I believe if I cannot breathe under my own power, then I am not meant to live. In my opinion, being confined to bed and only staying alive by artificial means is not living. Mr. Bartling had a living will signed stating that he understood that having the ventilator removed will very likely cause respiratory failure and ultimately lead to his death.and that he was willing to accept that risk. He also had several documents stating very clearly that he did not want to continue living an artificial life finding it to be unbearable, degrading and dehumanizing. He, his wife and daughter also executed documents which released the
Pt: 44 y/o WM CC: Pt was short of breathe and gets tired quickly. Rapid heart rate and feels a little weak. HPI: Patient presents with mental status changes and was found to be in atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate. He was on medication but has not been taken them for over a year because he thought he was all better. Patient is visiting aunt and was brought into the ER and was mini-altered.
The people who fork through the trash symbolize that we may, one day pick at the remnants of our long lost culture, 'with an eternity in which to turn up some peculiar sensation'. Furthering this image of hell, Charon, “the demon with the long barge pole” from Greek mythology, is depicted as “a man, wiping his eyes”. The speaker alliteratively remarks, “Someone who worked here would have to weep,” highlighting the difference between reality, and hell, the speaker then comments on this image, “how can he avoid a hatred of men?” This comparison emphasizes the dark reality of the situation, leading to the downfall of humanity. Gray further extends the horrific experience to the reader
Holden describes Stradlater as a sexy bastard and maybe think that Jane is too much of an innocent girl. This could be a sign of his post traumatic stress disorder that he developed after Ally’s death. Session analysis: Holden was pressured to do Stradlaters homework which he clearly did not want too. Holden has a problem of saying no or telling people what to do. He is showing how he just wants to be left alone sometimes.
Genetically, they told him he was predisposed because of his grandfather. Psychologically, the pain and rage that he held inside him, from his childhood ear infections, was begging to be heard, the alcohol and drugs masked the pain. Environmentally, James kept company with others that drank or did drugs. When someone tried to help him, he would turn away from him or her, often leaving the city, state, or even the country. James was very aware of how sick he was, but he did not feel worthy of being helped, because he felt he would only let someone down.
Jekyll’s affair contradict with the introduction of his personality in the very beginning of the book, Mr. Utterson likes this letter because it says that his friend Dr. Jekyll is not blackmailed and the evil person Mr. Hyde will not distract Dr. Jekyll again. Also Mr. Utterson feels guilty and blames himself for his past suspicions, for Mr. Hyde does not intend to blackmail Dr. Jekyll at all. By contrast, Mr. Hyde fully realizes his unworthiness of inheriting Dr. Jekyll’s properties. However, Mr. Utterson is upset with the fact that the letter was from Dr. Jekyll as well after he lets his clerk compare the letter with Jekyll’s own
Has his body become frail from a previous sickness and he catches any illness that is in the air? The answer to both of these questions is no. Except for the end of Victor’s journeys, when he was nearly frozen to death and frail from lack or nourishment and sleep, Victor is not sick because of a weakened body or from being previously sick. He is sick from the realization of what he created and the havoc that the creature commits. Throughout the book Frankenstein, Victor becomes physically ill with the realization of what he has done from trying to be God and creating the monster.
Didion (1994) stated, ““Three, four, maybe five times a month, I spend the day in bed with a migraine headache, insensible to the world around me(para. 1).” Immediately I am put in Didion shoes being a victim myself of another kind of headache issue myself. The use of Pathos is quite clear within the first sentence not to let alone this entire essay. Didion (1994) stated, “It was a long time before I began mechanistically enough to accept migraine for what it was: something with which I would be living, the way people live with diabetes(para. 3).” This statement grasps at many readers roots as most of us either know someone with or have diabetes.
It was reported in the medieval times that people were pronounced dead from the plague where heard yelling in a pile of bodies. Usually, these people were left as they were and buried in mass graves. In the story “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe he states “The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men. And the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease, were the incidents of half an hour.” (Poe, ln 4-6). These lines are about what the plague did to the body and how fast the disease acted upon its victims.
But because he was distracted he couldn’t do anything. Even though it wasn’t his fault he felt guilty and his thoughts would overcome him. An example is “Later we heard that Strunk died somewhere over Chu Lai, which seemed to relive Dave Jensen of an enormous weight.” Dave Jensen feels guilty for not killing Lee Strunk and putting him out of his misery. It seems as if the soldiers are in a damned if you don’t situation. Jensen would probably have felt guilty if he killed Strunk as per their original pact, but not killing his friend made him feel guilty, too.