It is Samantha who is the plausible and sympathetic character, far more so than the weirdly contorted and contrived creation that is Theodore.
In most of her earlier novels, Ms. Tyler would have used her generous gifts of compassion to limn the interior lives of Rebecca and her family, to make their often curious behavior feel plausible, even sympathetic.
Clearly Hannah is deluding herself or trying to rationalize her actions, but in any case Mr. Banks never manages to make her explanation of her life remotely plausible or sympathetic.
Short-term effects also may be mediated by autonomic nervous system responses via effects of pollutants on airway receptors (Brook et al. 2009), which is plausible because sympathetic activation can produce coronary vasoconstriction (Martin et al. 1989).
There's some terrific performances – particularly from Collette, putting flesh on some quite bare bones, and Carell, a wholly plausible, half-sympathetic overgrown jock with a bullying charm.
As our fascination with money and power shows signs of curdling into resentment, we need both plausible targets and sympathetic alter egos.
In such earlier novels as "The Innocent" and "Amsterdam," Mr. McEwan has used his gifts as a writer to put across the point of view of decidedly unsavory characters, and in "Atonement," he manages to make the state of mind that leads Briony to make her false accusations against Robbie plausible, if not sympathetic.
We suspect that endothelial dysfunction in RCVS is also highly plausible because both sympathetic overactivity and oxidative stress are detrimental to the endothelium[13 15].
The most plausible theory involves massive sympathetic discharge.
Thus, it is plausible that activity in the sympathetic nervous system of these patients is altered, and if dopamine in plasma is a potential indicator of such activity, they could be implicated in M-TMD.
