R/s Marshall Cobun is a diabetic with high blood sugar. Mr. Cobun has a pace maker, he has cancer in his left eye and a cancerous tumor in his left arm. R/s physically Mr. Cobun can’t cook for himself nor can he bathe himself. R/s Mr. Cobun has to use a walker to get around. R/s Mr. Cobun lives in a trailer with his son Harold. R/s the trailer has no electricity, no water, no stove, no refrigerator, no washer &dryer, and the hot water heater has not been installed. R/s the family is using an extension cord to get power from Mr. Cobun’s daughter home. R/s there are holes in the trailer. R/s the home is not accessible for a handicapped person. R/s Mr. Cobun was supposed to receive meals from Meal on Wheels but they don’t come. R/s Harold will
bring food or gives Mr. Cobun food that has been sitting out. R/s Mr. Cobun urinates in hospital urine container and he pours it in a waste basket. R/s it took Mr. Cobun 45 minutes to crawl into the trailer. R/s she gets pay to care for Mr. Cobun. R/s she can’t even wash her hands because there is no water in the home. R/s Harold uses Mr. Cobun’s money to keep his business open and to pay her. R/s it is believed Harold allowed Mr. Cobun’s Medicare to collapse. R/s Mr. Cobun and Harold were living at 106 Bright Side Lane in Easley, SC but they moved because the rent was too high.
There was probable evidence that Mollie’s caretaker withdrew care without making alternative arrangements (Fulmer, 2008). The findings indicate that Molly remained alone for many hours on end, without food or water and without a method of contacting anyone for assistance. Mollie’s hypertension and diabetes were not monitored. Medications were not administered.
A woman and her 8 month old son come into the hospital. The boy is very thin and wasted looking and the mother tells you he hasn’t been growing at all in the recent weeks. Through interviewing the woman, you discover that their family has come on hard times and in order to cut down on costs, she and her husband have been diluting the boy’s formula and have not yet introduced him to solid foods.
Before going to Alaska, Chris McCandless had failed to communicate with his family while on his journey; I believe this was Chris’s biggest mistake. Chris spent time with people in different parts of the nation while hitchhiking, most of them whom figured out that McCandless kept a part of him “hidden”. In chapter three, it was stated that Chris stayed with a man named Wayne Westerberg in South Dakota. Although Westerberg was not seen too often throughout the story, nevertheless he was an important character. Introducing himself as Alex, McCandless was in Westerberg’s company for quite some time: sometimes for a few days, other times for several weeks. Westerberg first realized the truth about Chris when he discovered his tax papers, which stated that “McCandless’s real name was Chris, not Alex.” Wayne further on claims that it was obvious that “something wasn’t right between him and his family” (Krakauer 18). Further in the book, Westerberg concluded with the fact that Chris had not spoken to his family “for all that time, treating them like dirt” (Krakauer 64). Westerberg concluded with the fact that during the time he spent with Chris, McCandless neither mentioned his
In the Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett, Homer and Mother Maria both display straightforward, hardworking, and stubborn character traits. Firstly, Homer and Mother Maria both display a straightforward personality by being brutally honest about their opinions. For example, when Mother Maria asks Homer to build a chapel, Homer speaks his mind by telling her he does not want to build it. Mother Maria shows her straightforward behavior during Homer’s stay at the convent. One morning, when Homer sleeps in late, Mother to becomes extremely upset and is not afraid to show how she feels about him. Secondly, both Homer and Mother Maria display a hardworking spirit. Homer is a hardworking man because after finally agreeing to build the chapel,
During his journey, McCandless was a leather tramp, he travelled on foot and he would
The Other Wes Moore is a novel that shows the different paths of two different men, one successful and the other not so fortunate. We discovered their different identities and how their choices and role models effect their lives. Wes 1 was led by his brave, hard working mother and the great military men. He didn't make incredibly great decisions but the people in his life helped him turn into the successful man he is today.However, Wes 2 had a brother who dealt drugs. The novel guides you through the 8 crazy years that led to Wes Moore 1's success and Wes Moore 2's life sentence for prison.
“The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his” (Moore, 2011). This quote perfectly describes the book The Other Wes Moore. This book was a story about two people who have the same name and grew up in similar environments, but had very different lives. The author of the book, Mr. Moore, became successful and was given the opportunity to receive “one of the most prestigious academic awards for students in the world” (Moore, 2011). On the other side of the spectrum, the other Wes Moore “will spend every day until his death behind bars for an armed robbery that left a police officer and a father of five dead” (Moore, 2011). Mr. Moore decided to contact the
- Mrs. Dawson wants the healthcare team to do everything they possibly can to save her husband and live at home with him. The health care providers are divided; some of the members believe that he will recover and some believe additional treatment is prolonging the inevitable and perhaps causing Mr. Dawson more suffering.
