Doctor in the House

Text Analysis Doctor in the polarity (Richard Gordon) 1. The author of the write up is Richard Gordon. It is the pen name used by Gordon Ostlere (born Gordon Stanley Ostlere on 15 September 1921), an English surgeon and anesthetist. As Richard Gordon, Ostlere has written gentlemans gentlemany novels, screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history, mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is most famous for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme starting with Doctor in the House, and the incidental film, television, radio and stage adaptations.His The Alarming History of Medicine was published in 1993, and he followed this with The Alarming History of Sex. 2. The literary piece under status is fiction, prose fiction, short story. 3. Setting of the story. Geographical location England, London ( the events take point in St, Swithins hospital which is historic all toldy located in England, London) condemnation the late 1940s Social environ ment middle class, students. Atmosphere tense, psychologically difficult. 4. Theme of the story inquiry period as a whimsical force for a psychological and emotional students tension. 5.Point of view the 1st person point of view (I walked down the stairs feeling as if I had just spotless an eight-round fight or I stood forrader table four. I didnt recognize the examiners. ) 6. The composition Character view 7. 1. Richard Gordon is the main character of the story. He plays the central role in the story so we may call him a protagonist. I consider him to be a flat (simple) character, because Richard has only s of all timeal personal traits. The author characterizes Richard twain directly and indirectly. He is a static, because Gordon remains the same through expose the story. occupy presentationRichard Gordon was born in 1921. He has been an anesthetist at St. Bartholomews Hospital, a ships surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical pr actice in 1952 and started writing. validatory presentation * Hard-working student. Example Benskin discovered that Malcolm Maxworth was the St. Swithins representative on the examining perpetration and thenceforward we attended all his ward rounds, standing at the front and gazing at him ilk waxy music enthusiasts at the solo violinist. * Intelligent. Example How would you mete out a case of tetanus? My heart leaped hopefully.This was smth I knew, as in that respect had recently been a case at St. Swithins. I started off confidentially, reeling out the lines of treatment and feeling much better. Pass he murmured. * Careful, attentive, observant. Example in that location were six other candidates waiting to go in with me, who illustrated the types fairly commonly seen in oral examination waiting- way of lifes. There was the NonchalantNext to him a man of Frankly Worried classThere was the Crammer, the Old Stager. The other occupant of the room was a womanBut the girl had given like to her preparations for the examinationI felt sure she would get through.About half- stylus through the anon. examinees began to differentiate themselves. Some of them strode up for an extra answer book, with an awkward vista of self-consciousness and superiority on their faces. Others rose to their feet, handed in there papers and left * Impressionable. Example The days after the viva were sorry ones. It was like having a severe accident. For the first few hours I was numbed, inefficient to realize what had hit me. Then I began to wonder if I would ever make a recovery and win through. My palms were as wet as sponges.My pulse conjecture in my ears. My face was burning hot and I felt my stomach had been all of a sudden plucked from mu body. The military man stood still. The traffic stopped, the plants ceased growing, men were paralyzed, the clouds hung in the air, the winds dropped, the tides disappeared, the sun halted in the sky. 7. 2. The plot of the story. Th e composition of this text consists of the succeeding(a) components The exposition contains the general information about students attitude to the net examinations and the way of preparation for this important event..Narration, when the author describes passing the examinations, written paper and viva, candidates fervidness and suspense of the results. The tension reaches its highest degree when poor Gordon almost believes in his fail. And the climax, when the creator describes how the Secretary of the Committee calls out Gordons name, because in that moment we go bad interested in his results, does he pass or fail. The author purposely postpones the denouement keeping the reader in pressing anticipation. It fares in the refinement paragraph, when he hears the magic word Pass. 7. 3.The type of speech. It is the narration ( I walked down the stairs feeling as if I had just finished an eight-round fight or I stood in front table four. I didnt recognize the examiners. ) with elements of dialogue ( How did you get on? I asked. So-so he replied. However, Im not worried. They never read) and a large(p) number of descriptive passages (The examination began with the writing papers. A single invigilator sit down in his gown and hood on a raised political program to keep an eye open for flagrant cheating. He was helped by two or three uniformed porters or One minute to twelve.The room had suddenly come to a frightening, unexpected silence and stillness, like outstanding bomb. A clock tingled). 7. Stylistic devices. * Similes To a medical student the lowest examinations are something like death I was shown to a tiny waiting-room equipt with hard chairs, a wooden table, and windows that wouldnt open, like the condemned cell. The days after the viva were black ones. It was like having a severe accident. The room had suddenly come to a frightening, unexpected silence and stillness, like an unexploded bomb. they are a straight contest between himself and t he examiners, conducted on well-established rules for both, and he goes at them like a prize-fighter Benskin discovered that Malcolm Maxworth was the St. Swithins representative on the examining Committee and thenceforward we attended all his ward rounds, standing at the front and gazing at him like impressionable music enthusiasts at the solo violinist * Allusion Bibles thinker day * Hyperboles But the viva is head day. A false answer and the ods brow threatens like imminent thunderstorm. * Repetition of sound s - The room had suddenly come to a frightening, unexpected silence and stillness, like an unexploded bomb. A clock tingled twelve in the distance. My palms were as wet as sponges. soul coughed, and I expected the windows to rattle. With slow scraping feet that could be heard before they appeared the Secretary and the porters came solemnly down the stairs. The elder porter raised his voice. * Parallels constructions The world stood still.The traffic stopped, the plan ts ceased growing, men were paralyzed, the clouds hung in the air, the winds dropped, the tides disappeared, the sun halted in the sky. * Metaphor judgment day slink miserably out of the exit to seek the opiate limbo * Exaggeration My palms were as wet as sponges The windows were rattling My pulse shot in my ears The world stood still. 8. The main idea of the text is that the examination is nothing more than an investigation of mans knowledge. The idea the final examinations are reason for a great psychological pressure and a real challenge for the students.