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Most of Me: Surviving My Medical Meltdown
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Vivien Ng | 6 comments Robyn finds out that depression can be caused by a neurological disorder, so she does a brain MRI. The results show that she has Parkinson's disease, just like her father. Between these two chapters she is busy going to therapy, the neurological, Dr. Stoessl and a psychiatrist, Dr.Young.

Strong/poignant "word" image:
riveting, "Because winters on the west coast are wimpy." - (Levy, 76)

Three new words:
Extraterrestrial:outside; alien
Sclerosis:Abnormal hardening of body tissue
Scrutiny: analysis;inspection

Examples of rhetorical/literary devices:
"Sometimes they are so worried that their eyeballs roll right out of their socket as I slowly fumble through my purse to pay the clerk" (Levy, 55)- Hyperbole, sarcasm

"But I march to the beat of a disabled drummer." (Levy, 57) - Metaphor

"As autumn prepares to make way for winter, the neighbourhood squirrels are busy collecting nuts." (Levy, 59)- Imagery

With all these tragic diseases happening to her, she is still optimistic.


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