Vivien Thomas, paging Vivien Thomas. You're wanted in OR right now. Come on the run, do you hear?
Vivien Thomas, paging Vivien Thomas. You're wanted in OR right now. Come on the run, do you hear?
The Description of Context
The conversation happens in front office of the operating room of John Hopkins Hospital. The participants of the conversation are Dr. Longmire, Dr. Alfred, and a nurse. Dr. Longmire is a young surgeon who takes challenge to join in Dr. Alfred’s first-heart surgery. Dr. Alfred is a Chairman of Surgical
Department in John Hopkins Hospital. The hospital nurse is a senior nurse who Department in John Hopkins Hospital. The hospital nurse is a senior nurse who
In the scene before, Dr. Alfred was in operation room to operate a baby girl with heart problem. Most all of the surgeons in John Hopkins Hospital were watching the operation. It is the important operation since it is the first heart surgery in medical world. A few second before starting the operation, Dr. Alfred suddenly exited the operation room. He asked Dr. Longmire to call Vivien Thomas. Dr. Alfred felt that he needed Vivien Thomas in his first heart surgery because Vivien was the one who help Dr. Alfred along his heart surgery research.
A few minutes later, Dr. Longmire told Dr. Alfred that the nurse did not want to page Vivien Thomas to go in the operation room as Dr. Alfred wants. Dr. Alfred was getting angry with it. He walked quickly to the nurse and asked her to call Vivien. However, the hospital nurse did not want to page Vivien though the microphone because the hospital policy states that she only allows to page the hospital doctor. In this case, Vivien is not a doctor. He is only Dr. Alfred’s lab- assistant.
The Analysis of Anger Expression
a. Type of speech act exploited in the scene
The anger expression is sent by Dr. Alfred to hospital nurse. In the beginning, Dr. Alfred asks Dr. Longmire to page Vivien via hospital nurse. However the nurse does not want to page Vivien. Then, Dr. Alfred goes to the The anger expression is sent by Dr. Alfred to hospital nurse. In the beginning, Dr. Alfred asks Dr. Longmire to page Vivien via hospital nurse. However the nurse does not want to page Vivien. Then, Dr. Alfred goes to the
hospital policy does not allow her to do what Dr. Alfred wants. Instead of getting compliment of what she has explained, she gets angry from Dr. Alfred. He takes
the phone by force. Dr. Alfred extends his anger by commanding, “Give me that goddamn phone ” he angrily pages Vivien through the microphone by saying “Vivien Thomas, paging Vivien Thomas. You're wanted in OR right now.
Come on the run, do you hear? ” Dr. Alfred sends his anger in harsh intonation as he is facing the important surgery. From the analysis, it is known that Dr. Alfred employs Directives by commanding to extend his anger to the hospital nurse.
b. The reason why the characters express the anger
The factor which influences Dr. Alfred to express his anger is the legitimate power that he has. In this case, Dr. Alfred has legitimate power since he is the senior surgeon in the hospital. By having legitimate power, Dr. Alfred has more authority to express his anger to the hospital nurse when she does not obey his command.
Dr. Alfred
: What the hell is this?
Vivien
I need to do something different.
Dr. Alfred
: What about our work?
Vivien
: You got all of those other people you were thanking.
Dr. Alfred
: What are you talking about?
Vivien
: Belvedere Hotel.
Dr. Alfred
: The Belvedere is segregated.
You were there?
Vivien
: Snuck in, just like a bellhop.
Dr. Alfred : Is this about hobnobbing with the powers that be? They will never let you into their club. It is naive to think otherwise. Will you stand still?
Vivien
: I'm not talking about them. I'm not talking about Hopkins.