"Terrifying Journey through Tunnels of the Brain" by Jon Franklin was an intense read. The details Franklin researched and discovered through interview (I'm assuming) were extremely vivid, descriptive and informative. I am not really one for operating stories and I found myself cringing at some of the jargon used in this piece. But at the same time, I was completely engaged and genuinely interesting in Mrs. Kelly's fate. I love how the article ends, leaving you on the edge of your seat, craving more. But I really wish we knew what happened to poor Mrs. Kelly! But, I appreciate the writer's choice to end the article when he believed it would be the most powerful.
I would have liked some more information about Mrs. Kelly, however, that Franklin did not provide. I suppose it was more about Dr. Ducker after all. I am not about to critique and pick apart a Pulitzer Prize winning article, because clearly I have no right to do that. However, this is a blog and opinions must be established. I am still trying to figure out what kind of extensive interview Franklin held with Dr. Ducker to get all that information. He must have got a serious education in brain science to write all that he did. But I suppose that is one of the perks of being a journalist. You find out thinks that you never even knew you were interested in.
Its interesting to see the responses of both the patient and the doctor in situations like this, like when the patient knows that it is a major procedure and it is risky but they know they have to do it.
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