Robyn has breast cancer and the chapter starts off with her breast cancer expert Dr.Chung, examining and extracting a lump from her anaesthetized breast. Later, she undergoes mastectomy and feels self conscious when she goes out.
Strong/poignant word:
“Then she uncaps a red marker and starts scribbling curvy lines and decorative dots and dashes. Wgen she is done, my right breast resembles a preschooler’s drawing, the kind proud parents display on their fridge. It’s that good.” (Levy, 118)
Three new words:
Trepidation: tremble; fear Gurney: A wheeled stretcher used for transporting hospital patients. Vicarious: vicarial; experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person
Examples of Rhetorical/Literary Devices:
“I tell her that everything is empty: my stomach, my bladder, my bowels.” (Levy, 117)- alliteration
“My remaining time in hospital is spent under the spell of morphine.” (Levy, 121) – Metaphor
“Hilda is a woman of contradictions-stylish yet original, unpredictable yet reliable, manic yet composed, hilarious yet philosophical.” (Levy, 128) – Paradox
Strong/poignant word:
“Then she uncaps a red marker and starts scribbling curvy lines and decorative dots and dashes. Wgen she is done, my right breast resembles a preschooler’s drawing, the kind proud parents display on their fridge. It’s that good.” (Levy, 118)
Three new words:
Trepidation: tremble; fear
Gurney: A wheeled stretcher used for transporting hospital patients.
Vicarious: vicarial; experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person
Examples of Rhetorical/Literary Devices:
“I tell her that everything is empty: my stomach, my bladder, my bowels.” (Levy, 117)- alliteration
“My remaining time in hospital is spent under the spell of morphine.” (Levy, 121) – Metaphor
“Hilda is a woman of contradictions-stylish yet original, unpredictable yet reliable, manic yet composed, hilarious yet philosophical.” (Levy, 128) – Paradox
sweet reminiscence.