Touch the top of the world

5- Comments
- When Erik was small, his eyes were strange. When the dad saw Erik eyes shaking as the eyes of his were trying to follow the ball that the dad had, his dad was worried.

- The parents called a specialist and when the specialist came, he thought that his eyes were bizarre. The specialist told them that Erik suffered from retinas.

- The doctor saw his eyes and study it he said “he needs surgery”. The mom was so worried and afraid that she went to different hospital to see if there’s another way.

- Erik has a rare disease called retinoschisis that the retinas were attach to his pupils. He can’t see straight ahead. The doctor told Erik parents that he won’t be able to see for the rest of his teenage life.

- When they were going to New Jersey, they stop at a church. People said that priest perform miracles and she(the mother) wanted the full sight of his son. Nobody was there and then she was praying for her son. Erik was scared because of her mother crying the dark place he was in(He could see, but not much). He was also praying with his mom but, for a different reason. He wanted to get uot of the church.

4- Question
- How did Erik got the retinas?
- Why didn’t the parents deside to let the doctor operate Erik when he had the rare disease retinoschsis?
- Why didn’t his parent took him into the hospital rigth away when that first happen when he was a baby?
- Where did the disease retinas came from?
3- Vocabulary
- Haltingly = limping manner
- Disembodied = to free from the body
- Frantic = desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain and etc.
2- Literary terms
- The men were barefoot, the pads of their feet flat and as thick as soles of our shoes. Simile
- I prayed for my sight so my parents won’t bring me to dark places and sounde so desperate and scared.
Imagry
1- Overview
- This part of the book is about the depression moment of when his had a rare disease and almost can’t see at all.