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«Young Doctors Notebook» Book Report

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The document summarizes Mikhail Bulgakov's short story collection "Young Doctor's Notebook". It describes how the collection depicts the experiences of a young doctor who graduates from medical school and is sent to work in a remote village hospital. Through a series of stories, the reader sees the doctor develop his skills and confidence while facing challenges such as illnesses, operations, and death. The stories illustrate the personal qualities a doctor must have to overcome difficulties, establish himself as a professional, and save patients' lives.

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YOUNG DOCTOR'S NOTEBOOK BY  MIKHAIL BULGAKOV BOOK REVIEW PREPARED BY ESSAYSHARK
YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 02 OUTLINE About the Author Setting Context Characters Exposition Rising Action Falling Action Conclusion
THE AUTHOR MIKHAIL BULGAKOV A famous Russian writer that is known for his novel "The Master and Margarita."  Career of doctor began for Bulgakov in a small Kiev hospital, after which he was sent as doctor to one of the villages in Smolensk province. It was at this time that the future famous writer starts the book «Young Doctors Notebook »  in which he tells about his life in a village far away from civilization. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 03
TIME The story begins at the early years of XX century. PLACE Hospital in Russian village Muryovo. MOOD The overall atmosphere of the story gives the two feelings: empathy to doctor's challenges and smile. SETTING YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 04
CONTEXT The story is written on behalf of a young doctor. Young Doctor who, fresh out of his doctorate, is sent to run a hospital in the middle of nowhere. From here we see the naive student that grow into doctor that faces the stark reality. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 05
It should be noted that Bulgakov divided the notes about young doctor into 9 chapters not accidentally. Each note is a new story, new characters and only the doctor and the hospital remain the same. In each note, we discover a new person, a new hero, a new quality. From this mosaic of stories we receive a complete image of the doctor. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 06
STUDY QUESTIONS What kind of person real doctor should be? What qualities should doctor have? What problems arise before a young doctor? What questions should young doctor solve in order to become a practicing doctor? YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 07
T H E S T O R Y ' S P L O T «Young Doctors Notebook» reveals the life of a real doctor with all its impartial moments and precious soul moments. Each story is a whole drama, every patient is a person, which needs special approach. Every illness is a trick, it is a riddle that must be solved immediately, because it may be too late. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 08
8 STORIES THE EMBROIDERED TOWEL THE STEEL WINDPIPE BLACK AS EGYPT'S NIGHT BAPTISM BY ROTATION THE SPECKLED RASH THE BLIZZARD THE VANISHING EYE MORPHINE YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 09
CHARACTERS 1. DR. VLADIMIR BOMGARD YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 10 is the protagonist of the story, a doctor who recently graduated from the university and started an independent practice.
2. PELAGEYA IVANOVNA YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 11 is a midwife that has a brusquely kind character. One of those who totally believed in young doctor and supported him.
3. ANNA NIKOLAEVNA YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 12 is a skilled nurse that support the doctor in various operations and give essential advice.
4. DEMYAN LUKICH YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 13 is young, but very capable feldsher  (assistant of physician) that helps Bomgard in gaining practical experience and get used to living in the country.
The story starts in 1917 when  twenty-three year old doctor received an appointment in a remote village hospital. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 14 EXPOSITION
SECRET OF A FANGIRL PAGE 15 QUOTE In a fit of cowardice, I cursed medicine and my statement, submitted five years ago to the rector of the university.
RISING ACTION Young doctor feels insecure. He is afraid that he will not cope if there is a patient who needs an operation. He is afraid of serious diseases, especially childbirth with an incorrect position of the fetus. His first operation was described in "The Embroidered Towel" and his confidence as a doctor started to grow. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 16
SECRET OF A FANGIRL PAGE 17 In this chapter, we see the doctor's cowardice, but still, we can see here conscience, kindness, and love of life. Certainly, these qualities are necessary for a good doctor.
