“The Clinic”
1.
Gremmels purpose in writing “The Clinic” is to describe his first experience
with a patient where he has to go beyond the physical problems with the patient.
The reader knows this because he explains his feelings about dealing with the
boy’s mental psych after conversing with a doctor.
2.
I believe Gremmels choose the medical detective genre because the essay and
story is based on him finding out clues as to why the boy is feeling
pain.
3.
Gemmel reveals these clues to the read by describing what he does to examine
the boy, such as taking off his shirt to reveal the marks. Another way he
reveals them is how he talks with the mother about how he gets the bruises.
These clues advance the narrative because they further incline the story about
the boy and his mental and physical abuse.
4.
I think if it were for an english essay contest or for the general public to
view, I believe it should have ended with the poem because it adds a more
personal and intimate setting with the reader and the boy. Since it was for the
medical judges though, Gremmels did an excellent job in ending his
essay.
5.
I believe that Gremmels does do this in “The Clinic” because he is presented
with the boy with the bruises and he has to find out why. While he does not do
this on his own and needs a doctor to help him, he is still presented with
effects and cause.
“An
American Childhood”
1.
The introduction about football is necessary to the plot of the story because
it talk about the value of fearless perseverance, which the man chasing the kids
displays.
2.
Dillard starts to call the man a “hero” and how him chasing the kids is for
“glory” after a while, and in the beginning it was just a man chasing a couple
kids for throwing snowballs.
3.
Dillard only gives the first part of the stranger’s rant because she states
that the rest of it was redundant and beside the point of their
actions.
4.
Dillard learns by imagining different outcomes that no matter what would have
happened, the stranger would not have been able to say anything more meaningful
than “You stupid kids”. This reveals that her purpose for the writing is that
perseverance is key to anything in life.
5.
Since she is using such powerful description, it really paints a picture in the
reader’s mind as to what she is experiencing in the scenario. It contributes to
the point because it also helps the reader understand how much the experience
meant to her. I think the point is that Dillard is trying to tell the reader
how important going at your goals fearlessly is, but at the same time, no matter
how hard you go, the result will be the same.
1.
Gremmels purpose in writing “The Clinic” is to describe his first experience
with a patient where he has to go beyond the physical problems with the patient.
The reader knows this because he explains his feelings about dealing with the
boy’s mental psych after conversing with a doctor.
2.
I believe Gremmels choose the medical detective genre because the essay and
story is based on him finding out clues as to why the boy is feeling
pain.
3.
Gemmel reveals these clues to the read by describing what he does to examine
the boy, such as taking off his shirt to reveal the marks. Another way he
reveals them is how he talks with the mother about how he gets the bruises.
These clues advance the narrative because they further incline the story about
the boy and his mental and physical abuse.
4.
I think if it were for an english essay contest or for the general public to
view, I believe it should have ended with the poem because it adds a more
personal and intimate setting with the reader and the boy. Since it was for the
medical judges though, Gremmels did an excellent job in ending his
essay.
5.
I believe that Gremmels does do this in “The Clinic” because he is presented
with the boy with the bruises and he has to find out why. While he does not do
this on his own and needs a doctor to help him, he is still presented with
effects and cause.
“An
American Childhood”
1.
The introduction about football is necessary to the plot of the story because
it talk about the value of fearless perseverance, which the man chasing the kids
displays.
2.
Dillard starts to call the man a “hero” and how him chasing the kids is for
“glory” after a while, and in the beginning it was just a man chasing a couple
kids for throwing snowballs.
3.
Dillard only gives the first part of the stranger’s rant because she states
that the rest of it was redundant and beside the point of their
actions.
4.
Dillard learns by imagining different outcomes that no matter what would have
happened, the stranger would not have been able to say anything more meaningful
than “You stupid kids”. This reveals that her purpose for the writing is that
perseverance is key to anything in life.
5.
Since she is using such powerful description, it really paints a picture in the
reader’s mind as to what she is experiencing in the scenario. It contributes to
the point because it also helps the reader understand how much the experience
meant to her. I think the point is that Dillard is trying to tell the reader
how important going at your goals fearlessly is, but at the same time, no matter
how hard you go, the result will be the same.
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