Full Moon Friday The 13th Atul Gawande Summary

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In “Full Moon Friday the Thirteenth,” Atul Gawande conveys his thoughts on superstitions. Specifically, he talks about how some believe that people go crazy on Friday the thirteenth if it’s a full moon. Gawande provides many stories that prove that this superstition might be real. Throughout the essay, he kept his tone neutral which kept the reader wandering whether or not he believed in superstitions; he kept his thesis on the topic very discrete. Through this, it seems that his purpose was to convey that even though statistics say friday the thirteenth is no different from any other friday, his experiences have proved otherwise. The thesis was conveyed throughout the essay which made the style of writing rather interesting and left the reader