FALLING ACTION Young doctor faces the death in "Blizzard" story. A story about how it was not possible to defend a life that had just blossomed.  All miseries that doctor has faced in this story make him think that the old hospital that he hated is a palace.  YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 18
QUOTE Beneath my fingers there began a shallow, frequent trembling, then it started to be broken, stretched to a thread. I felt the customary cold in the pit of my stomach, as I always did when I saw death close to. I hate death. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 19
CONCLUSION The story depicts the life of young doctor that rise his professionalism in unusual environment for him. From page to page we see how he applies his knowledge and improves skills in non-standard cases. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 20
The main hero of the stories does not differ either in titanic will, or in iron character. But he leads a persistent stubborn battle with diseases. But he fights not only the disease, the doctor has to overcome his own cowardice and ignorance. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 21
YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 22 QUOTE ... I looked at the pupils, taped on the ribs, listened to the mysterious beating in the depths of my heart, and carried one thought - how to save this person? And how to save this. And this! All!
YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 23 "Young Doctor's Notebook" was written by a young man; they are light, smiling, well convey the excitement and joy of a graduate from the medical faculty, which is only little alike the author.
MAIN IDEAS age is not one of the signs of a good doctor doctors fight not only illnesses, but also stupidity of people about health criminal experiments on people should be banned YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 24 
MAIN IDEAS doctor is the person who is forbidden to make mistakes and is also forbidden to retreat in order to be ready, one must constantly be enlightened, discover unfamiliar facts, expand the horizon YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 25
IDEAS FOR AN ESSAY 1. What problems do doctors face in their practice? (on the example of “Young Doctor's Notebook”) 2. What personal qualities do help Dr. Bomgard to overcome difficulties? 3. Describe the formation of the personality of a young doctor in each story. 4. What problems did the young doctor overcome to become a professional? YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 26
SCREEN ADAPTATION A Y O U N G D O C T O R ' S N O T E B O O K & O T H E R S T O R I E S 2012 British TV series of 2012 produced by the channel Sky Arts with Daniel Radcliffe and John Hamm in the lead roles.
THANK YOU! "YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK" BY MIKHAIL BULGAKOV B O O K R E P O R T P R E S E N T A T I O N B Y   E S S A Y S H A R K . C O M
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  • 1. YOUNG DOCTOR'S NOTEBOOK BY  MIKHAIL BULGAKOV BOOK REVIEW PREPARED BY ESSAYSHARK
  • 2. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 02 OUTLINE About the Author Setting Context Characters Exposition Rising Action Falling Action Conclusion
  • 3. THE AUTHOR MIKHAIL BULGAKOV A famous Russian writer that is known for his novel "The Master and Margarita."  Career of doctor began for Bulgakov in a small Kiev hospital, after which he was sent as doctor to one of the villages in Smolensk province. It was at this time that the future famous writer starts the book «Young Doctors Notebook »  in which he tells about his life in a village far away from civilization. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 03
  • 4. TIME The story begins at the early years of XX century. PLACE Hospital in Russian village Muryovo. MOOD The overall atmosphere of the story gives the two feelings: empathy to doctor's challenges and smile. SETTING YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 04
  • 5. CONTEXT The story is written on behalf of a young doctor. Young Doctor who, fresh out of his doctorate, is sent to run a hospital in the middle of nowhere. From here we see the naive student that grow into doctor that faces the stark reality. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 05
  • 6. It should be noted that Bulgakov divided the notes about young doctor into 9 chapters not accidentally. Each note is a new story, new characters and only the doctor and the hospital remain the same. In each note, we discover a new person, a new hero, a new quality. From this mosaic of stories we receive a complete image of the doctor. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 06
  • 7. STUDY QUESTIONS What kind of person real doctor should be? What qualities should doctor have? What problems arise before a young doctor? What questions should young doctor solve in order to become a practicing doctor? YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 07
  • 8. T H E S T O R Y ' S P L O T «Young Doctors Notebook» reveals the life of a real doctor with all its impartial moments and precious soul moments. Each story is a whole drama, every patient is a person, which needs special approach. Every illness is a trick, it is a riddle that must be solved immediately, because it may be too late. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 08
  • 9. 8 STORIES THE EMBROIDERED TOWEL THE STEEL WINDPIPE BLACK AS EGYPT'S NIGHT BAPTISM BY ROTATION THE SPECKLED RASH THE BLIZZARD THE VANISHING EYE MORPHINE YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 09
  • 10. CHARACTERS 1. DR. VLADIMIR BOMGARD YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 10 is the protagonist of the story, a doctor who recently graduated from the university and started an independent practice.
