“The Disregarded Scourge”
It can either come by laugh or cough. It can rush in like a wave or slither in like a boa. Sometimes, it is simply invisible - a disregarded scourge. Waiting and lingering through the air in microscopic droplets, it waits for an instant of weakness. Other times, it is not so gracious to wait for a lapse in security activating an army of rod-shaped microbes to send your system into rampage . Identified 130 years ago, tuberculosis is still ravaging through the world on an uncontrolled rampage - debilitating anyone without discrimination (Source 4). A seemingly dated disease that is more associated with developing third world countries than it is with the American dream has eclipsed Zika in number of casualties. Although …show more content…
In the story, he is “rehearsing in his head the phrase he was going to give the bartender—“Please, a beer”— which made use of his favorite word in English, and the word wasn’t “please.” The use of the word beer explains how he uses alcohol to confide his doubts and worries. Beer tends to be the cheapest He wants to lose some inhibition - to not be able to remember he is living through a mask. This excursion from reality is used against him as another case of tuberculosis is reported and traced back to him. Furthermore, his job is progressively getting more difficult which shows that his fight with his disease is a heavy one. He tries to play it off , but “felt weak all of a sudden, weak and sick, and here came the cough, right on cue” displays that his battle with tuberculosis is an intense and energy costly. Perhaps in his mind, the medicine is not helping him getting better but making his life harder. His once eager demeanor is lose and replace with a lucid and slow worker which is such an obvious contrast that his partner, Rudy, comments, “Late night again” (Source 1). Marciano can only response the nod of his head. It displays a sense of emotion that the audience can connect with. It is a pity that can be shared and felt with all readers. There a definite moment in which he felt betrayed when “He was scared. He was angry” after gulping down Corona beer to hide the impending cough that sat in his
It can either come by laugh or cough. It can rush in like a wave or slither in like a boa. Sometimes, it is simply invisible - a disregarded scourge. Waiting and lingering through the air in microscopic droplets, it waits for an instant of weakness. Other times, it is not so gracious to wait for a lapse in security activating an army of rod-shaped microbes to send your system into rampage . Identified 130 years ago, tuberculosis is still ravaging through the world on an uncontrolled rampage - debilitating anyone without discrimination (Source 4). A seemingly dated disease that is more associated with developing third world countries than it is with the American dream has eclipsed Zika in number of casualties. Although …show more content…
In the story, he is “rehearsing in his head the phrase he was going to give the bartender—“Please, a beer”— which made use of his favorite word in English, and the word wasn’t “please.” The use of the word beer explains how he uses alcohol to confide his doubts and worries. Beer tends to be the cheapest He wants to lose some inhibition - to not be able to remember he is living through a mask. This excursion from reality is used against him as another case of tuberculosis is reported and traced back to him. Furthermore, his job is progressively getting more difficult which shows that his fight with his disease is a heavy one. He tries to play it off , but “felt weak all of a sudden, weak and sick, and here came the cough, right on cue” displays that his battle with tuberculosis is an intense and energy costly. Perhaps in his mind, the medicine is not helping him getting better but making his life harder. His once eager demeanor is lose and replace with a lucid and slow worker which is such an obvious contrast that his partner, Rudy, comments, “Late night again” (Source 1). Marciano can only response the nod of his head. It displays a sense of emotion that the audience can connect with. It is a pity that can be shared and felt with all readers. There a definite moment in which he felt betrayed when “He was scared. He was angry” after gulping down Corona beer to hide the impending cough that sat in his