In her essay‚ On Being a Cripple‚ Nancy Mairs comments satirically on the English language‚ American society and her overarching life struggle with multiple sclerosis . Mairs begins her essay by writing on her life experiences‚ and why she prefers to be called a ‘cripple’ over being called a ‘differently-abled’‚ person. In paragraph two‚ Mairs writes that‚ “As a cripple‚ I swagger‚” In order to understand what she is saying‚ the context of the quote must be made known; in order to understand the
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Author‚ Nancy Mairs‚ in her essay‚ “On Being A Cripple”‚ clarifies why she decided to replace the common and too vague words made for disabled people with “cripple”. Mairs purpose is to make sure the readers know and understand in great detail why the word cripple describes herself and her disability better than any other word. She uses a confident tone in order to ensure that the readers alike and unalike herself know that she is ok with being a crippled. Mairs begins her text with the strong clarification
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I found Mair’s essay “On Being Cripple” surprisingly fun to read. Given the subject matter‚ I didn’t think it would be fun to read. The title alone not only sounds depressing‚ but it also creates unpleasant feelings within me. I feel sadness‚ pity‚ and uncomfortable just to name a few emotions. Mairs invoked pathos just by the title alone. Nancy Mairs was very effective in sharing what it was like to have a disability. The struggles that she has had to endure every day and how she copes with the
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Maris rough draft Multiple Sclerosis is disease in which the immune system eats away at the protective covering of nerves. In “On Being A Cripple” by Nancy Mairs‚ she addresses her complicated relationship with MS. The personal and social view of her relationship. The relationship Mairs has with MS she would not give up her life with this disease for anything or anyone in exchange for "sound limbs." Living with MS and still trying to be a mother and with a close relationship is hard. According
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“I am a cripple.” In this essay‚ Nancy Mairs‚ who has multiple sclerosis‚ refers to herself as a “cripple.” Throughout this essay‚ Mairs is very straightforward and has a unique use of word choice and rhetorical structure. Mairs is highly straightforward in this essay. “Whatever you call me‚ I remain crippled.” She states this because however people choose to label her‚ she still can not do as much physical activities most people can do. But‚ she refuses to be called “differently abled.” It “strikes”
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written essay‚ Nancy Mairs‚ a feminist writer who has multiple sclerosis‚ defines the terms in which she will interact with the world. She names herself a cripple so that she would not be named by others. She chose a word that represents her reality‚ and if it makes people "wince‚" "Perhaps I want them to wince. I want them to see me as a tough customer‚ one to whom the fates‚ gods‚ viruses have not been kind‚ but who can face the brutal truth of her existence squarely. As a cripple‚ I swagger". She
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Nancy Mairs Assignment PART A: Nancy Mairs’ believes there should not be a single reason that stands out a disabled person from a non disable one. PART B: Nancy Mairs’‚ a 43 year old woman afflicted with Multiple Sclerosis. She moves to places with either a brace‚ cane or wheelchair. Nancy’s appliances usually odds her out in a crowd‚ besides the bizarre way she walks in. She’s never seen anyone similar to her on the television except for a disabled woman that was on a show last summer
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On being a cripple: the lesson of losses and gains. In spite of the rapid medicine progress in the last centuries many different incurable diseases still threaten human society. Some of them are deadly; the others develop slowly but restrain the life of a human in various ways. Often sick people just have to put up with the hope to be cured and to accept their situation. However‚ they do have choices to resign themselves to the disease completely or to look for the ways to cope with it and continue
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Stereotypes and Society Honestly people get judged based on first impressions‚ on looks or how they introduce themselves. Society puts everyone under a stereotype because of who everyone is and everybody’s appearances. People get judged if they are walking behind someone or if they are walking in front of them. Anywhere‚ people are judged instantly. It does not matter if the comment positive or negative. People are judged by their gender‚ race‚ actions‚ their speech‚ their culture and basically
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Analysis of “Disability” Nancy Mairs’ “Disability” is a short story from Carnal Acts that describes how Nancy Mairs‚ the speaker of the short story‚ studies the media’s view on disabilities. She is a victim of multiple sclerosis and feels inferior to everyone because she has a disability. The audience knows how she feels about this; she feels that handicapped people should be treated equally. She knows that she is not alone‚ but she feels like she isn’t accepted by everyone. This short story depicts
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