		Mattie, the sole owner of a shop named "Jesus is Lord Used Tires", was accustomed to changing and rotating tires everyday. One day she received a customer who had driven over some cracked glass pieces on the side of the road. Mattie took standard procedures by lifting the car, taking out the tire, and finally dipping it to see if air bubbles would come up. "I'm sorry to tell you, hon, these are bad. I can tell you right now these aren't going to hold a patch. They're shot through." (page 40). Mattie was exceptionally nice to Taylor and told her to come inside and have some coffee. After drinking a cup of coffee and giving Turtle some juice Mattie came up with the idea that Taylor could work for her. Taylor being the one who doesn't like tires in the first place accepted the generous offer, but went almost nuts with the huge tire wall that surrounded her. Taylor was a good worker and didn't have any real complaints about her position, but she still had a fear of exploding tires. This fear was noticeable to Mattie. Mattie being the rough-tough but nice person, asked Taylor nicely to follow her, when suddenly Mattie threw a 5-gallon Jerry can at her. "Knocked the wind out of you, but it didn't kill you, right?" "That's twenty-eight pounds of water. Twenty-eight pounds of air is about what you put into a tire. When it hits you, that's what it feels like." (page 81).
In The Other Wes Moore, the author and a neighbor have the same name, Wes Moore, and they both begin their lives in similar ways. However, as their lives progress, they begin to part. For example, both “lost” their fathers when they were young. Because of the way their mothers respond to this loss, the boys’ lives begin to separate. Both mothers have different responses to challenges in general, which eventually leads them to respond to their child’s actions in contrasting ways. Throughout this novel, readers learn that depending on how a mother decides to react to the negative actions of their child’s actions, the child can either lead a successful life or lead a life of failure.
Doug Swieteck, from “Okay for Now”, by Gary D. Schmidt, lived a life in anger. At the beginning of the book, he was very hateful of everything. He had spent a long time in anger and disgust, trying to find a way in life. Near the beginning of the book, Joe Pepitone gave Doug his baseball cap and jacket in person, to Doug. But, Doug’s mean older brother took the cap and his dad took his jacket. That added to Doug’s anger even more. But, luckily he turned it around in the middle and end of the book. He ended being a lot happier and was able to control his emotions better.
Julius Caesar is mentioned throughout the book, A Long Way Gone, many times. In A Long Way Gone, Ishmael would be reading Julius Caesar or a soldier would be reciting some of the speeches in the play. In Chapter 12 of A Long Way Gone, Ishmael is called over to talk with Lieutenant Jabati. Then, Lieutenant Jabati showed Ishmael the book he was reading, which was Julius Caesar, and asked Ishmael if he had ever heard of the book. Ishmael had read the book in school, and began to recite a speech from the book. After this happened, Lieutenant Jabati and Corporal Gadafi used emotional arguments to motivate the people in the village to stay there and support the military. Also, Lieutenant showed all the people in the village dead bodies to help
In Guy De Maupassant’s Old Milon, the protagonist, Old Milon, is a clever and intelligent Old Man, who murders Prussian soldiers for revenge. Using his cleverness Old Milon develops an insidious plan to achieve revenge on the Prussian soldiers, who have killed his son and father, taken animals and food from him, and who are quartered on his farm. Old Milon knew that in order to not be suspected he must be an amicable host to the Prussians, and he accomplished this as the Prussians thought he was, “obliging and even attentive to [them]” (Maupassant p.2). Gaining their trust was what allowed Old Milon to be able to go off his land, which would be where he would kill after the first murder, and it was what kept the Prussians from thinking that he had been the murderer. Knowing he would need to go off his land to
Kurt Vonnegut wrote a short fictional story called Harris Bergeron. He was an American writer that was known for his science fiction stories and has since passed. Kurt Vonnegut had a terrible life that included the suicide of his mother, losing his sister to cancer and was a survivor of the Dresden bombing.
R/s Hortense Smoot has no legs and she is in a wheelchair. R/s Ms. Smoot can bathe and dress herself but she can prepare her meals. R/s Ms. Smoot lives with her daughter, Celeste and she leaves Ms. Smoot at home at night by herself. R/s sometimes Ms. Smoot is home alone during the day. R/s Ms. Smoot looks like a zombie. R/s it appears that Ms. Smoot is not being taken of care. R/s the house has a reek smell. R/s in the past, Celeste use to smoke marijuana.