’t create characters or stories any more than pencils do. They are merely instruments that help get them on the page” (Ken Kesey). It is in this novel that Kesey sets out to relay his ideas that he lives his life through. He first begins by constructing a setting of societal influence, a mental hospital.