How Does Mairs Use Figurative In On Being A Cripple

In the description of “on being a cripple”, the author Mairs uses descriptive and figurative diction to give the reader a picture of disabled women and how they feel towards the disease. Mairs described as, “My shoulders droop and my pelvis thrusts forward as I try to balance myself upright, throwing my frame into a bony S” gives the feeling of uncomfortable and difficult movement. The description “shoulder droop” indicates her weakness; to show she’s no longer strong. Also, the description of “throwing myself into bony S” gives the idea that she can’t balance herself. The “S” is a curvy letter, so she’s just like an S but with bones. Furthermore, Mairs’s uses figurative to describe herself, “I begin to sound like Pollyanna”, she’s comparing