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Aaron Kornylos Struggle In Crossbar - Term Papers

Aaron Kornylos Struggle In Crossbar

The protagonist of “Crossbar” has had his life altered violently and is now trying to cope with the effects of this great change. Aaron Kornylo is a champion high jumper until a piece of farm machinery severs his right leg and changes his life forever Now Aaron lives in anger, bitterly denying the inevitable: he must learn to accept his loss.
Until a farm accident changed his life forever, the young man of this story enjoyed the life of a world-class athlete. Before he was injured, Aaron Kornylo was one of the best high jumpers in Canadian sports history. He enjoyed the attention his victories brought him. Aaron recalls, “standing proud on the dais... being vested ...

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his leg severed by a harvester, driven by his father, Aaron is continually haunted. He relives the incident through a nightmare of his: “first the noise- the machine’s noise- would have to come, closer and closer and... then the pain, so terrible that the brain in it’s mysterious wisdom shut down the system... just after the scream” (Gault 60). Forced to have his leg amputated, “the surgeons in Saskatoon had done a fine job, very neat... but he didn’t feel like giving [any] thanks” (Gault 62). Looking down at “the rounded stump that had once been his right leg” (Gault 62) Aaron would have no choice but to “get used to... that hated wooden leg” (Gaul 62). The physical part of Aaron’s injury is the only visible sign of his problem, for this young man is now struggling with the prospect of life as an amputee.
His life drastically altered by the loss of his right leg, Aaron will have to learn acceptance and ...

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Added: 10/26/2007 10:45:49 AM
Category: Biographies
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 760
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