A body of a human being is very complex, yet very fragile. Every part of human body has to work together in order for the body to functions properly. Sometimes, for certain reasons, things happen which can disrupt the normal function of the human body, for example an injury or a disease. Some injuries or diseases can cause temporary damage while other causes permanent damage. Some injuries or diseases can actually prevent you from functioning normally. For example, a broken leg, you can go back to its proper use after it heals. Some injuries, for example, to your spine can leave you paralyzed forever. The brain is one of the most important part of a human being. You are you, because of your brain. As I am writing this paper, I am using my brain
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One injury can damaged the brain and its functions. For example, the temporal lobe. Temporal lobe is located at the bottom front part of the brain. One of the major function of the temporal lobe is memory. Damage to temporal can cause memory problems. Due to the book I am reading called (The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez), the brain injury effect I will be focusing on will be memory loss. Maribel sustains a very bad injury to her head, which does damage to her brain. Memory loss and other cognitive problems as a result of a brain injury has many complications. A person ability to cognitively process things slows down when an injury to the brain has occurred. They cannot comprehend what the other people is saying or trying to do. They cannot follow instructions. They have slower reaction time. They have trouble learning new things or remembering events or information, sometimes, if they remember an event or some information it may have some details missing or may not be complete. Other problems may include reasoning, judgement and …show more content…
She doesn’t remember anything about going to new school. She also cannot grasp what either Arturo or Alma are saying to her. She cannot process the information. Maribel shows other signs of a damaged brain. She basically zones out. For example, “Every afternoon Maribel brought home reports from the school that Phyllis translated into Spanish. They were formal and brief and said things like “Maribel is unresponsive and unengaged, even when she is directly addressed in Spanish.” “She is withdrawn and rarely interacts with other students, even in activities that require no verbal communications.” (Page 49) Maribel also doesn’t understand, there are things that can harm her and things that cannot. She is in a situation, where she needs to get away even after being told. For example, when a boy is holding Maribel’s wrists and has her shirt up and you can see her bra. As Alma sees that she goes to get Maribel away from him. She says “Go, Maribel,” I shrieked. “Go to the apartment!”
But she didn’t move. She was mute and immobile, a tree rooted in place.” (Page 122). Maribel was also in a situation, where she was immobile. (Page
One injury can damaged the brain and its functions. For example, the temporal lobe. Temporal lobe is located at the bottom front part of the brain. One of the major function of the temporal lobe is memory. Damage to temporal can cause memory problems. Due to the book I am reading called (The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez), the brain injury effect I will be focusing on will be memory loss. Maribel sustains a very bad injury to her head, which does damage to her brain. Memory loss and other cognitive problems as a result of a brain injury has many complications. A person ability to cognitively process things slows down when an injury to the brain has occurred. They cannot comprehend what the other people is saying or trying to do. They cannot follow instructions. They have slower reaction time. They have trouble learning new things or remembering events or information, sometimes, if they remember an event or some information it may have some details missing or may not be complete. Other problems may include reasoning, judgement and …show more content…
She doesn’t remember anything about going to new school. She also cannot grasp what either Arturo or Alma are saying to her. She cannot process the information. Maribel shows other signs of a damaged brain. She basically zones out. For example, “Every afternoon Maribel brought home reports from the school that Phyllis translated into Spanish. They were formal and brief and said things like “Maribel is unresponsive and unengaged, even when she is directly addressed in Spanish.” “She is withdrawn and rarely interacts with other students, even in activities that require no verbal communications.” (Page 49) Maribel also doesn’t understand, there are things that can harm her and things that cannot. She is in a situation, where she needs to get away even after being told. For example, when a boy is holding Maribel’s wrists and has her shirt up and you can see her bra. As Alma sees that she goes to get Maribel away from him. She says “Go, Maribel,” I shrieked. “Go to the apartment!”
But she didn’t move. She was mute and immobile, a tree rooted in place.” (Page 122). Maribel was also in a situation, where she was immobile. (Page