reading+reflections

I feel that by Anna sueing her parents she is increasing the the rate at which her sister would die. Even though she has many issues with herself because of her parenst and why she was born, I still don't feel she should be adding more stress onto the families life. Having to deal with a sickness as well as a lawsuite within the family, only makes it more difficult to focus on an issue. I feel like the mother's reaction to Anna and the lawsuit was what Ana expected but not what she wanted it would be. I think of Ana as having a lot of courage for going through with her plan and sticking to it.

Jesse's behavior in reaction to Kate's illness is not only destructive but not helpful. I feel that even though he is going through his own issues, his behavior is unproductive and only holding him back. Jesse is trying to get attention while Kate is suffering. Jesse shows to have his own personal problems that go beyond kate's illness. The family is stressed with the illness but Jesse only adds to the stress.

The first chapter of Hiroshima provided me with a look into the lives of those who survived the attack. Because these of the stories of people who experienced it first hand, it gave me a sense of what the attack was like for them. This chapter also allowed me to sympahtize with those effected by the attack because it gave me details to their personal lives. I couldn't imagine experiencing what they went through for myself.

In chapter 4 hiroshima the after affets of the bomb are discussed with each victom. I was very taken back by the image described by Miss Sasaki as she describes how nature has taken over the area in which this civilization has been destroyed. Even though the bomb was able to destroy so much in such little time the extent of the damage was overwhelming. Each survivor must undergo life changing consequences. My reaction to this is i could never see myself going threw all the life alering devistation that those people had to deal with.

The chapter Reminiscence was interesting to me because I had never heard of the brain playing songs like a radio as part of a symptom form a stroke before. The first patient seemed to not be bothered by this but i believe i would more likely react to this as the second patient did. The second patient became annoyed and this would be the likely outcome for me as well. I would find the constant playing of only three specific songs to be intolerable. It was also strange how the second patient had no past relationship with the songs her brain would play.

In the chapter Witty ticcy ray the Character was faced with the challenge of being diagnosed with a form of Tourretts. Reading this chapter showed me that his diagnosis was also a blessing to witty ray because it was the way he was able to exercise his musical talent. witty ticcy's situation made me realize that good can come from the bad. if it was not for his condition he would not be able to express himself through music. It was almost as sort of trade off to having this disorder.