The Internet Does Not Equal Isolation
The computer has become a centerpiece for almost everyone’s lives. Teachers require homework to be typed, and students go through an Internet search tutorial at the beginning of every year. Communication online plays a role for many people with the introduction of instant messaging, message boards and chat rooms. Even businesses run their companies on computers and sell online. This can bring up controversy. Some believe that the Internet isolates people and takes away face-to-face interaction. Some studies have been done to see if the Internet causes loneliness. Does this mean that all Internet activity does harm to the world? No, in fact, it can do quite the opposite when actual contact is impossible. Internet has the potential to save lives, connect families and friends, and give ill patients a support system.
Internet provides exceptional resources for health information, in particular transplants and organ donations. The web provides a great opportunity to share a wealth of information, and informing people about diseases and providing resources helps a lot in patients’ understanding. For example, TransWeb (www.transweb.org) provides a great amount of information on organ transplants and donations. On this site, the latest news, stories and conference information can be found. Another excellent website is the page for the United Network for Organ Sharing (www.unos.org). Under contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this nonprofit organization makes sure that “News, patient information, statistics, data requests, Internet links, and more are available at this site, as well as the bylaws and regulations that govern tissue allocation” (Sjogren). Dan Sjogren also...
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The changes which have occurred in both of the stories interrupted the false sense of closeness among the couples, serving to spark off long-term problems they had not realized. In "Shiloh", Leroy, is forced to retire to home after injuring his leg in a highway incident. Just like his truck, Leroy, no longer able to make his living as a truck driver, "has flown home to roost". However, he makes little effort to find another alternative to make his living. Realizing that he has missed so many things in life when he was still "on the road, he wanted to enjoy the freedom he had now, and to take more notice of the things happening around him. He no longer wanted to "fly past scenery". His wife, Norma Jean however, fails to acknowledge Leroy's attitude. Expecting Leroy to assume the responsibility of caring for the household, watching him idle around, taking up needlepoint and crafting, agitated Norma Jean.
Plot structure in ‘Shiloh’ shows how a small change in a marriage can ultimately make it fall apart. In the exposition, we find that Leroy used to be a truck driver until he got in an accident and injured his leg. His occupation caused him to be away from home often, and Norma Jean became used to being alone. This became a normalcy to Norma Jean, and Leroy being home all the time was something they both had to adjust to. Thus, their problems began. As the weeks go by and Leroy is still not back to work, Norma Jean must become the provider of the house. In the ...
Leroy arrives home from a drive and finds Norma Jean in tears.” (Mason p. 50). Norma
The setting in the short story “Shiloh” by Bobbie Ann Mason works well to accentuate the theme of the story. The theme portrayed by Mason is that most people change along with their environment, with the exception of the few who are unwilling to adapt making it difficult for things such as marriage to work out successfully. These difficulties are apparent in Norma Jean and Leroy’s marriage. As Norma Jean advances herself, their marriage ultimately collapses due to Leroy’s unwillingness to adapt with her and the changing environment.
In the short story "Shiloh" written by Bobbie Ann Mason, she expresses a theme stating that taking life for granted causes individuals to lose sight of what is important and how people become blinded by everyone and everything around them. Emotions take a big toll on the way a person handles a situation and people do not necessarily compartmentalize in order to make the right decision with ease. There are various characters represented throughout the story ranging from dynamic to round characters. Norma Jean and Leroy Moffitt are the antagonist and protagonist, both of them are at war with each other. Situational irony occurs when Leroy arrives home and continues to stay home after being involved in a truck accident at work. Norma Jean is not used to her husband being home now and would rather have him on the road again. He is excited to settle down with his wife but she wants him gone. She was comfortable with staying at home alone and now that he is there all the time, her freedom is disturbed. The tone the author entails is complicated, harsh, selfish, and straightforward simply for the matter that their marriage lacks communication which makes any relationship complicated. Straightforward is another tone being described because at the end Norma Jean bluntly tells Leroy that she is leaving him. It is very crucial to his ears and harsh coming from her after sixteen years of marriage. The story takes place in the couple's home, super plaza, and the battleground of Shiloh. In the story the reader is able to foreshadow the outcome as a result of Norma Jean's behavior. Symbolism induces the battleground, Star Trek pillow, Wonder Woman, craft kits, and color of the ruffle. The narrator tells the story from a third person limited om...
