Language

Language

kristineA 30 Nov 2012 01:43

Up until where I have read, Jane Stern uses a simple and informal language to inform us about her experiences of becoming an EMT. She uses emotional language because in certain scenes she expresses a lot of negative feelings, especially when she gets jealous of this athletic woman because she is not physically fit herself. Because of this kind of language, her stories, scenarios, and flashbacks are credible. Overall, her use of language makes me feel she is nervous, anxious, and worried all the time. Because of my feelings, I realize that she has not failed to prove her point of saving herself by becoming an EMT because she has several psychological problems, including anxiety. Stern writes exactly what she is thinking, which makes me evaluate her as a reliable author, since all her thoughts are openly presented. For instance, in one of her classes, they have a physical therapist come in to teach them how to lift patients who are unable to move. Stern thinks that this guy is extremely cute, even though she is already married. Not only does she think he is good-looking, but she is somewhat sexually attracted to him. When the guy asks for a volunteer to play the role of an injured person, she raises her hand like a little kid. She writes how the reason she raised her hand like a youngster is because she is hoping that he would lift her, lie on top of her, or even make out with her. Since a person's thoughts are his or her own privacy, I did not expect a woman aged fifty two to have thoughts like this, and on top of that write about it.

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Re: Language

kristineA 24 Dec 2012 08:49

Jane Stern is an author full of extreme emotions and strong feelings about any situation she takes part in. Throughout the book, she uses passionate language because the entire book is about her experiences on how she feels like when she trains for becoming an EMT and after she actually starts working as one. However, she uses a humorous language, as she changes her life from being afraid of dead people and diseases to saving others from dying. For instance, when she was in the back of an ambulance with a dead man, she states, "The dead have little dignity in the back of an ambulance, even less if they are blue, naked, fat, and covered with cereal (Stern 124). At that point the man had passed away in the ambulance, and in an attempt to distract herself from being frightened and anxious, she makes herself laugh by making a statement that is trivial at the moment. She never expresses any hostile statements, mainly because as an EMT she needs to remain calm and concentrated on her job. Therefore, she uses a detailed and heartfelt language, which helps the reader understand her and the emotions she has when she has dreadful experiences. Her language is primarily informal, which makes the reader understand her personality and stance in any situation. This type of language makes a reader realize that she is an extremely generous woman, who is inspired to become an EMT from a past experience of saving a little boy from dying. Her comprehensive language clearly proves that she is hardworking and passionate about saving other people because she has a better sense of well-being while doing so.