Something the Lord Made

Something the Lord Made The film "Something the Lord Made" directed by nominated and award winning director, Joseph Sargent tells the true story of Dr. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman), a cardiologist and Surgeon, and his young African American Surgical Technician Vivien Thomas (Mos Def), who cooperate as a team using medical research and experimentation to find a cure to cyanosis or in other words known as the blue baby syndrome. The impact on medicine that the two heart surgeon pioneers will have on John Hopkins Hospital will save the lives of many children and lead to the invention of many surgical procedures such as cardiac surgery and the coronary bypass that will forever change the face of medicine and take doctors to a new level of knowledge.…

Something the Lord Made Most individuals are familiar with the common phrase, ‘necessity is the mother of invention’, and this holds steadfast in the medical field. The film, Something the Lord Made, depicts the medical research of Dr. Alfred Blalock and his lab assistant, Vivien Thomas, at John Hopkins University in the 1940s. Dr. Blalock and Thomas were attempting to recreate Tetralogy of Fallot, otherwise known as Blue Baby Syndrome, in dogs to discover a procedure that could save the lives…

Two Sides to Inequality The two films Something the Lord Made and Iron Jawed Angels both portray the struggles that African Americans and women faced prior to when their rights were granted to them. In the movie, Something the Lord Made, follows the protagonist Vivien Thomas in the 1900’s, and his experience to becoming a key figure in the cure of the “Blue Baby Syndrome” despite having to endure oppression faced from mistreatment and berating. Alongside, the movie, Iron Jawed Angels, tracks…

When someone thinks of the Vikings, they would think of uncivilized men who raided cities in Europe and stole riches. Though, that's not all they are. They may have stolen goods, but they brought something too. Viking raids actually helped feudalism rise in Europe. When Charlemagne died, his empire split into pieces. This is because it was a tradition for Frankish kings to divide equally their land between their male children. So when he died, his sons fought for the lands. The Vikings saw…

ever said or done something that you regret? In The Tragedy Of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there are many mistakes made by both families. Sometimes a mistake can be looked at as way to grow and other mistakes are so severe that they can not be fixed. The mistakes that Lord Capulet and Lord Montague made costed the lives of Romeo and Juliet, two precious souls they could never get back. Lord Capulet, the father of Juliet, and Lord Montague, the father of Romeo, caused the couples…

Normans, William the I (Norman 111). He changed there system, which was very advanced and he changed it, he regressed the system, and changed to feudalism and to an extreme, he concentrated the most power and wealth and the king's position. He also took the position of king way too seriously, he thought he could do anything. In fact he killed, robbed and kicked out the the native inhabitants of England, this made it possible to put in the 200 hundred lords he gave fiefs to.(Norman 111) William…

Ulysses has become Lord Tennyson writes a poem named Ulysses. Lord Tennyson writes a poem like this because the greek never killed Ulysses like many of their other stories, so Lord Tennyson wants to show what Ulysses does with his life after all the adventures stop and Ulysses has grown old. In this poem Ulysses by Lord Tennyson there are three messages…

joy when I look at the faces of those learning about the Lord. Actions speak louder than words, so that is why I like to make people happy, not just by saying something nice to them, but showing them that also. Last, I had fun when we did our service project at Christmas. We went to the local nursing home in town, and we gave treats to the elderly that live there. As can be seen, I think that the Bible Club is an activity that the students at Ridgeview Middle School would enjoy. First…

1.Feudalism A)Define feudalism. What are its benefits? Back in the Middle Ages, Medieval Britain was organized around a system of Feudalism. The country was not governed by the king, but instead by individual lords, also known as barons. These lords or so called barons administered their own estates, dispensed their own justice, minted their own money, levied taxes and tolls, and demanded military service from vassals. Feudalism in short was a relationship of obligation and mutual service…

In Shakespeare's plays are a story masterfully scripted by text, the sonnets itself holds a different meaning in every line of line, and word for word. Likewise, in the 1.2.13-17 spoken by Lord Capulet is a great example of Shakespeare's great word plays, since understanding his version of english helps shed new light on the tragedy. In the first line ‘And too soon marr'd are those so early made.’ tells the reader Capulet felt worried Juliet will be of many wives are marrying too early. If we…