The books The Doctor’s Plague by Sherwin Nuland and The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson both tell stories of devastating epidemics in an age before the advantages of modern medicine. Today, medicine seems very scientific – doctors test treatments, gather data, and run experiments before a new drug or treatment is deemed safe and effective enough for widespread use. Modern doctors train for years before they begin practicing and benefit from the vast body of medical knowledge collected over centuries
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behavior resulting from dark desires. One notable character, Abigail Williams, was the cause of the mishaps within Salem and displayed an erratic behavior to the townspeople. Her distinct personality and persona have stood out within the plot and ruined John Proctor’s reputation. Abigail Williams actions and dialogue portray her, not only as manipulative but bossy and selfish. Abigail’s physical description ties into her manipulative nature. For instance, she is described as “a strikingly beautiful girl
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state of being alone in solitary isolation.‘“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world”’(13). There are several characters that have to deal with being lonely but Crooks is the most lonely character in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Some individuals, however, disagree and think other characters can be classified as the loneliest. Crooks is the loneliest because he is segregated from everybody else on the ranch, he talks about how lonely he is, and has limited social
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First off the only person on the ranch that Curlys wife can ever talk to to is Curly or else he gets mad. He’s always trying to start fights with whoever encounters her, even if she’s the first one to talk to them. All the men on the ranch know not to talk to her certainly because she’s the wife of the bosses son. There is a quote in the book that proves her statement, “I get lonely” she said. “you can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but curley. Else he gets mad. how’d you like not to
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Even though Lennie does not have the mental capacity to understand it, he poses a danger to those around him. Lennie is unable to decipher right from wrong, hence why he doesn’t understand his own strength hurts others whether it may be an accident or not. One example being the puppy which Lennie cared for. To Lennie, the puppy was “soft and nice”, until the puppy showed aggression to Lennie and he hit it too hard causing it to die. Lennie often retaliates to “aggressive” behavior throughout the
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to preserve their’s or someone else’s reputation was Thomas Putnam, John Proctor, and Reverend Parris. John Proctor told the truth but didn’t want his name soiled. After he told the truth, he refused to sign his name on a confession paper. The paper would have been hung on a public wall for everyone to see for forever. He didn’t want his bad name to be known by everyone who looked at that wall. Thomas Putnam lied, unlike John Proctor, to protect his reputation. His family was always known for their
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Of course, nature was supposedly one of the first things introduced to the world, so it makes sense that both the Iroquois and the Yoruba treat it with up-most respect. Nature proves itself to be a benign force in both civilizations’ myths, whether it be supporting, saving or creating life. The Iroquois put emphasis on the assistance of nature in “The World on the Turtle’s Back.” The god-like people of the Sky World dare not harm the Great Tree that sits in the middle of their city: “The tree was
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was said by Cheever refering to John Proctor during the Salem which trials. Cheever was proving to the court John was commiting a sin. John Proctor was a hard working man in Salem. John is a sinner and a example is he plows fields on Sunday. He has an afair with a 17 year old girl named Abigail Williams. John Proctor and I are alike in multiple ways such as we both commited sins, are both outcast (or not like everyone eles), and very hard working. The first trait John and I have in commin are we are
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Proctor: These are all landholding farmers, members of the church. Delicately, trying to point out a paragraph: If you’ll notice, sir-they’ve known the women many years and never saw no sign they had dealings with the Devil” (Miller 75). In this part, John hands Danforth a piece of paper containing a bunch of names agreeing to Rebecca and Martha Corey’s good name and saying they had no correlation with the Devil. “Proctor, his voice about to break, and his shame great: In proper place-where my beasts
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In the novel “One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” what sticks out to me the most is that the narrator is not the protagonist. You would think at first that Chief Bromden the one who is a “Chronic” would have a flawed mental state. However that is not the case because Bromden is adept at describing what he sees. He also sees the true intention of Nurse Ratched and pretends that he is deaf. What is surprising is that McMurphy the new admission is very happy to be in a hospital for the insane. I still
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