Jesus Trejo
English 101
Dr. Swerdlow
5 December 2017
Catastrophes and Outcomes Catastrophes are life changing events that can cause internal and external damage to a person. Many people focus on this horrible event and most people become distraught and some even become depressed. Many of these memories can lead to transformations but other people can no longer ever be the same. Most people become unable to function in life due to the dreadfulness that they experience and not being able to cope with the circumstance. My goal is to figure out if an individual who has lived or experienced a tragic event ever be able to fully recover mentally and or physically. In the story “Remembering” by Rachel Naomi Remen, a doctor whose patient Ana, has …show more content…
In this story, Norman’s father was a heart transplant victim and nearing the end of his life due to the battery inside him about to die. He had a tough choice to either have surgery to replace his battery or to let nature do his course. After some religious practices, he chose to take the surgery and was able to live for another 15 years. After dealing with these horrible experiences with his family, Norman’s father passed away but unlike many other people who grieve and become depressed after the passing of a loved one, he became enlightened. He saw things that would be considered supernatural: “Both creatures were taken as a sign of my father’s presence. They symbolized my father who brought luck to our family.” (Chung 464) This proves that not all people who suffer tragedy have to be negatively affected because of it. Ana and the victims of the terrorist attack both were unable to cope with what happened but were able to try and get something out of it. However, Norman has become a new person, “For someone with a strong faith, the spirits will continue to live on; to me, the spirit of my father remains, continually looking over those whom he loved and worked for all his life, until one day we will meet again.” (464) Norman was able to get something positive out of the negative hardship that he had to endure by losing his father. Though we cannot prove what he saw as if they were just coincidence, his more positive outlook on life and spirit and faith that was left from his father helps prove that in some instances, it is possible to overcome the
English 101
Dr. Swerdlow
5 December 2017
Catastrophes and Outcomes Catastrophes are life changing events that can cause internal and external damage to a person. Many people focus on this horrible event and most people become distraught and some even become depressed. Many of these memories can lead to transformations but other people can no longer ever be the same. Most people become unable to function in life due to the dreadfulness that they experience and not being able to cope with the circumstance. My goal is to figure out if an individual who has lived or experienced a tragic event ever be able to fully recover mentally and or physically. In the story “Remembering” by Rachel Naomi Remen, a doctor whose patient Ana, has …show more content…
In this story, Norman’s father was a heart transplant victim and nearing the end of his life due to the battery inside him about to die. He had a tough choice to either have surgery to replace his battery or to let nature do his course. After some religious practices, he chose to take the surgery and was able to live for another 15 years. After dealing with these horrible experiences with his family, Norman’s father passed away but unlike many other people who grieve and become depressed after the passing of a loved one, he became enlightened. He saw things that would be considered supernatural: “Both creatures were taken as a sign of my father’s presence. They symbolized my father who brought luck to our family.” (Chung 464) This proves that not all people who suffer tragedy have to be negatively affected because of it. Ana and the victims of the terrorist attack both were unable to cope with what happened but were able to try and get something out of it. However, Norman has become a new person, “For someone with a strong faith, the spirits will continue to live on; to me, the spirit of my father remains, continually looking over those whom he loved and worked for all his life, until one day we will meet again.” (464) Norman was able to get something positive out of the negative hardship that he had to endure by losing his father. Though we cannot prove what he saw as if they were just coincidence, his more positive outlook on life and spirit and faith that was left from his father helps prove that in some instances, it is possible to overcome the