Analysis Of The Article Pathography By Robert Maunder

In the essay â€Å"Pathography†, by Robert Maunder, I believe that Robert does a good job on providing the main argument. The main argument is about pathography which focuses on the negative parts of a subject. In this case, the negative parts in the article are emotional, how to stay stable after experiencing rough patches and also metaphors for helping the sick people know it’s not as bad as it seems. In other words, Robert Maunder has done a good job on the main argument which is right in the title on Pathography which is explained throughout the essay that he has written. To begin with, Robert Maunder had a lot of emotion throughout his essay on Pathography. In the text, Robert explains that he had no idea what people go through until he started a job to work with psychiatric residents to help with their illness. Illnesses like â€Å"death and dying, dealing with doctors, sex and matters of the flesh, loss, monotony and fatigue, pain, aloneness, uncertainty, meaning, and self-pity† (Maunder, p.270) helped Robert realize that there is more to this world then happy people. Robert Maunder gives examples in his essay saying: â€Å"The best pathographies, like the best novels and poems, I suppose, describe life with subtlety, contradiction, emotion, depth, beauty, and banality.† (Maunder, p.270). These examples help the sick realize that there is more to them than they think there is by realizing that they aren’t the only humans who are feeling the same way and there is a way