the-discus-thrower

Unit9TheDiscusThrowerThetextthediscusthroweristakenfromTheWriter’sResource(1983)editedbySusanDay.Subhaed:ReadingsforCompositionTHEWRITER'SRESOURCEisarhetoricallyorganizedreaderthatprovidesacollectionofessays,poems,andshortstorieswithextensiveapparatus.Thefourtheditionincludesanewintroductorychapteronactivereadingandanewclosingchapteroncritiqueandreviewwriting.Asalways,thiseditionfeaturesup-to-datepiecesbywomenandethnicwriters.Chapterintroductionshavebeenexpandedtoincludefullercoverageoftherhetoricalmodesbygivingexamplesofhowtheyareusedinthechapters'selectionsaswellasbyaskingstudentstoexaminehowthesestrategiescanbeappliedtotheirownwriting.Also,pre-readingjournalpromptshavebeenprovidedforeveryselectionrhetorically[ri'tɔrikli]rhetorical[ri'tɔrikəl]adv.在修辞学上,讲究修辞地adj.修辞的,修辞学的,词藻华丽的apparatus[ˌæpəˈreitəs]n.器械，器具，仪器；机构，组织critique[kri'ti:k]n.批评,批评法,评论RichardSelzerisasurgeonandauthor.HewasbornandraisedinTroy,NewYork,UnitedStates.HisfatherwasJuliusSelzer,M.D.ageneralpractitionerwhopracticedfromthegroundfloorofthefamilyhomeatFifthAve.inTroy.Hismother,GertrudeSelzer,wasanamateursingerwhoperformedinlocalproductionsofmusicalsandopera.Here’sthesculptureof“TheDiscusThrower”TheDiscusThrowerMyronDiscobolus(Discusthrower)460-450B.C.Marblecopyofbronzeoriginal.5feethigh掷铁饼者RichardSelzer‘sworks1.CollectionsRitualsofSurgeryImagineawoman2.NovelKnifeSongKorea3.PlayAQuestionofMercyAboutthetextThistextisapieceofnarration.Thenarrator,asadoctor,hadauniquehabitof“spyingon”hispatientsforthesakeofbettermedicaltreatment.Hemetwithaparticularpatientwithastrangehabitofthrowingtheplate.Thiscausedaconflictbetweenthemanandtheheadnurse.Finallythepatientdied,andthedoctordiscoveredthatthemanstarvedhimselftodeathwhenhepaidattentiontotherepeatedlywashedplacewherethescrambledeggsdroppedtothefloor.TextstructureTheDiscusThrowerPara.1Introduction:Thebackgroundofthestory.Para.2-13body:ThestrangebehaviorofthepatientPara.14-15Conclusion:Thedeathofthepatient