Prodigies
Oliver Sacks is not your typical research doctor that continuously tests and examines the subject as if it were not human. Dr. Sacks leaves behind the cold, clinical view of the hospital and spends quality time with his subjects in their normal environments. He goes on trips, takes holidays and really gets to know the neurologically different people about whom he writes. This is all portrayed in his writing as he talks about the different trips he takes to certain places around the world, in particular, New York City, London, Paris and Venice with his ever so unique "subject" Stephen Wiltshire. Dr. Sacks is a very interesting writer as he relates to his studies in the past every now and again while he spends time with Stephen in the chapter called "Prodigies."
He uses a successful writing technique in which he describes his relationship and research with Stephen in comparison with other studies he has done personally and also studies he has heard about in the past that are similar......
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