Witch doctor

An Unexpected Turn I woke up to a ray of sun shining through my bedroom window, birds chirping and the harmony of silence. I slipped out of my warm blankets, stretched out and yawned a big yawn then went to my bathroom looked into my green foggy eyes and tried to clean them by splashing cold fresh water across my half awake face. I grabbed my toothbrush laid some toothpaste on their and brushed away. I cleaned myself up then went into my closet and changed my pajamas into a gray t-shirt and some

I walk through the doors with my mom. I hear crying, little kids throwing tantrums and moms telling their kids everything would be fine. The nurses walking around with files and stethoscopes around their necks. I was officially at the doctor’s office. I had checked in and sitting in pain with all these noises going on, thinking that it would be just a regular visit. But little did I know, from that day on it would be a life changing experience to my identity. My whole life’s been a chase, it’s a

In “ How Doctor Die,” Ken Murry explains the choice of doctors when they have a terminal illness. From the beginning, Ken gives an example of an orthopedist who was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He quit his job and spent the rest of his day with his family. A doctor is a person who treats disease and saves patients; however, when they have an illness, they are also like other patients. They meet difficult situations with their patients but also feel for them. They tend to be fair because they know

Today was the 2 year anniversary of the marriage of Dr Karen Kurtis and her husband, Phillip. In relation to this, they had invited all their close family and friends for a dinner party at ‘le Balmdois’,a 5 star Michelin restaurant, including Phillip’s business partner, Mr Brown, his wife and their 24 year old daughter, Shay Brown. Dr Kurtis and her husband only knew Mr and Mrs Brown on professional terms, so they didn’t usually invite them to parties however, when they did, the party was very extravagant

During free time we’re permitted to walk freely in an open room. The doctors often come by during this time to ask questions. Questions about how we’re doing, our mental conditions, etc. They observe and analyse us as if we’re lab specimens. With plastic smiles and false friendliness, they talk at us. I never was quite

Also, I’m currently working at Rush Hospital as a doctor. Every day I wake up knowing that I’m doing something in the world that really matters and is life changing. Imagine if you could be the reason that someone lives another day. When in reality if it wasn’t for you they’d be gone right now. If that’s

many people in our society forget to do. One day I learned to always appreciate what I have instead of what I don’t. “So what did the doctor say?” I remember asking this question so simply thinking my father had just gone to a simple check up. It was late in the afternoon on what seemed like any other normal day. My parents had just gotten home from my father’s doctor appointment when they picked me and my sister up to take her to softball practice. “We’ll talk about when we get home” my mother said

Charles Dickens' The Signalman and A Birthday by Karen Mansfield A signalman is a short story written by Charles Dickens. This is a story about a signalman who is driven “mad” by the environment of his work, away from sunlight and people. But he was not alone; a supernatural ghost decides to accompany him too. He has a lot of responsibilities to shoulder. There are only two characters that really are prominent in the short story. In fact in the story, there are only about three to five

Personality Profile: Mrs. Popov in The Brute by Anton Chekhov In The Brute, Anton Chekhov scripts a relatively short, one-act play which features two prominent and distinct main characters. Chekhov himself was born in 1860 in Russia to a lower-middle class family. At age sixteen, he was literally abandoned by his family, an event which would shape the course of his life and writings in the years to come. Chekhov’s outlandish stories are generally classified as farces, which are defined as light

fighting partner (Gerardo), in a beach house, completely isolated, close to the cliff. Escobar, now judge of the republic, has been named in a commission to investigate the deaths occured during the past regime. Fate propitiates that Roberto Miranda, the doctor entrusted to maintain alive