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TheDiscusThrowerRichardSelzerAbouttheAuthor●RichardSelzer●1928:borninTroy,NewYork●1948:graduatedfromUnioncollegeSurgeonWriterAsaSurgeon●1953:receivedM.DfromAlbanyMedicalCollege●1960:completedasurgicalinternshipandresidencyatYaleUniversity●Until1985:remainedasAssistantClinicalProfessorofSurgerybackAsaWriter●1973:RitualsofSurgery(firstcollectionofshortstories)●1976:MortalLessons:NotesontheArtofSurgery●1979:ConfessionsofaKnife(acollectionof24essays,roughlyhalfofwhicharesurgicalmemories)●1982:LetterstoaYoungDoctor●1986:TakingtheWorldinforRepairs●1990:ImagineaWoman●1990:AMileandaHalfofInk(adiary)Awards●NationalMagazineAward●AmericanMedicalWriter'sAward●GuggenheimFellowship●HisarticleshaveappearedinmanymagazinesAbouthisWriting●In1991,hecontractedLegionnaire’sdiseasebutwentontodocumenthisrecoveryinRaisingtheDead:ADoctor’sEncounterwithHisOwnMortality●Inhiswriting,hedrawsuponhisexperienceasasurgeon,andasonecriticpointsout,he“forcephysicianstothinkaboutthemoralityofmedicine.”Thistextisapieceofnarration.Thenarrator,asadoctor,hadauniquehabitof“spyingon”hispatientsforthesakeofbettermedicaltreatment.Hemetwithaparticularpatientwhoisblindandhasamputations（截肢）ofbothlegs.Thoughthepatientislegless,herequiresapairofshoeseveryday.Herefuseshisfoodandhasastrangehabitofthrowinghischinaplateagainstthewallofhisroom.Thiscausedaconflictbetweenthemanandtheheadnurse.Finallythepatientdied,andthedoctordiscoveredthatthemanstarvedhimselftodeathwhenhepaidattentiontotherepeatedlywashedplacewherethescrambledeggsdroppedtothefloor.AbouttheTestWhattothinkofthisman,howtounderstandhim,andhowtotreathim?Theimageoftheoldmangivesreadersastrongcontrast.Ononehand,theoldmanisseriouslyill:blindandlegless.Accordingtothecommonsense,heissupposedtobeweak,pitifulandhopeless.However,Hisabnormalbehaviorsofaskingforshoesandthrowinghisplateofeggsatawalleverydaygiveusanimpressionofatoughguy.Rather,thoughblind,hecanthrowtheplateatthesameplaceinhisward.Andfromthedescriptionofhisthrowingactivityweknowthatheseemstobetrainedandstillhasphysicalpower.Henevercries,nevertearsandisneverfeatbydestiny.Hewantsdignity,psychologicallyrefusestoacceptthefactanddeniesheisauselessperson.Suchacalm,stubbornpersonwithstrongself-esteemshowsthereaderslifevitality(生命力，活力）againstpersonalmisfortune.ThemeThisstorymakespeoplereflectonlifeanddeath.Thepatientinthenoveltendstodespiseanddenythecomingdeathwithstronglifedesire.It’sreasonablethatallofusaretryingtoavoideverythingconnectingwithdeath.Thefearofdeathisbornfromthebottomofheart.However,deathisnotsomysterious.It’sonlyanaturalprocessthateverybodymustfacesoonerorlater.Thereisnoneedtofearit,fornobodycouldchangeit.Whatwecanonlydoistochangeourattitudeanddosomethingmeaningfulwhenweknowdeathisapproaching.Donotbefeatbydeath,andalwaysshowothersone’svigorouslife.Chaseforthegloryoflifeandfacedeathcalmlyandundauntedly.Thisiswhatweshoulddo.