In the section of Directions of Inquiry, I will bring up the topic of AIDS and Abortion. Within discussing the topics I will bring up how both are seen as widely discussed within our society for its expansion and origination. Both topics are discussed in “Between a Woman and Her Doctor” by Martha Mendoza and “The Terrifying Normalcy of AIDS” by Stephen Jay Gould. Mendoza brings up the topic of abortion procedures. I would later explain their inputs and …show more content…
Hitchens elaborates on his own personal experience with Cancer. He shares with us what he faces, as a Cancer patient. Cancer is a very serious topic due to the severity of its outcomes. Hitchens, instead of writing in the tone of self-pity or heavy heartedness, he writes in somewhat of a sarcastic tone. He keeps up a light and fun way of talking about serious things. Hitchens is writing this essay, essentially for his fellow Cancer friends and those that do not understand what it is really like to have Cancer. He makes it humorous to coupe or even to tell his cancer friends that they should not talk their ailment too seriously because life is short. This humorous approach can also be for us, the noncancer audience, so that we do not tiptoe around him or anyone that has cancer because they are still the same