Mairs thesis is shown in the first and last paragraphs. Her main goal is to show everyone that people with disabilities are just like everybody else and they should be included and accepted in all daily activities. By using intensity, humor and self-revelations, Nancy Mairs clearly gets her message through. Nancy Mairs starts her essay by describing herself as a crippled woman with multiple sclerosis. She talks about her condition and how she’s never seen a crippled woman like her in the media or on television.
Daniel Rios Miss Martinez ERWC AP 23 September 2013 Period 4 Nancy Mairs Rhetorical Essay It is easy to look at an individual with a physical or mental disability and subconsciously devalue his or her existence. To express sympathy, society believes that it can justify its behavior by classifying these individuals with euphemisms such as “differently abled”. Nancy Mairs, however, is proud to be called a “cripple” as she demonstrates with her use of comparison and contrast, blunt diction, and confident tone, all of which explain why she truly believes that she falls under the “crippled” category. Mairs presents three distinct definitions of “disabled”, “handicapped”, and “crippled” and why she believes that she falls in the last. She believes that the word “cripple” accurately describes her because it’s a “straightforward and precise” way of stating that she’s “lost the full use of limbs.” On the other hand, “disabled” implies an “incapacity, physical or mental” and “handicapped” is defined as being “put at a disadvantage.” The dissimilarity between the three words is crucial to Mairs’ presentation of herself as individuals have a tendency to categorize “disabled”, “handicapped”, and “crippled” under one brand of rejection.
I have chosen to talk on the role of women until the 1500’s, I pick this topic because I’m a woman myself and would love the know all about how unfair women was treated and all they had to take. I will also talk about how difficult it was for the women, men was also sometimes treated better than women. I will talk on the rights the women had in the middle east. Most women place was in the house only, they had no rite to know what the men did outside the home. I will also talk on how time brouht about a change for the women, I will compare the women from then until now.
Marlee Matlin is an Academy Award winning actress and a prominent spokesperson for various organizations. Marlee lives in the greater Los Angeles area with her husband, law enforcement officer Kevin Grandalski, and their four children, Sarah, Brandon, Tyler and Isabelle. At the age of 18 months, she had a bout with a form of German measles, which left her totally deaf in her right ear and 80% deaf in her left ear. In spite of this fact, Marlee has become an inspiration to members of the Deaf and hearing communities alike. She has inspired millions with her dedication to connecting with the Deaf and hearing communities.
The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, depicts women as weak persons, who are expected to submit to men, and whose only access to power is through dishonest means. None of the females in The Crucible possess extreme power, but the truthful, pure-hearted, and family oriented women seem to be even less powerful than the others. Elizabeth Proctor and Rebecca Nurse are two of the less powerful women in The Crucible. Both of their lives are led by an instinct to serve their families and communities . Elizabeth Proctor is convicted in participating in witchcraft even when it seems obvious to her loved ones and most others around her that she had never involved herself with demonic forces .
n her essay “On Being a Cripple”, Nancy Mairs presents her audience with an honest inside view of her life and perspective as a cripple, a word she openly uses to define herself. She brings her world to us by discussing a wide variety of things including language, family, and humor, and how these all relate to her life. Through various stories and insights, she allows her readers to gain an understanding and acceptance of people with disabilities. She examines the public’s view of the disabled, as well as the views they have of themselves, and compares them to her own. She makes it clear that she is not to be defined solely by her disability.
In order to fully demonstrate the immense affect that defining herself has on her well being and on her life, Mairs uses strong and very descriptive language. This is extremely evident throughout this section because she uses empowering words to emphasize the power she feels from defining herself. Although she is able to easily call herself a cripple, she “would never refer to another person as a cripple” (30) because she believes that each person should define themselves. Mairs then goes back in time and explains, using imagery, the story of how she was informed of her disease, MS, and how it impacts her life. Although she is not ashamed of her disease, she still feels that “one never finishes adjusting to MS” (36).
Barbara Ehrenreich has defended the V talk shows of the Sally Jessy. She expresses her views about the T.V shows and says that this T.V shows are forums that are just to urge the middle-class qualities of responsibility, self-control and the reasons. She writes about the things that happened at Montel Williams show and supports her argument by describing the show. In that show a woman, Susan appeared and said that she was stalked by her boyfriend and later on it was proved that she was also stalking. Then every body at the show helped Susan realize the mistake.
For most parents and their little girls it is just good fun. They do not take the beauty pageants seriously. For a few parents the beauty pageants become an obsession. This is when beauty pageants for children can suddenly become very harmful. “Critics of the industry warn that the stresses of competition, coupled with an extreme focus on physical appearance, can have a negative effect long before these girls will be eligible for Miss America.” (Triggs, West and Aradillas 160-168) The loss of self-esteem, the inability to show a full range of emotions, the fear of failure, the extreme focus on physical image, and the discord with or fear of parents are a few of the symptoms those little girls will suffer from.
Both of Ashley’s parents were normally austere. Unlike her friends’ parents, her parents never let her do anything. Ashley was an autonomous person while her friends were not. Most of the time Ashley would even think that her so called friends did not even like her. Ashley was banal and benign while the girls had a reputation of ruining people’s reputation.