The Ultimate "Going Green"

The sentence that revealed Semrau’s point was this “My registration documents are in the mail an acceptance is almost assured.” Knowing that acceptance to Harvard, let alone its medical school is extremely difficult. Also allowing a man of old age seemed unlikely, thus I inferred the only way he would “go to medical school” is by way of shipping. Semrau does an excellent job keeping the reader ignorant of his intent till the end. He leads them through a journey of his life interests, goals, dreams and accomplishments.  This helps the intents because it draws you in and you want to complete his journey .This writing technique was ideal for his subject. Offering your body for science is a controversial topic. People have strong opinions when it comes to the proper burial of the dead. Semrau eases the reader into this idea by stressing the importance of reuse which appeals to people. Also he keeps a humorous tone throughout his article because his subject is gruesome, “and it’s the cheapest way to go to med school.” The concept of reuse is that the goal is maximum function.  But in his life journey that leads him to this decision is intriguing. I believe his intent is that even in your feeble years, when you feel powerless and excluded from the new generation, you can still be a productive member of society. Like Semrau said, at this age it’s too late to conserve, but the medical school can make use of his body. His cadaver could someday be a part of life saving research, now that’s the ultimate “going green.”