II. Post 5A

Vocabulary:
1) (pg. 49) otolaryngologist- a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat
2) (pg. 53) iterating- doing (something) over again or repeatedly.

Figurative Language:
1) (pg. 52) "I said we have no 'cure' for musical hallucinations, but perhaps we could make them less intrusive." Oliver Sacks puts emphasis on cure because he is using it as a loaded word, implying that the outcome could have various benefits surpassing just getting rid of the disease.

2) (pg. 58) "He wondered whether, with the 'iPod' in his brain, he was taking the easy way out [...]" The patient of Dr. Sacks compares his psychological disease as if it is an iPod in his head, making it a metaphor.

Quote:
"I consider myself a kind of living laboratory, an experiment in nature through an auditory prism... I have been living at the edge." This comment from one of Sacks' patients describes how many people with musical hallucinations attempt to discover more information about the disease. (pg. 86)

Emerging Theme:
The emerging theme of Musicophilia is that many of the people who live with musical hallucinations learn to deal with a sudden onset of music in their brain. Many of them claim that they sometimes enjoy hearing the music in their head.