Sloth is not only an animal but a deadly sin When thinking of the sloth as an animal, “slow” is the first characteristic that comes to mind. So, with that used to reference and define sloth as a sin, it is a mental, physical and spiritual laziness. In Charles Baxter’s novel, There’s Something I Want You To Do, he depicts a doctor in a tiring turmoil in the chapter called Sloth. In Sloth, a doctor is in a coffee shop as he thinks back to one of his patients whom he diagnosed with Eisenmenger syndrome. The girl had developed an infection of the heart and had a stroke. “Dr. Jones could not go home or move in any direction, and, once again, sitting with his back against the coffee shop’s brick wall, the newspaper in front of him detailing the
