Captain Corelli's Mandolin: A Book and Dream

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If you've only watched Captain Corelli's Mandolin, please do not continue to read this. The movie hardly captures the vivacious, relentless, and jocular spirits of the characters and their stories. However if you have read it, then you understand and hopefully empathize with my deep admiration of the characters, particularly Dr. Iannis and his daughter, Pelagia. Throughout the saga, their interactions, values, and experiences interwove with my own, building the basis for my aspiration to become a nurse. It's in these two characters I am able to envision my reasoning for wanting to dive into the medical field and major in nursing.

The greatest relation, I discovered, was between Dr. Iannis' and my love of learning. Pragmatic or trivial, I enjoy expanding in knowledge, under the obscure assumption that eventually, that bit of knowledge will come in handy. In this way they are my tools for success, just as they are the tools for Dr. Iannis' success. As an autodidact, his whole career is based off his passion, as I parallel my major in nursing to be for me. In studying the sciences and other critical thinking courses, I will hope to build a foundation for a lifetime activity of learning. Dr. Iannis says," Every man needs an obsession in order to enjoy life, and it was so much the better if that obsession was constructive." In a vast and continually changing field, keeping updated with the new medical advances and discoveries, as well as using my already acquired knowledge to build on, I will, like Dr. Iannis, be living a life of learning.

Also, displayed by the characters is the lack of expiration in the usefulness of their knowledge. Nursing and anything in the field medically, for the most part, has a lifetime warranty, given said person keeps their certifications up to date; they are professions that will continuously be in use because of the overwhelming and augmenting need for them. While Dr. Iannis lives off of his doctoral career, the reader sees Pelagia sustain herself off of her learned knowledge, as well. Her need in the community never ceases and in that field, she is able to sustain her and her unwonted family. In studying nursing, I am hoping to build the basis of knowledge that will last me a lifetime.

The roles both characters hold in their community holds my reverence because as utilities, they also become leaders. As an honorable, respected, and learned man, Dr. Iannis is seen as an authority figure and leader amongst his community, arbitrating arguments, offering wisdom, and keeping acquintances in good standing with eachother. In one particular incident, two neighbors ask for his permission to attack the enemy, indicating his position as higher than the governor and priest. Dr. Iannis is also a role model to Pelagia, as she aspires to follow his path. As the older sister of three, former captain of two sports, avid volunteer, and daughter of an Army Officer, I welcome the responsibility of taking initiative and being an exemplar. Nursing holds a certain prominence because of their essentiality, in a promising position to become role models and leaders in the community. In the nursing career, I hope to be an active member of my community, as Dr. Iannis and Pelagia are.

In addition to being a utility to a community, I am fond of the idea I can be in any community to do so; as a nurse, I'd be permitted mobility. Mobility is important, personally, because having lived a military lifestyle, mobility has been the provider of the greatest experiences I've had. Because of its innumerable benefits, such as shaping my character, personality, and perspective fervently, I'd value a career that has the possibility of an itinerant lifestyle. Dr. Iannis' worldliness is attributed to his travels outside of Greece, offering him more open- minded knowledge to impart on Pelagia. By being able to travel as a nurse, I'd be able to develop into a better person and better provider.

The greatest image Pelagia and her father have offered me is their ability to fix, heal, and restore friends, family, and those in need. This is the core of my aspirations because the ability to heal is a beautiful responsibility and momentous power. With this healing power, a deafness is (accidently) cured and two loved ones are restored from desperate states. By majoring in nursing, I could help people become a better, more functional version of themselves they otherwise wouldn't have been able to become. I'm excited, eager, and anxious to learn the healing trade of nursing, so one day I will be able to heal as Pelagia and Dr. Iannis do.

Nursing is a valuable career and by majoring in nursing I hope to become a member of the nursing community one day. Dr. Iannis says, "Every man needs an obsession in order to enjoy life, and it was so much the better if that obsession was constructive." By dedicating my life to the health and improvement of others, I'd truly be doing, as Dr. Iannis also recommends, "my duty to do my utmost."

Captain Corelli's Mandolin: A Book and Dream

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