Sunday, September 30, 2007
The Use Of Force
In this short story the doctor is trying to treat a young girl which in turn refuses for his help. Her family tries to convince her to allow him to help her but she refuses them also. I believe that the doctor is maybe a symbol of a hero so to say. Even though the young girl refused his services, he tried whatever he could to help her out and would not back down. "After all, I had already fallen in love with the savage brat" this quote shows how the doctor had seen her, she was nasty to him but he knew he had to help her. Towards the end the doctor finally is able to see that her throat was covered in "membrane" and discover that she was hiding a soar throat from her family.."She had been on the defensive before but now she attacked. Tried to get off her father's lap and fly at me while tears of defeat blinded her eyes." Diphtheria was what was assumed by the doctor and now finally discovering that that was what it was furiated the girl. Perhaps she didnt want to hear the truth??..Freaky story sounds a little like the exorcist as I was reading it.
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I like the way you quote from the story and integrate it into your writing.
You refer to the last sentence of this story without further interpretation.
"She had been on the defensive before but now she attacked. Tried to get off her father's lap and fly at me while tears of defeat blinded her eyes."
This line seems very important becase it makes us think about who is being most forceful in this story. Why don't you think more about this line in connection to the title of this story?
Hmmm... well, yes,what seems to be really at stake, here? Is it just about the disease? Why is she so reisitant? What's being violated?
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