A Bolt From The Blue Analysis

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The first chapter, "A Bolt from the Blue: Sudden Musicophilia," covered Tony Cicoria. Tony was a middle aged man that led a pleasant life as an well-regarded orthopedic surgeon who resided in upstate New York. In 1994, he experienced a freak accident. While using a payphone, Tony was struck by lightning and almost died. He explains an outer-body experience and claims that he saw his body given CPR by the woman who was standing behind him in line to use the pay phone. As this lasted for a short period of time, he knew he came back "because he had pain." Soon after, Dr. Cicoria returned to work with all his surgical skills unimpaired. He describes an "insatiable desire to listen to piano music" a few days after. This was odd to him because he