Rivera, Monica Tricia
2013-14349
The podcast, The Rhetoric of Cancer, was very interesting. Before listening to this podcast, I never thought that there was anything wrong with using military metaphors, such as "battling Cancer," or with asking Cancer patients to be "strong" or "brave." However, after listening to it, I realized that in a way, the way people speak about Cancer can be quite insensitive and inappropriate. This is because Cancer patients do not feel as if Cancer is an external force that they have to battle against. Instead, they feel that Cancer has become a part of them. It is more appropriate to say that these patients have to "live alongside Cancer" or "kiss Cancer goodbye." That way, the language in which we address Cancer would have more compassion.
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