Huge Franciscus

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to fix what was wrong.
Dr. Franciscus likes to get his work done correctly and quickly with the absence of any bond with his patients. He moves from patient to patient “ . . . without affection for the patients. He does not want to be touched by them.” (p140). He would continue in his work in a steady fashion if not for Imelda. Hugh “ . . . must have been awed by the sight of this girl.” (p143). With the small act of concealment, he was determined to fix her lip. He already had developed a mental relationship with Imelda. He told himself that he would fix this girls lip. When she dies, to show respect he still fixes the lip. This characterizes an attempt to hide the fact that she dies before he beings the operation. Hugh acts this way out of respect, to make the mother and daughter as happy as possible even though Imelda dies.
Before Imelda had showed up at the hospital in Honduras, Hugh Franciscus had been a doctor with a fixed schedule where everything went exactly as ...

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