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?Sister Imelda?, 2005.
This paper reviews the short story "Sister Imelda" (1981) by Irish author Edna O'Brien about nuns and students at a strict Irish Catholic convent school.
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that Edna O'Brien's descriptive writing style in the short story "Sister Imelda" is seen in her characterizations of the narrator, her best friend Baba and the seductive but sad Sister Imelda herself and their various interpersonal conflicts. The author points out that O'Brien takes the reader inside the closed and remote world of an Irish Catholic convent school with its myriad rules, restrictions and joyless routines. The paper relates that the themes of the book are (1) Sister Imelda's lesbianism, (2) honoring one's feelings even if doing so should disappoint others and (3) the importance of facing oneself and others with honesty and courage.
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"From the beginning, it is clear that the narrator is fascinated and infatuated with Sister Imelda. All the girls notice her and make comments about her. According to Baba "her eyes were like blackberries" and "with makeup Imelda would be a cinch." The narrator wants to know all about Sister Imelda, especially after they become special friends, more so than the usual teacher and student. As she asks her one day, "Sister, did you ever ride a motorbicycle [sic]?..." To the narrator, Sister Imelda is fascinating, yet not quite real."
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?Imelda?, 2002.
The growth of a physician as seen in Dr. Richard Selzer?s "Imelda".
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This paper is a discussion regarding the book by Selzer which describes the activities of a doctor in Comayagua, Honduras. Selzer examines what can make or break a doctor and the extreme pressure placed on a doctor by patients and society. The paper shows, through an examination of the prose, that we have inhuman expectations of our doctors and expect them to be saviors, yet oftentimes shun them when they try to play God.
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"Physicians oftentimes are perceived as one part man and one part God. They can prolong one;s life for unnatural periods of time, resurrect the dead with their defibrillators, and as Dr. Richard Selzer says, ;Use their scalpel as an instrument to mend, fix, and create; When Dr. Selzer was a third year medical student he accompanied Dr. Franciscus, a plastic surgeon, on a charity mission to Comayagua, Honduras, where he witnessed first hand how failure can shape a doctor and reinforce the split between both his divine and human qualities."
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