Essay on The Use of Force, by William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams’ passion and dedication of medicine can be seen through his literary contributions of short stories and poems. The Doctor Stories use interior monologue in a stream-of-consciousness as a tool to reflect each narrator’s experience and gives insight into the character and his appraisal of each of the situations encountered. It is through this stream-of-consciousness that we come to realize the observational nature of this doctor’s actions and thoughts.

“The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is to a more violent world” (Arendt pg 80). Violence is contagious, like a disease, which will destroy nations and our morals as human beings. Each individual has his or her own definition of violence and when it is acceptable or ethical to use it. Martin Luther King Jr., Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt are among the many that wrote about the different facets of violence, in what cases it is ethical, the role we as individuals play in this violent society and the political aspects behind our violence.

Prominently featured in the mission statements of virtually of every medical school and medical institution in the world is the call for empathetic doctors. These institutions wish to train medical professionals that possess qualities of sympathy and compassion, and hospitals wish to employ health professionals that showcase similar qualities. The reality, however, is starkly different, as physicians, jaded by what they have seen in the medical world, lose the qualities that drove them to medicine in the first place. In Frank Huyler’s “The Blood of Strangers,” a collection of short stories from his time as a physician in the emergency room, Huyler uses the literary techniques of irony and imagery to depict the reality of the world of a medical professional. While Huyler provides several examples of both techniques in his accounts, moments from “A Difference of Opinion” and “The Secret” in particular stand out. Huyler uses irony and imagery in these two pieces to describe how medical professionals have lost their sense of compassion and empathy due to being jaded and desensitized by the awful incidents they have witnessed during their careers.

When authors write medical narratives, they have to play the role of a doctor by using metaphors to explain to the readers what is happening to the

The turning point of the story is when the doctor started to act mean towards the little girl, and thinking to himself how he enjoyed it. The little girl knocking his glasses off and trying to claw at his eyes was probably the final straw for him. All he was trying to do was help her, and all she was doing was making it even more difficult. In my opinion I believe she was the reason he began to enjoy acting mean towards her, so his thoughts could have been and probably were a normal thought of someone who was trying to do their job, and just got stuck with a difficult patient.

Police encounter different situations in their daily activities. The diverse nature of the circumstances implies that the members of the police also have to adopt different strategies of handling them. In some circumstances, the police have to use force as a way of addressing the situations. Unfortunately, when the police apply their own discretion in the use of force, the outcomes of this approach may end in fatalities or serious injuries. In recent times, diverse opinions have emerged in relation to the use of discretionary force. In some quarters, the use of discretionary force has been hailed as beneficial while in other case such as the 2008 Shooting of Tyler Cassidy, concerns have been applied concerning the appropriateness of the strategy. Against this backdrop, this essay examines whether the police use of force is a necessary component of the job and describes the benefits and limitations connected to the discretionary use of force by the police.

The protagonist, Miss Evers plays the role of a nurse to Dr. Brodus who practices medicine in Macon County, Alabama. She displays the portrayal of an alruistic, mass-influencing, articulate and an intelligent nurse. Her intelligence is evidenced when the doctors ask her to come up with ideas to make the study successful. In addition, one can further witness her wisdom when she translates the medical language of Dr. Douglas into laymen terms. Her character is the perfect protrayal of articulate medical communication. Today in the American health care system, health care providers treat diverse patients on a daily basis. It is important to understand the cultural, ethnic, demographic, economic, religious and racial backgrounds of their to communicate effectively. Although Dr. Douglas, who portrayed the knowledgeable and well-educated white physician, might have had thorough information on the syphillus disease, was unable to make the rural African-american men understand about the disease. In contrast, Miss Evers uses vernacular such as bugs and bad blood throughout the movie to reach out to a wider audience, and she is very successful

The narrator explains that the “act of writing leads to both empathy and to objectivity”. This allows the clinician to see the patient with empathy but also objectively which enables them to keep their emotions in check to ensure that they are still able to take action in an

The comedy, “Scrubs” and the “disappearance of the sick man” reveals a contrast of the lost connection between the physician and the patient. During the short clip of the comedy, viewers were able to watch how the physician was unable to remember the patients name and diagnosis. During the first clip of the comedy, the intern was unsure on the amount of Tylenol to give to his patient however his attending advices him to throw the Tylenol in his patient mouth. This shows that the patient has become an object or some type of toy. If there was some type of connection between the physician and the patient, the physician would ask if she would like to take her medication another way.

ADHD, defiance disorder, pregnancy, these are just few of the things medicalized in the West (Davies 1995). With the rising prestige of Doctors in the 19th century, came a widening of the gap of knowledge between Doctors and the general population (Davies 1995). Doctors have kept a sort of lock on medical knowledge, enabling them to medicalize all sorts of “issues” aided by the idea of the medical mystique. But with the emergence of medicalization and cures that are being searched for by Doctors, a new problem has arisen. This fixation on curing illnesses has led to Doctors viewing patients as experiments and not as human beings, this is seen especially in technologically advanced societies as exemplified in the movie Wit. In addition to this new problem, there are clear establishments of hierarchy between medical professionals such as Doctors and nurses as well as the emotional detachments with the patients which can lead to patients feeling left out and alone.

In conclusion, Person introduces two conflicting opinions of the main message, medical ethics. However, there is a bias towards Jenna’s initial view, and the opinions of Lily and Alleys. Overall, the author uses this book as a way of showing us the ever-more relevant debate of medical ethics, but wants us to make our own decision of what view to

In addition to that, the tone that he uses in his dialogues with the rest of the characters of the novel, with no matter whether they are good or bad, and as the way the book advances, it can affirm that the doctor is faithful to his principles. This attitude is probably due to his Hippocratic Oath in which he must help any patient who needs it. In fact, he shows his professionalism as a doctor and his loyalty as a human being in the later chapters, where he cares and tries to save the life of the pirates of the enemy side. Thus, he once again shows his bravery, since he is aware of the risk that his life runs in helping

People have hurt and even killed others for numerous reasons, but many of them don’t know when it’s justifiable to do so or don’t care. Different situations call upon different actions. Justifiable force can be used in a few situations when it is called for such as protecting yourself or someone else. Another situation would be defending your home or property from intruders. Also, people such as police officers and military personnel use justifiable force. A lot of people think that their actions are justified when they are not.

In the short story “The Use of Force” by William Carlos Williams a doctor went to help a little child that had a terrible throat disease. As the child became disturbed on letting the doctor see what was wrong with her, she reached towards him to attack him. By this time, the doctor had to use force on the child with the acceptance to use the force from her parents. He grasped the child's head with his left hand and tried to get the wooden tongue depressor between her teeth. She desperately fought back with clenched teeth. She fought back until she broke the wooden utensil. The doctor at this point became very irritated at the child’s stubbornness. When the doctor became agitated, he states his frustration he has towards the child, “I could have torn the child apart in my own fury and enjoyed it. It

Marxism is thoroughly used throughout “The Use of Force” and is evident in the power struggles embedded in the short story. Williams uses the conflicts between the doctor and the child; the parents and the doctor; and the parents and the child to develop the drama in the story. The struggle begins when the child refuses to cooperate with the doctor and let him see her throat. As the doctor begins his diagnosis, the child tries to physically attack him. “As I moved my chair a little nearer suddenly with one catlike movement