THE SILENT

PATIENT
Author: Alex Michaelides

10- Gold || Chacon, Trisha Nicole R.

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Unfamiliar Words

depict painstakingly notoriety intermittent

enigma prurient condemn subsequent

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• Depict
– to represent or show something in a picture or story

• Painstackingly
– with great care and thoroughness.

• Notoriety
– the state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed.

• Intermittent
– occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.

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• Enigma
– a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand

• Prurient
– having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

• Condemn
– to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong
disapproval
• Subsequent
– coming after something in time; following.
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 EXAMPLES
• Depict
– Ashianna's artworks depict her traumas.
• Painstackingly
– My mother raised us painstackingly.

• Notoriety

– The student notoriety on their school for cheating on their exam.

• Intermittent
– I feel nervous and anxious intermittently.

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• Enigma
– My sister's enigma whenever she's feeling nervous.
• Prurient

– He has a prurient interest in her life.

• Condemn
– I highly and strongly condemn about removing K to 12.

• Subsequent
– The population increases in subsequent years.

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Reflection :

The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of

violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with
uncovering her motive. Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. Theo
Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the
opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and
unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a
twisting path into his own motivations―a search for the truth that
threatens to consume him. I learned from this story is the importance of
treating mental illness properly. As Alicia has her trauma from what
happened she can't talk and say even a word properly. The main character
in the story showed how unresolved and improperly treated mental illness.

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 THANK
YOU
Chacon, Trisha Nicole R.
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