The sentence that gives Waldemar R. Semrau's point is "I read one book about this general subject, and that strengthened my resolve. Have you figured out yet that I'm going as a cadaver, an anatomical gift?" I think the intent of his essay was to have people to consider having their bodies to be used as medical cadavers after they die. Semrau is trying to have his readers reconsider the idea, which many people may consider morbid and disgusting to think in these terms. The use of Semrau's writing, by grasping the reader with vague information does help to strengthen the power of the essay, and have the reader reconsider the idea of donating their own body to be used as a cadaver. Semrau's way of writing to grasp the reader's attention is excellent in the terms that he refers back to his childhood, which many people can relate to, because everyone dreams of becoming something amazing and many do not actually grow up to do the exact job they thought that they may have had interest in. In turn, in the end of Semrau's life he is being used for what he was so intrigued with as a child.
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