In class today (27/28), we discussed "The Spike" and then did the following wrap-up on "You and the Atomic Bomb":
"You and the Atomic Bomb" -- 1945
Write a one-page reaction to this essay. Consider Orwell's use of the terms "modern police state" (he includes us in that distinction), "trends of history," and "claws to the weak." Consider this too: Orwell writes, "The one thing that might reverse it is the discovery of a weapon— or, to put it more broadly, of a method of fighting—not dependent on huge concentrations of industrial plant." HAS such a method come about? Explain a little. I hope you can finish in class; if not, it's due Wednesday/Thursday along with the "How the Poor Die" work.
For Wednesday/Thursday, read "How the Poor Die." Respond in a page in a way that addresses one of the first three questions and number 4. Then extend in whatever way you think. Bring your completed work to the beginning of next class.
1. What is the worst aspect of the hospital you read about?
2. What level of medical care do the poor, the uninsured worker, and the indigent "deserve"? Think of "deserve" in terms not only of the patients' merits but of society's.
3. Are market forces alone a good way to distribute health care services? Explain your thinking with examples of patients of several types, from the very young to the very old.
4. Read this article and contrast this example of American health care to the care described in "How the Poor Die."
For interested parties, here is a link to Tennyson's "In the Children's Hospital."
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