  • 11. 2. PELAGEYA IVANOVNA YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 11 is a midwife that has a brusquely kind character. One of those who totally believed in young doctor and supported him.
  • 12. 3. ANNA NIKOLAEVNA YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 12 is a skilled nurse that support the doctor in various operations and give essential advice.
  • 13. 4. DEMYAN LUKICH YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 13 is young, but very capable feldsher  (assistant of physician) that helps Bomgard in gaining practical experience and get used to living in the country.
  • 14. The story starts in 1917 when  twenty-three year old doctor received an appointment in a remote village hospital. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 14 EXPOSITION
  • 15. SECRET OF A FANGIRL PAGE 15 QUOTE In a fit of cowardice, I cursed medicine and my statement, submitted five years ago to the rector of the university.
  • 16. RISING ACTION Young doctor feels insecure. He is afraid that he will not cope if there is a patient who needs an operation. He is afraid of serious diseases, especially childbirth with an incorrect position of the fetus. His first operation was described in "The Embroidered Towel" and his confidence as a doctor started to grow. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 16
  • 17. SECRET OF A FANGIRL PAGE 17 In this chapter, we see the doctor's cowardice, but still, we can see here conscience, kindness, and love of life. Certainly, these qualities are necessary for a good doctor.
  • 18. FALLING ACTION Young doctor faces the death in "Blizzard" story. A story about how it was not possible to defend a life that had just blossomed.  All miseries that doctor has faced in this story make him think that the old hospital that he hated is a palace.  YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 18
  • 19. QUOTE Beneath my fingers there began a shallow, frequent trembling, then it started to be broken, stretched to a thread. I felt the customary cold in the pit of my stomach, as I always did when I saw death close to. I hate death. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 19
  • 20. CONCLUSION The story depicts the life of young doctor that rise his professionalism in unusual environment for him. From page to page we see how he applies his knowledge and improves skills in non-standard cases. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 20
  • 21. The main hero of the stories does not differ either in titanic will, or in iron character. But he leads a persistent stubborn battle with diseases. But he fights not only the disease, the doctor has to overcome his own cowardice and ignorance. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 21
  • 22. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 22 QUOTE ... I looked at the pupils, taped on the ribs, listened to the mysterious beating in the depths of my heart, and carried one thought - how to save this person? And how to save this. And this! All!
  • 23. YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 23 "Young Doctor's Notebook" was written by a young man; they are light, smiling, well convey the excitement and joy of a graduate from the medical faculty, which is only little alike the author.
  • 24. MAIN IDEAS age is not one of the signs of a good doctor doctors fight not only illnesses, but also stupidity of people about health criminal experiments on people should be banned YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 24 
  • 25. MAIN IDEAS doctor is the person who is forbidden to make mistakes and is also forbidden to retreat in order to be ready, one must constantly be enlightened, discover unfamiliar facts, expand the horizon YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 25
  • 26. IDEAS FOR AN ESSAY 1. What problems do doctors face in their practice? (on the example of “Young Doctor's Notebook”) 2. What personal qualities do help Dr. Bomgard to overcome difficulties? 3. Describe the formation of the personality of a young doctor in each story. 4. What problems did the young doctor overcome to become a professional? YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK PAGE 26
  • 27. SCREEN ADAPTATION A Y O U N G D O C T O R ' S N O T E B O O K & O T H E R S T O R I E S 2012 British TV series of 2012 produced by the channel Sky Arts with Daniel Radcliffe and John Hamm in the lead roles.
  • 28. THANK YOU! "YOUNG DOCTORS NOTEBOOK" BY MIKHAIL BULGAKOV B O O K R E P O R T P R E S E N T A T I O N B Y   E S S A Y S H A R K . C O M