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“HOW TO GET INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL, Part I” (from Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures )

“HOW TO GET INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL, Part I” (from Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures ). Vincent Lam. Vincent Lam, b. 1974. Son of Chinese immigrants from Vietnam Writer and emergency room physician in Toronto

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“HOW TO GET INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL, Part I” (from Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures )

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  1. “HOW TO GETINTO MEDICAL SCHOOL, Part I”(from Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures) Vincent Lam

  2. Vincent Lam, b. 1974 • Son of Chinese immigrants from Vietnam • Writer and emergency room physician in Toronto • Author of Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures (Giller Prize 2006), The Flu Pandemic and You (medical guide), and Extraordinary Canadians: Tommy Douglas (2011). His first novel, The Headmaster’s Wager, was published in 2012.

  3. “How to Get into Medical School, Part I” • What themes are there in the story? • What kind of narration is used? • Does the point of view change? • Did you notice any literary devices used by the author/?

  4. Simile • Simile • An artistic comparison stressing similarity between objects, actions, persons, etc., in order to point to their special characteristics. • A is like B • A is as B • A as if B

  5. Simile “How to Get into Medical School, Part I” Find examples of simile on pp. 2, 7, 19, 23, 25, 27, 28. • What is their semantic function? • Why are there more of them by the end of the story?

  6. “How to Get into Medical School, Part I” • What types of characterization are involved in this story? • What types of speech can you find in this story? Note pp. 25-6 for free indirect speech. • How do the characters talk about their feelings? • Is the narration linear or not? • What do you think of the ending?

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