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 reflect upon and evaluate her most recent NHS experience to illustrate satisfaction levels and influential factors relating to her unique experiences and expectations of the NHS system. Her appointment was for a general check-up and a discussion of the results from the health assessment she had previously, conducted by a nurse. My patient experienced high levels of personal anxiety prior to her appointment. This was attributed to the fact that she realised that her health had declined since Christmas due to a lung infection. The patient acknowledged that her Dr was reassuring in manner and methodically explained the outcome of each of her previous assessments.
Note that in the first half of the sentence, she seems to be viewing his character amiably. Suddenly she changes direction, and the general impression we receive about John is far more bitingly negative than a mere statement of disapproval. Thus she contains in her statement all the elements of disapproval without directly stating that he was ill-disposed. Her irony ranges from the gentle to the severe. When she speaks about Marianne, she says, "She was generous, amiable, interesting: she was everything but prudent."
They speak only words, but no emotions and there is an absence of sympathy. Humanity is a problematic question in this situation, because doctors were trying to help their patients, and Vivian was among them, but she was not like a person with her own world, but only an experimental sample for tests, a piece of white paper for taking notes and studying her interesting disease.This system ironically sacrifices the well-being of individual patients, not necessarily with their full consent, for the research and professional interests of the physicians who appear to control it. They abuse the patients right for themselves so self-indulged in the increasing knowledge that is being retained and with no worry at no cost to them but at a considerable
An example of her love and mastery of the English language is in line 7, "I speak English with passion: it's the tongue of my consciousness." Here she reveals a great level of comfort and respect when she speaks English "with passion". This passion also helps Morales with her creativity since she thinks in the English language; it is by her admission the language of her consciousness. In the next line of the poem she states, English is "a flashing knife blade of crystal, my tool, my craft", telling us how she makes her living.
Elizabeth is one character that has very few thoughts on money and social positions, and because of this is able to rely her own judgements on characteristics and personalities. Elizabeth’s misconceptions of characters are clearly shown with Darcy and Wickham. At the beginning of the novel she is anything but fond of Darcy and believes that Wickham is a good man. She then goes to state… “There certainly was some great mismanagement I the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it.” It this Elizabeth is stating that Wickham is basically evil and that Darcy is not.
How far do the sources suggest that Millicent Fawcett was ‘quite unfit to be a leader’. Overall, sources 12 and the early stages of source 10 approve of Millicent Fawcett, suggesting she comes across as a positive leader, with Source 10 praising her as being ‘quite public spirited’, demonstrating that she has the power to reflect her feelings, and that she hides nothing. However, source 11 and the end of source 10 suggest that she acts poorly, with source 11 contraciting the early parts of source 10 by calling her ‘inaudible’, and therefore doesn’t make a good leader. Although, sosurce 11 should be degraded slightly, aas its negativity i due to the fact, the author, Webster, is a supporter of an opposing, more militant, Suffrage society, the WSPU. Equally, George Robertson, whom John SStuart Mill is experessing his opinions to in source 10, is likely to have outside motives.
In my nursing class, I learned that doctors cure the sickness and nurses cure the patient. This means that the nurse attends to the physical, mental, and psychosocial aspects in the care of patients. Some days can be demanding on the mind and body, but you can still go home and be grateful of what you have done for someone else. I believe that the core of nursing is love and passion for others. Without this love and passion, why is one in nursing.
Mrs A is one of the ladies I met on our first visit to the GP placement; she was an outspoken 40 year old lady who had come to see the doctor on that particular day as she was having pain when swallowing. Her records showed that she had been to the surgery to see our doctor’s colleague during the past week. Mrs A was also had asthma and diabetes. I wondered to myself before I met her why she would be back so soon as I assumed that she might not have finished the medication she had been given on the last visit. What surprised me most with Mrs A was her use of informal language that other people might find offensive and I particularly noted that the doctor answered appropriately as though there was nothing different about her use of language.
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).