Cancer is a horrible disease for anyone and it effects many people on a daily basis. In 2015 and estimated 158,040 people died from lung cancer alone. Cancer affects all kinds of people and it does not discriminate who can be diagnosed with it. In the essay “Topic of Cancer” Christopher Hitchens learns that very lesson. Christopher Hitchens was a man who was on top of world. He was scheduled to interview with Jon Stewart on the The Daily Show, he also had was scheduled to appear on a sold-out show with Salman Rushdie. Christopher Hitchens was a man who had so many things going for him and then one day he woke up feeling like death.
Christopher Hitchens went to the doctor one morning feeling like death. He unfortunately …show more content…
Hitchens had lived a life that he choose and it involved some unhealthy habits. He drank quite a bit and many people called him an alcoholic. He was also a very heavy smoker and only quit twice. Once was in 2007 for a brief minute and then when he received his diagnosis that he had cancer.
Cancer is a very horrible disease and it effects all kinds of people from all walks of life. In the essay the author talks about the five stages of grief which was started by Elisabeth Kuble-Ross. It talks about how someone dealing with a life changing event or life altering moment that people will go through these stages. The steps are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance. The author touches on how everyone who is a finalist finally accepts that they have cancer and find different ways to deal with it. Like Christopher Hitchens my family has been affected by cancer. My grandfather was effected and it changed his whole life. The things he was once
Christopher Hitchens went to the doctor one morning feeling like death. He unfortunately …show more content…
Hitchens had lived a life that he choose and it involved some unhealthy habits. He drank quite a bit and many people called him an alcoholic. He was also a very heavy smoker and only quit twice. Once was in 2007 for a brief minute and then when he received his diagnosis that he had cancer.
Cancer is a very horrible disease and it effects all kinds of people from all walks of life. In the essay the author talks about the five stages of grief which was started by Elisabeth Kuble-Ross. It talks about how someone dealing with a life changing event or life altering moment that people will go through these stages. The steps are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance. The author touches on how everyone who is a finalist finally accepts that they have cancer and find different ways to deal with it. Like Christopher Hitchens my family has been affected by cancer. My grandfather was effected and it changed his whole life. The things he was once