Conserve, reuse, recycle.

Semrau makes his point when he states, "Please consider joining me."

Keeping information from his readers helps Semrau's intent of the essay. His intent is to get the readers to consider giving their bodies as cadavers. Semrau starts his essay by talking about recycling, which is an everyday job most people do, so they can relate to it. He then tells about his life as a child and his career. By talking about wanting to be a surgeon, Semrau relates to other children who have the same goals. So at the beginning of his essay he explains his background and how people can relate without mentioning being a cadaver. By not mentioning this idea yet, Semrau makes the reader question what the rest of his essay is going to be about relating to recycling. Then Semrau began talking about going to Harvard's Medical School, which makes the reader more confused because he is seventy-five years old. Then he says why he is going to medical school, to be a cadaver. He is going to reuse and recycle his body. The way in which he keeps information from the reader draws the reader into his writing, so that at the end they will be captivated by the idea of being a cadaver.