Kanye West's Injury In Through The Wire

The threshold is the part that jump starts the story. The threshold in “Through the Wire” is when Kanye West broke his jaw. A broken jaw is a very serious injury; it takes around four to six weeks to recover from one. In “Through the Wire,” West states, “I looked in the mirror and half my jaw was in the back of my mouth, man I couldn't believe it”(27). Broken jaws are very painful and can cause abnormalities in breathing and eating. People with broken jaws are put on a liquid diet because they can not open their mouth. As can be seen, a broken jaw is a very painful and can take a while to recover from, which prevented Kanye West from living a normal life for a good period of time. This started West’s road to recovery.