Breath

In 2013, Paul Kalanithi was just 36 years old when he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer . Rather than surrender, he embraced life, Paul continued to work as a neurosurgeon and becoming the father of a baby girl. Also, he wrote a memoir When Breath Becomes Air. A book that poignant reflection on love, death, devotion, and a life lived with a purpose. Paul has spent his life searching an answer for his question. What makes life meaningful ? It is a fascinating question that everyone should…

Evil Is in the Air We Breath In Daphne Du Maurier’s, Rebecca, the battle between good and evil is portrayed through the main characters of the novel. Generally speaking, the Narrator and Maxim are on the side of good while Rebecca and Mrs. Danvers are seen as evil. Although Rebecca is described as a beautiful and much-loved person, she is actually wicked, cruel and manipulative. Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper at Manderley, is very devoted to Rebecca and her memory. This motivates her to plot…

To achieve certain goals, people will go about life with high expectations. Therefore, pleasing the general population can be difficult, but so is living a life that follows every details from a rule book. In Breath, Eyes, Memory, by Edwidge Danticat, she portrays the concept of high expectations being thrive onto an individual in its true form; conflicting with relationships, culture and beliefs. She takes this aspect that people can connect to and reflect it back through allusions, cultural…

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi is a memoir accounting his transformation from being a bright, young medical student to a highly-praised neurosurgeon to a vulnerable cancer patient. Kalanithi depicts this journey in a heartbreaking and powerful way. Kalanithi is an esteemed surgeon, scholar, writer, and father who lost his life to cancer at the age of 37. This 228-page memoir illustrates Kalanithi’s cancer story: his struggles and triumphs, his heartbreak and successes, and eventually…

David Suzuki’s, “The Breath of All Green Things,” an excerpt from The Sacred Balance, is a moving piece about life’s most vital resource; air. He causes readers to think twice about how largely air is taken for granted and how we must change our ways if we want to continue to have this precious “substance” (Suzuki pg. 54). Suzuki creates a compelling piece about air by using a very influential writing strategy. He uses three common literary devices to make his factual article sound poetic;…

The nonfiction book, When Breath Becomes Air, was written by a talented neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi, in which he tells his story of his diagnosis of lung cancer- just as he is reaching the apex of his career. Kalanithi was diagnosed with cancer during his eighth year of residency, even though he had previously had came to the conclusion himself that he had cancer. Although he believed his life was coming to an end, him and his family had grown closer than they had ever been before. As a matter…

What is death? The commonly shared definition of death is the moment a living object is no longer alive. But the definition of death is complex, and it is debated back and forth what death actually means. Published in 2016, Paul Kalanithi When Breath Becomes Air is the story of Paul himself, who is an upcoming medical student, and who aspires to find the true meaning of death. After earning a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Stanford, Paul is faced with the decision of whether to earn a…

peculiar case about Jacqui Rosshandler an Australian expatriate and her product, the Eatwhatever Breath Freshener. Jacqui moved to New York City where she worked as legal counsel for an interior design company. Considering that she was working long hours, she decided she would put that effort into her own business. With that in mind, she was reminded that the best way to fully neutralize bath breath was to tackle the stomach odors and remembered a mint native to Australia called “Odor-Go”. There…

Paul Kalanithi for his autobiographical, worldwide bestseller, When Breath Becomes Air. Before I ask Lucy to come up and receive this award, I would like to give you a summary of Paul Kalanithi’s life and his book. Paul Kalanithi’s clever, poignant, When Breath becomes Air, is a moving account of life, what it means and how every moment counts. This memoir is this year’s clear winner for the DBCP International Prize. When Breath Becomes Air, spent twelve weeks as number one on the New York…

Analogies In his autobiography, When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi explains his thoughts, feelings, and situations through descriptive analogies in order to demonstrate the evolution of his perspective on the importance of doctor patient relationships. He found himself struggling to separate his patients from the paperwork, but at times, the toll of emotions made it clear how much of an impact he had on so many people’s lives: “Some days this is how I felt when I was in the hospital:…