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The author faces the grim reality of his condition: he will never live outside of the wheelchair.
*Favorite Lines/Phrases*
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"shores of awareness" SUGGESTS THAT AWARENESS IS LESS PROMINENT THAN CONFUSION, AS WATER (CONFUSION) COVERS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE EARTH.
"I had GRADUATED from being a patient whose prognosis was uncertain to an OFFICIAL quadriplegic." (NOTE THE SARCASTIC TONE.)
image of African woman with neck rings
"In one flash, I saw the frightening truth. It was as blinding as an atomic explosion and keener than a guillotine blade." (NOTE THAT THE TRUTH SWOOPS IN FROM AFAR - IN JAPAN, WHERE THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED - AND LANDS IN THE COUNTRY OF THE GUILLOTINE. WHAT A POIGNANT TURN OF TONGUE...ERM, EYELID.)
*To Analyze/Discuss*
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THE AUTHOR COMPLAINS ABOUT HIS "uncooperative deadweight limbs." WHAT ARE YOUR "uncooperative deadweight limbs" IN LIFE (THINK METAPHORICALLY)? WHAT'S HOLDING YOU BACK FROM ACCOMPLISHING YOUR GOALS?
THE TERMS "graduation" AND "brutal downgrading" PRESENT AN INTERESTING CONTRAST. WHO IS CELEBRATING THE GRADUATION? LAMENTING THE DOWNGRADING? DO YOU FEEL THAT BOTH PARTIES COULD PARTICIPATE IN BOTH ACTIVITIES SIMULTANEOUSLY?
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE "unremitting drizzle" THAT STREAKS THE WINDOWS (LAST IMAGE OF THE CHAPTER)?
"I had GRADUATED from being a patient whose prognosis was uncertain to an OFFICIAL quadriplegic." (NOTE THE SARCASTIC TONE.)
image of African woman with neck rings
"In one flash, I saw the frightening truth. It was as blinding as an atomic explosion and keener than a guillotine blade." (NOTE THAT THE TRUTH SWOOPS IN FROM AFAR - IN JAPAN, WHERE THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED - AND LANDS IN THE COUNTRY OF THE GUILLOTINE. WHAT A POIGNANT TURN OF TONGUE...ERM, EYELID.)
*To Analyze/Discuss*
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THE AUTHOR COMPLAINS ABOUT HIS "uncooperative deadweight limbs." WHAT ARE YOUR "uncooperative deadweight limbs" IN LIFE (THINK METAPHORICALLY)? WHAT'S HOLDING YOU BACK FROM ACCOMPLISHING YOUR GOALS?
THE TERMS "graduation" AND "brutal downgrading" PRESENT AN INTERESTING CONTRAST. WHO IS CELEBRATING THE GRADUATION? LAMENTING THE DOWNGRADING? DO YOU FEEL THAT BOTH PARTIES COULD PARTICIPATE IN BOTH ACTIVITIES SIMULTANEOUSLY?
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE "unremitting drizzle" THAT STREAKS THE WINDOWS (LAST IMAGE OF THE CHAPTER)?
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