The purpose of this essay is to write a review. The article in discussion is Dr. Oliver Sacks’ book On the Move. For the most part two outside sources will be considered, to give support and or a difference of opinions. When someone examines Dr. Sacks what do they find, what inspired him to write On the Move? Is it a- worth-while book that is found on bookshelves throughout the world? Let us take a deeper look at these questions and the feelings others have toward the book as well. Many personal accounts of his life are included, and is seemingly the most intimate book the doctor has written.
He quickly writes about his teenage life and his interest in motorcycles. With a few more milestones about his life, such as when his favorite aunt died and when he told his father he was …show more content…
With several books and a few more romantic involvements underway Sacks took to traveling some. Dr. Sacks write extensive details about his brother Michael. Michael had Schizophrenia with bouts of psychosis and always lived at home with their parents. Taking a journey through reading about Dr. Oliver Sacks is time well spent. It gives the reader insight and humor from a perspective not seen very often. Dr. Sacks takes an abundance of interest in his patients, writing several books about the many encounters with them. With no shortage of shaking the neurological communities his fondness of the brain and its mechanics is evident in On the Move.
On the Move is “beautifully conceived” (Bostonglobe) in that Dr. Sacks is very open about his personal life. Finding this new avenue of enjoyment of his, only as he becomes older and is nearing the end of his life. On the Move chronicles Dr. Sacks’ life as a medical student until late in his life. In On the Move Dr. Sacks combines swimming, bike riding, powerlifting, family, patients, and his love interests in this memoir. The reader can sense Dr. Sacks’
He quickly writes about his teenage life and his interest in motorcycles. With a few more milestones about his life, such as when his favorite aunt died and when he told his father he was …show more content…
With several books and a few more romantic involvements underway Sacks took to traveling some. Dr. Sacks write extensive details about his brother Michael. Michael had Schizophrenia with bouts of psychosis and always lived at home with their parents. Taking a journey through reading about Dr. Oliver Sacks is time well spent. It gives the reader insight and humor from a perspective not seen very often. Dr. Sacks takes an abundance of interest in his patients, writing several books about the many encounters with them. With no shortage of shaking the neurological communities his fondness of the brain and its mechanics is evident in On the Move.
On the Move is “beautifully conceived” (Bostonglobe) in that Dr. Sacks is very open about his personal life. Finding this new avenue of enjoyment of his, only as he becomes older and is nearing the end of his life. On the Move chronicles Dr. Sacks’ life as a medical student until late in his life. In On the Move Dr. Sacks combines swimming, bike riding, powerlifting, family, patients, and his love interests in this memoir. The reader can sense Dr. Sacks’