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The Girl in His Shadow


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Throughout the story, Nora conducts a series of experiments and independent studies. What does it seem like she is hoping to learn?

Created: 04/30/21

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davinamw

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Throughout the story, Nora conducts a series of experiments and independent studies. What does it seem like she is hoping to learn?

Throughout the story, Nora conducts a series of experiments and independent studies. What does it seem like she is hoping to learn?


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dianac

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What didn't she want to learn? Her thirst for knowledge was complete. She had an interest in everything.


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PKH

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I agree with dianac, Nora seemed to be interested in a variety of things and didn't limit her inquisitiveness to one topic.


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Maggie

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She was fortunate to live with an intelligent scientist and fortunate to have the desire to learn.


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laurap

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Nora seemed to have a deep curiosity and a real thirst for knowledge. I think she just wanted to learn, period.


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Jessica F

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I loved that she was constantly researching, reading, and studying. She took the initiative to learn EVERYTHING. All of that plus the hands on practice is what made her the very best surgeon. Let's not forget that she also incorporated female intuition while caring for the ill/performing surgeries :)


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paulak

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Learning is a way of life for Nora. She seemed to approach just about everything in a scientific manner, looking for things to read, to help her understand.


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katherinep

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She loves medicine and wants to be the best doctor she could be. That requires keeping up with advancements in the field--hence the reading--and also the actual experimentation and research that gives hands on knowledge.


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carriem

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For Nora learning is her life and with limited access to formal education she self -educates in the fields of science and medicine where she has had a mentor all her life who is a well-known scientist and surgeon. The knowledge she gains is immediately recognized and encouraged by her mentor and eventually others


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terriej

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I think she wanted to learn anything that she could. I think medicine really interested her because she was saved during the pandemic.


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jos

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I agree she had a thirst for knowledge but wasn’t she also trying to help clear Daniel and Croft’s name from the ridicule they received after their peers found out that ether was used? She was definitely motivated by helping Croft and Daniel out


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deeh

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Nora was extremely fortunate that her mentor respected her natural intelligence and encouraged her to increase her knowledge at every opportunity. She wanted to learn all she could about the way the human body functions and to ease the suffering of others. She applied this thirst for knowledge to all aspects of her life.


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Janet Smith

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Agree that Nora wanted to learn more and push the envelope. I applaud her curiosity.


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MarieA

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Nora seeks knowledge and insight. She has a keen desire to find answers to her questions, and Dr. Croft has given her a unique opportunity to do so. She has an inquisitive nature, and her love of medicine drives her.


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ankev

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I believe she was a budding scientist: watch, learn, pay attention, test, understand, and then come up with best treatment based on knowledge, not just repeating blindly what others do and hope for the best


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beckys

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I think she was trying to learn everything she could about the human body! She had a thirst and desire to find the best techniques to improve medicine and the way it was practiced. I honestly can't imagine the barbaric ways they treated patients back in this day, so I imagine if I had been a doctor I would have been searching for ways to improve outcomes and administer treatment in the least painful way as possible.


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