• 2021-04-14
    Readthefollowingparagraph
    Themostdepressingthingaboutanillnessisthesenseofbeingleftoutorbrushedasidebyitfromthemainstreamofliving.Whenapersonisill,hecannotkeepupwiththeworldofhealthypeople.Lifebeginstooccurwithouthim.Evenlanguageseemstochange.Whatissaidtoasickpersondoesnotinvolvehim,andthereforehebeginstointerpretitdifferently.Helosestouchwiththeouter,healthyworld.Hissenseofisolationisincreasedratherthanlessenedbytheregularvisitsofthedoctor.Thedoctorlabelsthesickperson’sdiseaseandconfineshimtohisspecialplace.Withtactandskill,thedoctorcompletesthepatient’shelplessnessandmakesfinalhisdivisionfromtheworldofstrongarms,soundlegs,clearskin,andlungsthatbreathedeeply.Thesickperson’sonlyhopeistoreturntolifeagain,andheclingstothethoughtofgettingwell.
    (qtd.fromKathleenE.Sullivan,ParagraphPractice,p.125)