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The Unlucky Of Phineas Gage: Placement Of Mind

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Placement of mind Braelyn Navarrete Imagine you are attending a college, and one day when the bell rings and you are walking to your next class, you come across a man that you recognize, because you’ve heard about him. He is taking back his old iron rod that you know he willingly gave to your school. You would probably be pretty shocked right? Well Phineas Gage (PG) was that man. When he stole the tamping iron, he did it alone without any help. This act was one of the many examples of PG’s indecisiveness. His trouble with making decisions were a long term effect of the day that he accidently blew a tamping iron through his face while he was messing around. PG’s mental health, and thought process changed almost …show more content…

When he occasionally made decisions, they weren’t even logical. PG made many decisions and changed his mind after making them. It was very difficult and merely impossible for him to stick with his original decision. Phineas agreed to donate his tamping iron to the Harvard Medical collage, and then stole it back when he left town (Fleischman 19). When he did this, it showed yet another example of him changing his mind in an even bigger matter such as stealing. He could have gotten in trouble for doing this because the tamping iron was no longer his while it was in Harvard. Yet he still did because in his mind he had made the wrong decision. This is an example of his indecisiveness that got the best of …show more content…

Thus, after his injury he became a social loner because of his new loss of normal social interests. PG didn’t have the same social interests when it came to the people that he was friends with before the accident and the people that he was friends with after the fact. PG lost many friends because he didn’t have the interests that he had before. He was interested in being friends with different people and animals. “He insults old work mates and friends. He spouts vulgar language in the presence of women” (Fleishman 20). This shows how he started to act toward people that he used to get along with. When Phineas insults his old workmates and friends that he didn’t insult before, one can see his change in behavior. PG also didn’t cuss at women before his accident because that was considered disrespectful. “Whatever Phineases problems with people, he gets on well with horses” (Fleishman 46). “He seems happiest with children and animals!” (Fleishchman 46) This shows how his social interests changed when it came to who and what he started to be around. He didn’t fully lose social interactions. He cared about socializing with different people and animals. The fact that he started to talk more to animals and children whose brains weren’t fully developed showed that he leveled down with who and what he engaged with. This was an example of his maturity level seeming like it

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