Dr. Donald T. Lunde has an impeccable method of keeping the audience involved in the topics as well as trusting of his words and testimonies. Dr. Lunde reveals a very noticeable and impressionistic use of diction throughout Hearst to Hughes: Memoir of a Forensic Psychiatrist, affecting the audience’s respect for and opinion of the author, the audience’s perception of the reality of the world of forensics, and the overall tone of the work. Though many aspects of this intriguing memoir pull the reader into the true emotions of these chilling cases, the diction helps to pull the effect to another level, thusly leaving the reader with emotions of awe and inspiration. Along with Dr. Lunde’s way of hooking his audience, he also is practiced in
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Lunde works to make sure that the image he presents of the world of forensics is as realistic as possible; alerting the reader of any differences in definitions from the diction of everyday life that they may not know about. In one of the various examples, Dr. Lunde provides the reader with this, “I had no doubt he was suffering from a mental illness at the time, namely, Major Clinical Depression. But the definition of insanity (written in 1843) requires a mental illness of the sort that prevents a person from knowing what they are doing and knowing right from wrong” (123). This demonstrates the way in which lawyers and such have to examine a person’s sanity. Insanity in diction of current times is commonly defined as a crazed or ridiculous person and it is used in a very casual manner, often jokingly. To the contrary, the legal definition shows that it is a very serious mental illness and cannot just be thrown around. This change in definition helps the reader to better understand the verdicts and helps them to see the legal system in a logical way. In this particular case, the lawyers that Dr. Lunde was testifying against were trying to use the insanity plea in order to protect their client when in reality it was just hurting them and making them appear desperate. Dr. Lunde’s words on the topic unveil some of the cheats used in the legal
Lunde works to make sure that the image he presents of the world of forensics is as realistic as possible; alerting the reader of any differences in definitions from the diction of everyday life that they may not know about. In one of the various examples, Dr. Lunde provides the reader with this, “I had no doubt he was suffering from a mental illness at the time, namely, Major Clinical Depression. But the definition of insanity (written in 1843) requires a mental illness of the sort that prevents a person from knowing what they are doing and knowing right from wrong” (123). This demonstrates the way in which lawyers and such have to examine a person’s sanity. Insanity in diction of current times is commonly defined as a crazed or ridiculous person and it is used in a very casual manner, often jokingly. To the contrary, the legal definition shows that it is a very serious mental illness and cannot just be thrown around. This change in definition helps the reader to better understand the verdicts and helps them to see the legal system in a logical way. In this particular case, the lawyers that Dr. Lunde was testifying against were trying to use the insanity plea in order to protect their client when in reality it was just hurting them and making them appear desperate. Dr. Lunde’s words on the topic unveil some of the cheats used in the legal