1. Precis
In Mary Roaches book Stiff (2003), she demontstrates the good use of cadavers in the world. Roaches first view on cadavers was that they could help explain deaths from war, enviromental purposes and any collisions so students would how to deal with situations like these. Roach then gets deeper into the topic of death by showing how cadavers contribute to society and what exactly happens to a person when they die. To conclude, Roach educates the lives of interns or future doctors with the study of death but instead of all lecture and talk its hands on with real dead bodies. Her purpose is to show how important cadavers are in the world because without them how will a student truly get to practice on a person without risking their life.
2. Vocabulary
cognizant-to perceive
surmise- to think witout certain or strong evidence
osteonecrosis-characteristic, habit
propaganda- informayion, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person.
genteelly belonging or suited to polite society.
3. Tone
reflective, direct, humorous
4. Telegraphic Sentence: “There is her heart “(179).
Personification-“Leader lines spoke away from the dots on their labels: ‘brown leather
shoes, coilpot, piece of spine, stewardness"(page 115)
Rhetorical Question: “..I don’t wish to be unkind, but who uses battle imagery to describe the angle of a blood flow” (125)?
5. The heart, cut from the chest, can keep beating on its own for as long as a minute or two. This, Roach says, reflects centuries of confusion over how exactly to define death. Have modern scientific experiments on cadavers helped us to pinpoint the precise moment when life ceases to exist and all that's left is a corpse? Explain.
Roach says, "On a rational level, most people are comfortable with the concept of brain death and organ donation. But on an emotional level, they may have a harder time accepting it." Some organ recipients even worry that they will take on certain characteristics of their donors. What might this say about how we link the physical human body to the human soul?
6. “It is the mind that speaks a woman's heart, not the vaginal walls.”
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Author's argument February 26,2012
1. Precis
In Mary Roach's novel Stiff (2004), she explains that using cadavers is a really useful when trying to figure out new techniques for surgical uses. The author first implies that cadavers are better for the surgeons practice work by using experiences on how doctors say the cadavars are easier to deal with the pressure and work without doing much harm. Roach then expresses her thoughts of the lack of respect given to the dead or human remains by explaining what happens during the whole funeral arrangement. To conlude, Roach demontrates her belief on why using cadavers are better then animals with demonstrating experiments at Wayne State University for a recent crash. Her purpose is to establish the significance of the use of cadavers in order to help with surgical practice. She seems to have future surgeons or interns audience in mind to help them suceed and make their work much easier on them.
2. Vocabulary
-cutlery-cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
-eviscerate-to remove the entrails from
-saline-of, containing, or resembling common table salt.
gratuitous- given, done, or obtained without charge or payment
heirlooms- a family possession handed down from generation to generation
entomologists- the branch of zoology dealing with insects
haciendas- a large landed estate for farming or ranching.
3. Tone
The tone of the first four chapters is informative and direct.
4. Rhetorical strategies
-telegraphice sentence- “The brain has shut down. The flesh begins to softens” (page 9).
-metaphor: "The heads have been put in roasting pans...for the same reason chickens are put in roasting pans: to catch the drippings."(page 1)
-imagery: " compressed into boxes, packed in saw dust,... trussed up in sacks, roped up like hams.." (page 46)
-telegraphic sentence: ' The atamist clearly didn't care." (page 51)
5. Discussion questions
1.Roach discovered that students in anatomy classes tend not to enjoy touching and smelling cadavers, even though they relish the opportunity to study them. Does this surprise you? Why might someone want to work with cadavers?
2.Why do you think its so important for surgeons to practice on cadavers rather than animals?
3. Do you think a person could get attached to a cadavor when working on one ? (mentally)
6. Quote
In Mary Roach's novel Stiff (2004), she explains that using cadavers is a really useful when trying to figure out new techniques for surgical uses. The author first implies that cadavers are better for the surgeons practice work by using experiences on how doctors say the cadavars are easier to deal with the pressure and work without doing much harm. Roach then expresses her thoughts of the lack of respect given to the dead or human remains by explaining what happens during the whole funeral arrangement. To conlude, Roach demontrates her belief on why using cadavers are better then animals with demonstrating experiments at Wayne State University for a recent crash. Her purpose is to establish the significance of the use of cadavers in order to help with surgical practice. She seems to have future surgeons or interns audience in mind to help them suceed and make their work much easier on them.
2. Vocabulary
-cutlery-cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
-eviscerate-to remove the entrails from
-saline-of, containing, or resembling common table salt.
gratuitous- given, done, or obtained without charge or payment
heirlooms- a family possession handed down from generation to generation
entomologists- the branch of zoology dealing with insects
haciendas- a large landed estate for farming or ranching.
3. Tone
The tone of the first four chapters is informative and direct.
4. Rhetorical strategies
-telegraphice sentence- “The brain has shut down. The flesh begins to softens” (page 9).
-metaphor: "The heads have been put in roasting pans...for the same reason chickens are put in roasting pans: to catch the drippings."(page 1)
-imagery: " compressed into boxes, packed in saw dust,... trussed up in sacks, roped up like hams.." (page 46)
-telegraphic sentence: ' The atamist clearly didn't care." (page 51)
5. Discussion questions
1.Roach discovered that students in anatomy classes tend not to enjoy touching and smelling cadavers, even though they relish the opportunity to study them. Does this surprise you? Why might someone want to work with cadavers?
2.Why do you think its so important for surgeons to practice on cadavers rather than animals?
3. Do you think a person could get attached to a cadavor when working on one ? (mentally)
6. Quote
“The way I see it, being dead is not terribly far off from being on a cruise ship. Most of your time is spent lying on your back. The brain has shut down. The flesh begins to soften. Nothing much new happens, and nothing is expected of you. ”
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