Character
One Sentence Summary
Summary
Long- Question
1. Explain Harold J. Morowitz's joy in
discovering that he is a six Million Dollar Man.
Short- Question
1. Why did the writer say he was a Six
Million Dollar Man?
2. Is every human being a 'Six Million
Dollar Man'? Explain your answer.
3. How does the writer come to the
conclusion that each human being is priceless?
20. The Six Million Dollar Man
Harold J. Morowitz
Character
Speaker : essayist
Daughter and son-in-law; Birthday card; 97 Cent;
6,000015.14 (six millions)
One Sentence Summary
The price of chemical's in human body cost six million dollars not 97 cent as written on birthday card but the human life is priceless.
"According to BIOCHEMISTS the materials that make up the Human body are only worth 97 cent."
Summary
The author got a humorous birth day card from his daughter and son- in- law. On the card 'A human is 97 worth of chemicals' is written. Then the writer decided to check this. He looked up the cost of all the chemicals in human body. The cost of the chemicals varies from $2.95 to $175500000 per gram. The author weighed his body, cut off 68% water from the body, and came in conclusion that his dry weight would cost about $ 6000015.14. However this is only an elementary evaluation. More detailed evaluation leads the author to longer figures. By comparing 97 and six million dollar, he argues that purified chemicals are more expensive.
Still, there arises another question. If somebody assembles all the chemicals together, he couldn't make a man. Even, he joins all the human chemicals; he won't make a man with sense, emotion, and reason. The human cost may arise thousand trillions; still the price would not be reasonable.
It becomes clear to the author that human beings do not have a cost. They are priceless. Human body is immeasurable element. We can not create human being by using parts of chemicals. Human being with the capacity of thinking and feeling is priceless. It is stupidity to think human beings in terms of material value.
Long- Question
1. Explain Harold J. Morowitz's joy in discovering that he is a six Million Dollar Man.
The American author Harold J. Morowitz is a renowned writer who has perfected and accustomed himself on comic, humorous persuasive essays and stories. This is humorous as well as fascinating essay taken from his poplar collection book, 'The Wine of Life and Other Essays on Societies, Energy and Living Things'.
In the essay, the writer talks about the existing price of the chemicals that comprise the human body. The writer tries to revaluate the human body on the recent market price. One day the writer has received a birthday card bearing the message in the caption that the total price of human body is only 97 cents. The writer feels upset and distressed. It is really humorous and ridiculous. He tries to find the real value of human body. Then he began to calculate the price of each and every chemicals of human body according to the current market price that is provided by the bio-chemicals companies.
He became very happy and excited about the fact that human body is worth as six-dollar. Nevertheless, when he calculated every possibility of being a perfect man with the power of thought, speech, reasoning and soul, he felt defeated before the nature. Only God can give humanity, and soul, so science and technology can create only man or human body, but not humanity. After discovering the truth that he is a six Million Dollar man. There is a great sense of excitement, he proud himself that he is also a rich people in himself. He feels really an enormous upgrade.
Short- Question
1. Why did the writer say he was a Six Million Dollar Man?
When the writer got a birth day card and knew that a human body is only 97 cent worth. Then he became curious to check the materials cost of human body, because he was a scientist. He found amazing costs of the materials. They cost $ 2.95 to $ 175,500,000 a gram. He cut off 68% water from the body and weighted his dry body. He calculated his weight and came in conclusion that he dry body cost six million. So that, the writer said he was a Six Million Dollar Man.
2. Is every human being a 'Six Million Dollar Man'? Explain your
answer.
Yes, every human being is a Six Million Dollar Man, because the writer checked the materials cost of human body. He found amazing costs to the materials. They cost $ 2.97 to $175500000 a gram. He cut off 68% of water from the body weighed his dry body. He calculated his weight and came in conclusion that his dry body cost six million.
3. How does the writer come to the conclusion that each human being is
priceless?
After finding human cost, he thought to join chemicals to make human body. It was nearly an impossible act. If anyone made it, he couldn't insert the thought, feeling and senses. He found that to make a man with chemicals is a worthless job. So, the human body is immeasurable object. Human being with the capacity of thinking and feeling is priceless. So, the writer comes to the conclusion that each human being is priceless.
4. At what stirringly (strong feeling) different definition does the
author finally arrive?
See the short question’s question no. 3.
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