They list for patients waiting for an organ transplant increases greatly each hour. Thousands of people die waiting for a transplantation. Doctors are trying to figure out others way like artificial organs that are faster and could save hundreds of people.
Justin, a South Carolina college student, died at the age of 23 while on the waiting list for a lung transplant. When Justin was three months old he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a disease which affects the lungs. Throughout his childhood he coped with his illness but at the age of 20 his health took a turn for the worst. Justin was on the waiting list for two years but no lungs came available in time. Organ allocation in the United States of America has become a heavily debated subject in the medical field as well as the political and ethical fields. There is no doubt that there is a shortage of organs in the United States. In order to increase organ supply the American Department of Health should integrate the effective allocation policies of some European countries such as Spain and Austria. These policies include: who receives organs, an opt-out program, and de-regionalized donations.
Organ transplant procedures started in the early 1950s. If the transplants are successful it can extend life and improve the quality of life in recipients. This makes the procedure of organ transplants a topic of great importance. There are thousands of people who require organ donations to live and not enough donors to match the need. There is a structured way to determine who is in a greater need. It is organized by a national transplant list. Different factors determine who is at the top of the list. The thought of celebrities, famous people and rich people taking precedence on the list is not even feasible because of the way the system is set up. Every day people are dying while waiting to receive a donation. These are completely unnecessary
Modernization in the 1980s paved the way for the Hong Kong New Wave, as the studio system set up in the 1950s was dismantled, the film industry experienced more freedom. Since decolonization was heavily present 75% of Hong Kong’s box office revenue were home grown movies, while the meager 15% was left for the foreign market. As one can see the political context of Ho...
Unfortunately, the life-saving potential of transplantation is limited by the shortage of organs available for donation. In general, several suitable organs from deceased individuals are not harvested for donation (for reasons that will be discussed later) and this largely contributes to the shortage1. In 1968, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act gave individuals the right to donate organs and tissue in the United States1. Donors can either be living or deceased. Living donors are individuals who choose to donate portions of vital organs or a single kidney. Their donations can be directed to a specific recipient or can be an indirect altruistic donation; however, altruistic donations are very rare. Majority of donations come from deceased donors2. Deceased donors are individuals who have been medically declared dead, and who have previously registered as organ donors or whose legal representatives (usually their family members) have authorized organ donation on their behalf. One deceased donor can make up to eight donations from different organs, and therefore, can save up to eight lives4. Candidates for donation are chosen based on their blood-type (it must match the donated organ) and their medical need for a donation (the most critically ill patients are more likely to receive donations). The organs that are currently approved for transplantation are the kidney, heart, lung, and liver. Although living donations are a significant proportion of donations in the United States, this paper will focus on increasing the number of deceased
Every ten minutes someone in need of an organ is added to the national organ transplant waiting list (Unos). The major problem with the transplant list is that it has been growing bigger and bigger every day and there aren’t enough organs to fill the needs of all these people. Although America is one of the most developed countries in the world, we lack organ donation policies. Unlike America and Germany, places like Austria, Finland, Greece, and Spain all have “Opt-out” laws, which helps raise the rate of organ donation drastically (Zúñiga-Fajuri). In recent years there has been a major decline in the amount of organs being donated; this can be blamed on how and where people are “dying” and the fact that they aren’t organ donors (Bryan). In order to
In the US, everyday 22 people die waiting on the transplant list. Every 10 minutes another person is added to the transplant waiting list. As of 2015, 122, 071 people where on the transplant list and out of all those people only 30,973 got a transplant (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). More people are dying waiting for transplants than there are receiving transplants. People all over the world are looking for ways we can fabricate organs that can be used for transplants. There have been multiple studies done on diverse organs such as kidneys, pancreases, and anal sphincters.
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Organ transplants have been done in the United States since the 1950; Organ donations takes healthy organs and tissues from a human body, from a living or a dead person for transplantation into another. Transplanted organs and tissues replace diseased, damaged, or destroyed body parts. They can help restore the health of a person who might otherwise die or be seriously disabled .doctor first assesses whether the person is medically eligible for a transplant. If so, the doctor then refers the individual to a local transplant center. The transplant center evaluates the patient’s health and mental status as well as the level of social support to see if the person is a viable candidate for an organ transplant. once a person is accepted as a transplant candidate, the patient must wait until suitable donor organs are found, Organs and tissues that can be donated and used for transplants include kidneys, lungs, heart,...