I really liked the essays. I enjoyed the Jon Franklin one the best because it isn't something that I've experienced before. It was really interesting to read about some thing that is so intricate and amazing. It's something that I've always been interested in too. This story feels like a movie. It feels like someone is giving you a synopsis of a film about this surgery.
I found it interesting how the story was called "Terrifying..."  I think that is an incredibly powerful word. Terror is greater than Fear. Terror is paralyzing and intense. Fear is something you feel when you drop your phone and think that your screen broke. That isn't a "terrifying" experience. It's just momentarily scary.