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A.J. Chapek
English
11-19-96
Book Report
1. 'The Terminal Man' by Crichton, Michael. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
1972.
2. The Terminal Man was about the neuropsychiatric section of a hospital doing a
breakthrough surgery to help reverse the effects of psychomotor epilepsy. The
patient's name was Harry Benson. Harry had psychomotor epilepsy because he
hit his head in a car accident and it resulted in brain damage. Harry was a good
subject for the operation because he was brilliant, being a computer programmer
with top level government security clearance. The type of epilepsy that he had
caused him to black out for periods of time and during his blackouts he would
become extremely violent and when he woke up he remembered nothing. The
operation would envolve the inserting of two electrodes into the brain along with a
microcomputer in his neck and a plutonium power pack located under his shoulder
near his armpit.
Harry had his operation soon after he was admitted to the hospital. The
operation took roughly three hours and in that time they drilled into his head and
inserted the electrodes. They also put in the microcomputer and the power pack
at this time. After the operation was over Harry was heavily sedated and put in a
room. After the sedatives wore off Harry snuck into a closet and stole an orderly's
gown and left the hospital. He was picked up by a lady named Angela Black, who
Harry killed when they got to her apartment. After the investigation of the murder
of Angela Black Dr. Ross went home to take a shower. When Dr. Ross got out of
the shower she found Harry standing in her living room. The computer in Harry's
neck was somehow malfunctioning and shocking him every few minuites. When
the computer shocked him enough times it would cause a siezure. After a few
minuites of talking to Dr. Ross, Harry had a siezure and attacked her. While Harry
was choking her she reached and turned on the mircowave, which messed up the
atomic power pack in his shoulder and caused him to pass out.
When all of the doctors got back to the hospital they got a phone call from
Harry that came from inside the hospital. They soon figured out that he was in the
basement near the main computer. The cops and Dr. Ross went down to the
basement to find Benson. When they found Harry he took off running so the cop
went after him. Dr. Ross went into the computer section and found the main
computer smashed. Suddenly Benson came into the room and saw that Dr. Ross
had his gun which she had found near the computer. Harry asked for the gun and
Dr. Ross said no. Harry came up to her and tried to take it and she shot him in
the chest and he died.
3. One personality trait in Harry is that he is smart and knows a lot about
computers. This effects the story line because he felt that computers were taking
over the world so he went and smashed up the main computer at the hospital.
4. "I'm a fallen man," Benson said. "I've succumbed."
"To what?"
"To the process of being turned into a machine. Or a time bomb."
Harry is telling Dr. Ellis about how he thinks machines are taking over the world.
5. I feel I am most like Harry. I am like him in that we are both somewhat
intrigued by computers. I don't, however, share in his idea that computers are
concious and are trying to take over the world.
6. The biggest surprise and dissappointment of this book is when Harry died. I
thought that he would live and the doctors could fix the computer and Harry would
be fine but Dr. Ross shot him and he died.
7. One thing I would change is harry dying. I would have had Harry live and get
the computer fixed so he would be alright.
8. My one sentance moral would be not to take computers for granted. I say this
because they can easily have glitches and those mistakes can be costly and even
fatal.
9. Yes, because it wasn't boring and it has a good story line that was exciting.