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Narrative
The plot begins in 1987 when Ben Carson, head of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins hospital, is asked to separate conjoined twins without one of them dying. After turning the family down, he agrees to try and save both of them, something which had never been done. The story then goes back to when Ben was in fifth grade. He is failing nearly all of his classes and believes he is the dumbest kid in his class. His single mother realizes he needs glasses and buys them for him, even though she makes very little money cleaning houses. Soon after that, she tells her two sons that they can only watch two television shows a week, they must read two books a week, and they must write two book reports for her every week. The boys soon realize that their grades are improving because of their increased reading. Ben still has problems with his temper, though, until he nearly stabs his best friend. He goes home and prays, and his temper is never a problem after that. He graduates and goes to Yale and, although he struggles at first, he makes it to medical school and then Hopkins. After becoming a neurosurgeon, he successfully removes half of the brain of a girl who was having hundreds of seizures a day. The story then returns to the conjoined twins. After months of planning and preparation, Carson and a team of dozens of doctors and nurses separate the twins and both survive. Carson becomes famous, and he is still performing neurosurgery 25 years later.One of the most interesting events in the story was when...
Descriptive
Ben Carson is the head of pediatric neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up in poverty in Detroit, Michigan, one of two sons of a simgle mother who only had a third-grade education. His mother's determination helped the boys to rise above their poor prospects. Both went on to college and then advanced degrees, Ben in neurosurgery and his brother Curtis in engineering. As a youth, Ben had a formidable temper, but today he has tamed it and is known for his calm and gentle demeanor. He is renowned around the world for ground-breaking advancs in neurosurgery, such as the successful separation of the conjoined Binder twins in 1987. In the twenty-nine years he has headed pediatric neurosurgery at Hopkins, it has become one of the best in the world. Because of the popularity of his story, as well as his compelling personality, Carson has been able to establish te Carson Scholars fund to give scholarship to deserving young people. A deeply religious man, Carson believes his surgical skill is a gift from God, and he feels obligated to use it to help others.
Ben Carson's mother, Sonya Carson, is...
Compare/Contrast
Ben Carson and his mother have similar personalities. They both had difficult childhoods, experiencing poverty and other hardships. They are both religious. Their lives are based on a belief that God cares about them personally, and it is their duty to serve Him by serving others. They both believe that hard work is necessary to achieve any goals the may have set for themselves. They are organized and plan to achieve their goals.
They also have differences. Ben was able to succeed in college and medical school, whereas his mother did not get past the third grade. She did, however, return to school when she was in her sixties and get a high school diploma and later an associate's degree. Ben was one of two children, but his mother had 23 siblings.
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