Paper two part two consisted of one writing a personal narrative or the narrative of another individual. Hunter Hansen dedicated his narrative to his great grandfather, Burnie. To provide a short summary of the narrative, Burnie worked far from home often and while working far away from home, he had a stroke. This is the medical conflict in the story. He was rushed to the hospital where he was diagnosed with the stroke, and more specifically, was told that his Broca’s area of the brain was impacted because of the stroke. The Broca’s area of the brain controls speech development and communication. Because of this area being impacted, Burnie had trouble communicating and a lot of patience was required when trying to connect with other people. All in all, not being able to communicate with others is a serious part of having a stroke and can become frustrating for the individual, because communication is the key to connection with others. To begin, a specific word that Hunter made significant throughout this narrative was patience. This can help develop an emotional state when describing the situation that his great grandfather went through, because the indicators that…show more content… To present medical authority or other healthcare professionals in the narrative, Hunter mentioned the interaction with the doctor to gather the diagnosis of a stroke and which specific area it impacted the most. In addition, Hunter included that his great grandfather had a gambling problem, and because of Burnie’s speech impairment, trying to get help with a therapist for this problem felt pointless to him. As previously stated, speech is a key part of communication and it can grow to be frustrating when one cannot get their point across because of a disability. Moreover, there were some moments where the medical authority was mentioned, but it could be touched on a little more
