"Something The Lord Made" is about a genius who was born out of nothing.
Vivian is a talented doctor. He is diligent and calm, and he studies medicine carefully, but because he has no medical degree, he always wanders around the medical field. However, he loves medicine, and is excited even to be a handyman in a hospital; when Blalock, a doctor already well-known in the medical world, discovers that he is different from ordinary people, Vivian is shy and anxious to hide himself. Life is too heavy. He has a wife and children, and has family responsibilities. He lives in a different place, and the rent is just like a heavy burden on his shoulders, which makes him stick to his dreams but always stay on the side of his dreams. He and his wife's warm life can be full of joy just because of some small surprises. He seems to have never planned the future, but he always insists on one thing: making money, getting into medical school, and entering the medical hall of his dreams.
The medical world? It was a noble but empty duel of white people, full of power and racism. They chatted freely about the medical technology that Vivian knew all about at the splendid reception on the lamp wall, but they were silently arguing in each other's hearts. And he, a black man, seems to be only suitable for standing in the corner of the reception, holding a tray, and saying hello to these famous doctors. His warm personality did not make him break out the disrespect of the white people to him. He was quietly like a young shoot about to break the ground, restrained and low-key.
Fortunately, blalock's discernment allowed him to get rid of the complicated chores and enter the field of medical research. Blalock knows very well that this thin black man is different from ordinary people. Ordinary handymen will not hold medical books and study them attentively at work. All this is from Vivian's skillful lifting of surgical forceps, which is as light as a surgeon who has been a doctor for decades. And the accurate lifting of the small equipment may have started when he saw that Vivian completed a successful experiment, but he was angry because he did not use professional tools to record, but he didn't expect to see the neat and detailed manuscript on the paper. These details all show that geniuses only need the right soil, and then they will break the ground, germinate, and achieve great things.
Of course, like many stories of geniuses and diligent people, although blalock has a discerning eye, he knows that Vivian's talent is far superior to himself, and the best he can do is to rely on Vivian's genius to assist him. Give him the greatest life assistance, but habitually forget Vivian's contribution every time he succeeds. I'd rather believe it's more of an act of inertia: a well-established MD who grew up pampered and put him at the center of the world. He is tired of all the people who disrespect him, and repeats the importance of the title to those who don't call himself a doctor. He needs the light to shine just as his path to becoming a doctor is so natural. He knew the rules and shapes in his chest, but he never approached the rules actively. Instead, he changed the rules with his own status and achievements before the rules, so as to maintain another brand-new rule.
And vivian, the black genius under blalock, was not as perfidious as the geniuses we all know. He leaves blalock childishly again and again, just to resist blalock's temporary forgetfulness of him and the expensive rent he can't pay. He used his departure to prove his importance, to prove the worth of his existence, or to be cheesy just to make more money to make up for his uprooted wife and improve his life. He loves medicine, but has to bear the burden of daily expenses. Of course, the misery of this other world is far from blalock's comprehension. Therefore, the departure of vivian again and again, the gamble with anger, is the wordless contract between him and blalock. They both know how important each other is to each other, but they have to gradually find equality in the difference of status and status. The funny thing is that whenever the two of them are experimenting, the equal status that is formed unconsciously is always in the eyes of others. The difference is re-formed below.
Blalock's tenacity, patience, and dedication to success make him a person who is not very talented but extraordinary, and vivian's restraint, understanding and meticulousness have become the best complement to blalock.
The ending seems to be very good. Blalock passed away peacefully, and Vivian's name will last forever. The two completed an epoch-making heart operation. Through shunt technology, they changed the flow of blood and created miracles together. It is a pity that in the end, the two of them were not able to work together to create miracles again. They are all old, and they nagging each other but don't miss the past, because those differences in race and identity have never really become grudges, and those contemptuous eyes from others run through their acquaintance and mutual understanding, from thinking that Vivian is an incompetent black man to It is speculated that blalock is just a deceiver who is reluctantly supported by vivian's talent. But beyond their sight, the silent handshake of black and white has reached another tacit understanding that surpasses achievements. In the years when they were silently aging, it was more of a tacit understanding and friendship between hearts and minds. They all had some minor flaws in their personalities, but they were very similar. The knowledge of genius is probably the case.
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