I was so distraught I actually made myself sick. I recall standing in the kitchen and gagging. I hung on to the kitchen counter so I would not fall down. I was devastated by the constant persistence of her problem without any answers. I told God I could not keep on taking her urine without results. I begged Him to end this nightmare. I told God I would do anything to save my daughter! I cried until I fell into a heap in my kitchen floor. My nose began to bleed which I experienced on a regular basis. I assumed it was because my sinuses were swollen and raw due to all the tears I had shed throughout the year. I pulled myself somewhat together and held tissue over my nose. My heart was broken and it appeared as if everything I believed was a lie. My God was nowhere to be found. After some time, I called Rose. She was a blessing as always. She encouraged me by just being herself. We talked for a while, and after I hung up I had strength to face another day. I requested another urine test. Miranda had to be in …show more content…
I was just positive at least one test would show high cortisol. After all, God had promised me a doctor with a diagnosis and this was the last opportunity for tests to reveal the truth. Days passed and we began to get the results. One at a time they came back. Every result brought hope and devastation. I would hope it would reveal something, but each time darkness grew. They were all normal. The endocrinologist released her. Now I had no one to help me. I assumed that the NIH would quit since we could no longer test her and show cortisol levels. My false expectations devastated me. I was without direction and extremely angry at God. Where was He? He had promised me a doctor with a diagnosis. He told me we would go to the other side. He told me I would know Him as Healer. What kind of cruel joke was this? Why had all the doors opened for her and now
Laura Copeland was a twenty four year old Peace Corp representative in Ethiopia. During her work her health seemed to be “off” (Magic Foundation 2014). Some of the odd health effects were extreme weight gain, deep purple stretch marks, slow wound healing, hair loss, “severely depressed with suicidal ideation”, and a ceased menstrual cycle. Her Manager and the other people involved with her care became severely concerned. She was flown out to Washington D.C. to get a medical evaluation, and was placed on suicide watch in the mental ward. She spent 28 days in the hospital being poked, and prodded as a “human lab rat.” While all this testing was going on a nurse noticed on Laura’s ID that her face had become significantly rounder in appearance than it was when the picture was taken ”moon face”. She mentioned this to Laura’s doctors who immediately ordered a 24 hour urinary sample. The nurse’s suspicions were confirmed, and Laura was diagnosed with Cushing’s disease. After receiving an MRI a tumor was located on Laura’s pituitary gland. Laura received three brain surgeries to remove the “gooey tumor.” Laura’s cortisol levels are still not, and may never return to normal. However with diet, exercise, and medication she can keep the symptoms in control for now.
Both Walker’s “Everyday Use” and Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” shows a relationship between siblings and parents. The siblings in “Everyday Use”, Maggie and Dee, have a strained relationship because of their difference and that does not change throughout the story. The siblings in “The Metamorphosis”, Gregor and Grete, have a loving relationship in the beginning that does however turn sour throughout the story. Mama in “Everyday Use” loves her daughter’s equally but has a closer relationship with Maggie. The parents in “The Metamorphosis” however turn abusive towards their son after his transformation and loving and caring towards Grete.
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I figured someone had passed away, but I didn't think much of it. My father spoke to me in a very calm and soft voice with tears in his eyes. In between his words you could hear the hurt. He told me that my godmother had passed away. I sat there not knowing what to say, but could feel the hurt overwhelm me.
This particular introduction, unlike most other works contains the climax to the story. This paper will show the importance of these introductory lines. “When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed into a monstrous vermin.” This line greatly moves the plot, more so than any other line. It is the climax of the novel, and everything following it helps build the conclusion of the story. The juxtaposition of “unsettling” and “dreams” is ironic, as dreams are peaceful and never unsettling, only nightmares are unsettling. Gregor has transformed into a “monstrous vermin.” The remainder of the first paragraph gives details of exactly what the monstrous vermin is.
