Howard's Lobotomy

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Howard should not have had a lobotomy because he was acting like a normal kid. He did not have a mental disorder but his step mom might have. It was wrong that his step mom had made him get a lobotomy. Howard was a normal boy and shouldn't have had a lobotomy for any reason “lou met with six psychiatrists...But all six of the psychiatrists,... said my behavior was normal. Four of them actually said the problem in the house was her.”(59) which would make sense because lou grew up in a troubled home “lou's parents didn't have any interest in raising a child. Herbert seemed to disappear right after her birth her mother then turned lou over to the care of her mother”(16) she got married to a runaway from alabama. Anybody that is willing to marry
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