The author uses simile to help convey the message, the negative impacts of societal pressure. Oftentimes people are very eager to get something that is quicker, easy and effective. However this leads to people not doing enough research on it, we are constantly looking for something that will speed up the process therefore we don’t think and look well what might be the side effects or the consequences. The scientists saw that they had one task to do and that was to find a cure for colon cancer, and so they did, which made them feel fulfilled. “would become the stuff of scientific legend, like…