When reading a story or watching a movie we automatically fall in love with the animal characters and have a closer bond more than the human characters in the story. When our favorite animal character dies, we are more heart broken. I know when watching a movie and just knowing that my favorite animal character dies breaks my heart. I then do not want to continue watching the movie, but have to watch the ending, so then finally find out that my animal friend comes to life, it brings me into joyful tears and finally decided that I really like the movie again. For example, when I was watching the television series The Seven Deadly Sins and when the pig character Hawk dies, I got so upset that cute character dies, I then watch the last episode
In the Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Gregor experiences unusual punishments in the form of anal regression, oedipal conflict, and masochism because of his father’s dominance in the household. There was a role switch with Gregor and his father after the metamorphosis. Gregor became the new breadwinner of the family. The conflict with him and his father resulted in Gregor regressing into the anal stage of physcosexual development. He found pleasure in disgusting items like rotten food.
Through the next couple of days our family went through some of the coping stages. We experienced anger because we did not know the severity of the damage, we were depressed and then we had to come to accept God’s will. Ann was a devout Christian and we found comfort of knowing where she was going to.
The dominating theme in Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis,” as the title suggests, is change. From the very first sentence of the story, we are presented to Gregor the protagonist who awakens one fateful morning from a bad dream and finds himself “transformed” into a monstrous insect-like creature (Kafka 3). Along with his overall new physique, we are also presented to Gregor’s morals, attributes, and mind—who despite the title of the story, arguably, do not change very much.
So, I told my doctor I wanted to be induced. After all, my due date was only two weeks away and only five percent of women give birth on the day determined by their doctors. When I was finally there, I looked at the outside, the hospital was set in a suburban – like area, and when I went inside the building, I was in a welcoming ultramodern facility. I went straight to the labor and delivery section where they said my doctor had gone out of town; nobody believed that I was supposed to be induced that day. It took them like 15 minutes to confirm what I had told them, to finally decide to take me to a room to connect all kinds of tubes to my body. I went into the room; it looked very comfortable, but it was freezing. I lay on the typical hospital bed, one of those that make sleeping and resting easier.
The feelings of loneliness and betrayal are feelings that we all feel one too many. Some have these feelings for a few simple days, and then those feelings soon pass. For others, however, this is a feeling that is felt for most of their lives. Our loneliness may make us feel alone, when our loneliness is actually common. In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, the topic of alienation is an ongoing theme from beginning to end. I have interest in this passage because it reveals the writers understanding of a feeling that we all get from time to time. This novella helps us relive these emotions with an understanding that we are not alone in our loneliness.
Frank Kafka is considered one of the most influential writers of all time. Helmut Richter would agree with this statement. Richter agreed that Kafka was a very prominent figure in world literature and was amazed by his mechanics and word usage. I feel that his essay is supportive of Kafka’s writing, but also leaves out many important details in its brevity. Richter did not include Kafka’s flaws and tendencies in his essay.
Comparing and contrasting the protagonists’ course of life in the texts Metamorphosis and Eugenie Grandet Comparing and contrasting the protagonists’ course of life that was influenced by their relationships with money-minded characters in the texts Metamorphosis and Eugenie Grandet. To: Mrs. Monty Eugenie Grandet by Honore De Balzac and Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka are stories that reflect upon the relationships of simplistic protagonists, and their relations with money-minded people. Both protagonists (Gregor from Metamorphosis and Eugenie from Eugenie Grandet) are affected by the actions of their greedy relatives that influences the course their entire lives. Eugenie starts off living with her miserly, yet wealthy father, Felix Grandet. The author of the novel narrates, “It is true that he handed on his old shoes to her (for they fitted), but the quarterly reversion of Grandet’s shoes could not possibly considered a present, they were so worn.
Once the crying commenced, my mother called me, telling me that my last grandma had gone into the hospital. She collapsed in her apartment and was rushed to the emergency center. I had no idea what to do. I felt like God was just condemning me and attacking me for some reason. I went into this deep depression and I didn’t want anyone to talk to me, if they did, I would simply start crying.
Life is a never-ending metamorphosis. It is always changing, always transforming. Sometimes a change is followed by positive results, but on the darker side, a metamorphosis can lead to damage or suffering. But of course, the concept of metamorphosis can also be related into the wonderful yet unrealistic world of magic and sorcery. Metamorphosis can mean a rapid transformation from one object to another or a distinct or even degenerative change in appearance, personality, condition, or function. The concept of metamorphosis is commonly used in pieces of literature to describe an extreme change in character or form.