SOMETHING THE LORD MADE

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SOMETHING THE LORD MADE SOMETHING THE
LORD MADE is a moving story of men who defy the
rules and start a medical revolution. Based on a
true story, this movie shows the story of "blue
babies-infants suffering from a congenital heart
defect that turns them blue as they slowly
suffocate. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and
Vivien Thomas (Mos Def) make a brilliant team.
But even as they race against time to save one
particular baby, the two occupy different places
in society. Blalock is the white, wealthy head of
surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Thomas is
black and poor, a skilled carpenter whose dream
of going to college and becoming a doctor was
ruined by the Great Depression, although he was
naturally gifted with the intuition and dexterity
of a great surgeon. Even as they save lives and
invent a whole new field of medicine, social
pressures threaten to tear them apart.
Ultimately, however, Thomas finds his dreams
coming true in unexpected ways. List of Main
characters Summary of
movie Paragraph structure (5
paragraph format. Must be word processed) I.
Introduction and brief summary of movie II.
Heart structure and function III. Explanation
/ Discussion of main problem in movie IV.
Explanation / Discussion of solution to
problem V. Revisit main points discuss
importance of cardiovascular surgery today.