The title sounds more interesting than it is. This is a response paper comparing the articles concerning Dr. Susan Love, lesbian boob doctor, and Mike Rose, Vo-Tech delinquent and average student.
The title sounds more interesting than it is. This is a response paper comparing the articles concerning Dr. Susan Love, lesbian boob doctor, and Mike Rose, Vo-Tech delinquent and average student.
Molly O’Neill attempts to appeal to the nature of women with her article about surgeon Susan Love. In many cases throughout the article, O’Neill quotes Love speaking to her patients. Saying things such as, “Driving in L.A. is lethal,” in response to questions of the severity of a diagnosis, Dr. Love attempts to pacify her patients with a bit of humor and a carefree attitude. While not concentrating on the facts of the doctor’s credentials or the success of her career, O’Neill paints the doctor’s character as one of compassion and friendship toward her patients.
When providing Dr. Love’s background, O’Neill speaks of Love’s time in a convent and her traditional upbringing. She also mentions Dr. Love’s feminist leanings. Love’s history culminates in her landing a job that exposes her to her lesbian nature and allows her to fulfill her goal of helping others. These things seem included in an effort to show that Dr. Love is not just another breast cancer surgeon, but also one who truly cares about women’s issues.
Unlike how O’Neill’s piece focuses solely on the breast cancer doctor, Mike Rose wants to produce a composite for the reader of his piece, “I Just Wanna Be Average.” Rose would like the reader to understand the dilemma of a school system that cannot teach students well enough for them to become interested in success. He provides three schoolmates as examples of students who did not have the aptitude for academia because teachers never nurtured it. As a result, these kids do not wish to strive for excellence, but prefer to wallow in mediocrity without regard to their potential.
Rose wishes to illustrate to people who have lived the academic life the difficulties of graduating through an education system that forces a student to take this kind of stance. He describes boys who were more interested in playing ball and reading fishing magazines than school encumbering them with academics. By providing the examples of his classmates, he brings the readers closer to the situation in understanding their mindsets.
The two pieces provide personality profiles to an extent; however, Rose’s writing proposes to bring the reader to his conclusion - to support his argument. O’Neill’s article serves to provide details about a woman who does good work for her cause, which is a conclusion in itself.
