https://padlet.com/dsidler2/at55pm4hc1ublvxk This the the Book Club for When Breath Becomes Air. Here students of all periods will house their weekly content and respond to the content of their peers. Look for the topic question each Monday and respond by Friday. . en-us 2022-04-25 21:03:34 UTC 2022-05-06 19:48:06 UTC hello@padlet.com dsidler2 https://padlet.com/dsidler2/at55pm4hc1ublvxk/wish/2157353515 Choose a passage from your reading that describes a character. Re-write the passage here and explain what it makes you think about the character.]]> 2022-04-25 21:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dsidler2/at55pm4hc1ublvxk/wish/2157353515 17111217 https://padlet.com/dsidler2/at55pm4hc1ublvxk/wish/2167073912 “Human knowledge is never contained in one person. It grows from the relationships we create between each other and the world, and still it is never complete.” I thought this quote showed his knowledge and appreciation of the world he had at this point. It really shows how this life threatening has opened his eyes and really showed him many things he wouldn't have realized if he didn't get that diagnosis.]]> 2022-05-02 16:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dsidler2/at55pm4hc1ublvxk/wish/2167073912 1682159 https://padlet.com/dsidler2/at55pm4hc1ublvxk/wish/2167353935 "With one of the ER residents covering for me, I slipped back in, ghostlike, to save the ice cream sandwich in front of the corpse of the son I could not." This quote shows that Paul Kalanithi felt like saving the ice cream was more important than saving the patient. It seemed like, from this quote, that he felt that trying to save this patient was useless and that he knew that there was no way of saving the patient. ]]> 2022-05-02 20:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dsidler2/at55pm4hc1ublvxk/wish/2167353935 dsidler2 https://padlet.com/dsidler2/at55pm4hc1ublvxk/wish/2172105478 By this point in your memoir, the author's CONFLICT is probably becoming clear.  Usually memoir relies heavily on INTERNAL CONFLICT, since the author is narrating a true story about themselves.  

 1) Locate/Read a passage revealing INTERNAL CONFLICT
 2) Discuss briefly how this passage reveals the inward/psychological struggle of the author]]> 2022-05-05 21:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dsidler2/at55pm4hc1ublvxk/wish/2172105478 17111217 https://padlet.com/dsidler2/at55pm4hc1ublvxk/wish/2173117173 " With chemo, our main decision will be carbonation versus cisplatin. In isolated studies, head to head, carboplatin is better tolerated. Cisplatin has potentially better results much much worse toxicity, especially for the nerves, though all the data is old, and there's no direct comparison within our modern chemo regimens. Do you have any thoughts?"   
This passage shows the internal conflict he has. Which is deciding what he should do to help get rid of his cancer. The doctor says how their going to do chemo though they are deciding whether to use carbonation or cisplatin. After she explains the pros and cons she asks him if he has any input. This is very conflicting because these are life or death decisions he has to make ]]> 2022-05-06 16:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dsidler2/at55pm4hc1ublvxk/wish/2173117173 1682159 https://padlet.com/dsidler2/at55pm4hc1ublvxk/wish/2173393066 "LYING NEXT TO LUCY in the hospital bed, both of us crying, the CT scan images still glowing on the computer screen, that identity as a physician—my identity—no longer mattered. With the cancer having invaded multiple organ systems, the diagnosis was clear. The room was quiet. Lucy told me she loved me. “I don’t want to die,” I said. I told her to remarry, that I couldn’t bear the thought of her being alone. I told her we should refinance the mortgage immediately. We started calling family members." This passage reflects internal conflict in the main character by painting the idea of a couple who are in love but one is deathly sick but doesn't want to leave the other alone. Paul Kalanithi is struggling to grasp the idea that he is going to die because of lung cancer. This is conflicting because he has seen many pass away due to cancer and doesn't want to be in the same position. ]]> 2022-05-06 19:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dsidler2/at55pm4hc1ublvxk/wish/2173393066