suffering from those experiences‚ their minds can “pull” themselves out of their bodies for days. Similarly‚ in “The Mind’s Eye” written by Oliver Sacks‚ he discusses his understandings of the mind’s eye through the experiences of his own and the ones that have been shared with him by those whose senses are impaired. The concepts that are derived from Stout and Sacks’ articles can be connected to the soldiers’ experiences in “How to Tell A True War Story” by Tim O’Brien. He describes the unavoidable truth
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In Chapter 15: In the Moment: Music and Amnesia‚ Oliver Sacks describes the case of Clive Wearing‚ an eminent English musician‚ and musicologist who was struck by an overwhelming brain disease‚ a herpes encephalitis‚ that affected specifically the parts of his brain concerned with memory. Toward the start of his sickness‚ Clive would sometimes be perplexed at the odd things he encountered. For instance‚ his wife‚ Deborah‚ observed how one day‚ she saw him having something in his hand‚ and over and
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In Oliver Sacks’ The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat‚ Dr. P‚ a teacher at a local school of music started acting in weird ways‚ not recognizing students by their faces‚ but once he would hear them speak he would know exactly who they were‚ by recognizing their
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After reading through the book “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales‚” by Oliver Sacks‚ one chapter in particular really stuck out to me for a few reasons. This book reminded me of the TV show “House”‚ where this doctor gets a bunch of unusual cases and has to figure out what is wrong and it seems like Oliver Sacks in this book. This whole book I found to be extremely interesting and hard to put down so it was tough to think of one chapter to focus on. I decided to narrow
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in Tehran which repressed the rights of women. Freedom has the power to give salvation to those who suffer from totalitarian control or any type of appalling repression. On the other hand‚ the author of “The Mind’s Eye: What the Blind See‚” Oliver Sacks‚ explains how blind individuals are repressed from the world‚ as they are not able to perceive the world around them. However‚ with the abilities of imagination‚ these certain individuals were able to create individual worlds in their minds. These
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commonplace manner with over-lapping ideas that they each lose their own individuality. Reality is a subjective value that reflects what characterizes our world‚ whether it is our individual world or the world as a whole‚ and its conditions. Oliver Sacks’ "The Mind’s Eye: What the Blind See" and Tim O’Brien’s "How to Tell a True War Story" bring the relationship of truth and reality into question. O’Brien openly uses the thin line between truth and reality to convey the message that truth and reality
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“Reading More Than Lolita in Tehran” author Fatemeh Keshavarz and Author Azar Nafisi of “Reading Lolita in Tehran: a Memoir in Books” share a few similarities because they have both shed light on the struggles of Iranian women in their own way. Nafisi’s “Reading Lolita in Tehran‚” written in 2003‚ was a glimpse into the lives of seven Iranian women. Nafisi’s book‚ whether you agreed or not‚ paved the way for other Iranian feminist authors. Despite Keshavarz’s disapproval of Nafisi’s memoir‚ both
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understanding of what our “self” is comprised of. Robert Thurman‚ along with Azar Nafisi‚ believes that selflessness is in fact quite the opposite. Robert Thurman is a Buddhist monk who is also a Professor of Indo-Tibetan at Columbia University. In his book Infinite Life‚ the chapter “Wisdom” speaks about selflessness‚ and how selflessness is‚ in fact‚ enlightening and opens the doors to a more fluid sense of self. Azar Nafisi was once a Professor at the University of Tehran in Iran‚ after leaving her
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Reading Lolita in Tehran 1. Explain the Blind Censor. How does Nafisi use the Blind Censor to help express what she and her girls hope to do when they meet at her house every week? The book informs the reader that the Blind censor was "the chief film censor in Iran up until 1994" and before that‚ " he was the censor for a theater and he would sit in the theater wearing thick glasses that seemed to hide more than they revealed." We were also told that he had an assistant who sat by him who would
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Tehran by Azar Nafisi‚ “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and “Cairo: My City‚ Our Revolution” by Ahdaf Soueif great actions of striving and demanding freedom were demonstrated. Although citizens struggle to earn their freedom‚ the unity and determination of the people has proven to bring success. While trying to attain freedom‚ it must be demanded by having the courage to go against the rules of an oppressive government‚ coming together‚ and struggling and
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