Nonpareil Short Stories

Another example of this construct not met in the case of Henrietta Lacks was the lack of compassionate care. Patient experiences can be improved if healthcare professionals act with compassion and dedication to serve patients and promote their well-being. Henrietta suffered so much pain and complained about the discomfort as complicated by the disease process, but her complaints were ignored; instead, her doctors wrote just the opposite of what she complained about stating, “the patient states that she feels fairly well” and continued, “no evidence of recurrence” (Skloot, 2010, p.63). This is an example of deception, lack of compassion and outright contradiction to professionalism and commitment to the primacy of the patient.

The novel is able to share how music is of great importance and is able to affect people’s moods and thoughts.

Of all the forms of literature, the most interesting might be the fairytales, or the science fiction thriller about robots. However, there lacks the sense of truth, in a way blocking the reader from true connection with the story. Memoir is real, memoir is true, and memoir can range from any end of the ocean in structure and theme.

In the memoir A Long Way Gone, author Ishmael Beah describes his survival journey as a lost child in his country, because of the civil war in Sierra Leone, then becoming a child soldier facing war daily, afterward the process that Beah went through during rehabilitation and finally in fear escaping the civil war. Ishmael Beah emotional journey has three stages of development in which Beah utilized music. In the first stage, Beah uses music as a survival mechanism to keep sane and safe. In the second stage, begins when he loses his brother and friends, Beah reaches the lowest point with the loss of his entire family again, some friends, music, and being forced to join the war. In the final stage, is the process of rehabilitation where Beah connects with music once again. Ishmael Beah exposure to music at a young age stayed with him throughout his life. (Beah, 2007, p. 5-218)

In the midst of the Civil Rights movement, Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. found himself in a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama, one of the most segregated cities in the United States at the time. While in that jail cell, King wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail in response to the city’s religious leaders. Through his use of ethos, pathos, and logos, King made a thought-provoking and powerful argument for the Civil Rights movement which continues to inspire change in the hearts of his audience, both implied and actual.

Robinson’s childhood was filled with discrimination and poverty, he and his 4 older siblings were segregated for their race. An article on Jackie Robinson states, “Robinson's mother worked various odd jobs to support the family. Growing up in relative poverty in an otherwise affluent community,

He was raised by Mallie Robinson and Jerry Robinson (parents). After his father left him and his family Jackie and the rest of his family moved to Pasadena, California. From there on he ended up going to college at the University of California, Los Angeles. He sustained his learning at the University of California, LA. In 1941, in spite of his athletic success, Robinson had to leave UCLA right before graduation due to his financial problems. Jackie Robinson had 3 major influences in his life. His wife, brother and Branch Rickey. His wife always pushed him to keep going and block out everyone else.Robinson's older brother, Matthew Robinson, inspired Jackie to pursue his talent and love of athletics. Branch brought him on to his team to help make a difference in the world and MLB even when he knew how hard it would be for both him and Jackie. Rickey knew there would be difficult times ahead for the young athlete, and so made Robinson promise to not fight back when

When Jackie Robinson was born, things around him were not so bright. Racial tensions were at an all-time high, a horrendous flu epidemic had broken out killing over 550,000 people in the United States alone, and the Ku Klux Klan was running rampant once again. One of the grimmest factors was about a year after his birth, his father decides to leave his mother for the woman next door and leaves his mother alone to support him and his other siblings. Also, during this time the Ku Klux Klan could perform public lynching on African American people. They would burn down houses, hang men, shot them, and humiliate them in front of crowds of lower class white people. These factors made living during this time very grim.

Jackie was born in Cairo, Georgia. During his younger years, the Great Mississippi Flood occurred affecting 700,000+ people in the south. Approaching his pre-teenage years, his family moved to Pasadena, California. Around the same time,

On January 31, 1919, Mallie Robinson gave birth to Jack Roosevelt Robinson in Cairo, Georgia. Growing up, Jackie always had a tough childhood; his mother worked as a housekeeper and his father worked as a sharecropper, always trying to provide for their family of seven. The Robinson family has five children: Edgar, Frank, Mack, Willa Mae, and the youngest Jackie. When Jackie was six-years-old, his father left and never returned. Throughout the Robinsons entire life in Georgia there had been extreme discrimination against the color of there skin. Riots and burnings happened very frequently due to the blacks in

According to these lines, the doctors were selfish because they used their poor patients for their research. Skloot describes that blacks and other minorities were taken to the public ward. The doctors were not supposed to cheat their patients because their job was to save patients’ lives and help them throughout their treatment. This was absolutely unforgivable! While the minority

The youngest of five children, he became a part of the world for most African Americans during the time, characteristics of poverty, segregation, prejudice and migrating from the south. The Robinson family moved Pasadena, California in 1923 when he was only four years old. In California the Robinson family lived among the mix of Asians, Mexicans, blacks and whites. Following the footsteps of his older brother Mack who won silver in the Olympics. ( Zeiler 3-4)

Storytelling helps other people to emotionally connect themselves to the author so that they know they are not the only ones who are experiencing a painful or exciting experience, and are able to share the same emotions. It often helps other people to know what they should do in order to get over it when it comes to a painful experience. Maya Angelou’s I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings explores the life of Maya Angelou and the struggles she has been throughout her childhood to her adulthood. Richard Wagemese’s Indian Horse explores the life of Saul Indian Horse and the struggles he has been through after departing from his family. The power of storytelling can unfold questions which ask the audience of how and why are the events are unfold the

William Carlos Williams uses the short story “The Use of Force” to depict the social forces and class conflicts occurring in the 1930’s. The narrator of the story, who is a doctor, represents the professional, upper class of the United States. In stark contrast, the family receiving treatment from the pediatrician represents the low socioeconomic class. The family portrays the abundance of poverty that was widespread in the United States after the Great Depression. From an economic standpoint, it was a financial hardship for the parents to have to pay for medical care. Nevertheless, they were desperate to find out if their daughter had diphtheria. As the story opens, the mother apologetically says, “You must excuse us, doctor, we have her in the kitchen where it is warm. It is very damp in here sometimes” (Williams 2154). Perhaps this feeling of class inferiority is what allowed the parents to tolerate the doctor’s actions as he became physically abusive while diagnosing their child.

It’s been a long time since I have critiqued a book or written an analytical essay. I really enjoy reading based on obtaining the background of a character and their relation to the overall story.  I like short stories too because they land at the heart of the intended metaphor, moral and overall thesis in a short reading period.  I’m able to read more and learn more by reading short stories.  I have a collection of Christmas short stories on my Nook that I read every holiday season.  I need to get my Nook fixed or buy another gadget so I can read them this year.  The holiday themed stories help me to get into the holiday spirit.  The feeling that a book can bring out in his characters to make you feel positive and uplifted is what I really enjoy from reading.