HSAD 313 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Control Group, Farjana, Bubonic Plague

• School: Drexel University
• Department: Health Services Administration
• Course: HSAD 313
• Professor: Jess ballenger

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Question- gender is an important theme in sinclair lewis"s portrait of martin arrowsmith as a scientific hero. Discuss how lewis uses gender representations in the novel. You should discuss both male and female characters. Given the enduring critical and popular success of the novel, what does this say about beliefs about and attitudes toward medicine in twentieth century. Arrowsmith is a story of a young doctor born in the late nineteenth century and has a strong interest in epidemiology and bacteriology and believes they are important in making advancements in medicine and health. Throughout the novel, we can see the difference in the role of each gender and how they are portrayed. The book does a great job of demonstrating gender stereotypes and gender ideologies at that time. Throughout the novel, both empathic and soft-heartedness is thought to be a feminine characteristic and characters in the novel believe male who display these behaviors lack masculinity.