Nancy Mairs had a normal‚ healthy life like any other person. Although‚ as time went by‚ she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis‚ which eats away the protective covering of nerves which interrupts the nerves’ signals that passes through the central nervous system. Mairs piece had a purpose to inform her audience about her personal life and her thoughts about being “crippled”. Mairs also includes the superficial beauty standards society has set. Mairs relates it to her and her audience’s feelings
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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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who will not‚ deny the existence of me and my kind absolutely.” (paragraph 4) In this passage‚ Mairs displays her emotions of frustration and anger towards the advertisers who “ deny the existence” of her and other disabled people. “Everyone else is “there‚” sucking breath mints and splashing on cologne and swigging wine coolers. You’re “not there.” And if not there‚ nowhere.” ( paragraph 6) Mairs discusses how if you do not conform to the “normal” aspects of society‚ you will be judged and not
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Lydia Bonton Karen B. Gilmore ENC 1101 June 23‚ 2014 Summarization of Nancy Mairs’ Disability Nancy Mairs author of Disability- a self-claimed “radical feminist and cripple” with many accomplishments and degrees under her belt‚ Nancy is known to “speak the ‘unspeakable’” in her poetry‚ memoirs and essays‚ especially in Disability which was first published in the New York Times in 1987. Mairs starts her essay by describing herself as a crippled woman with multiple sclerosis
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Wombles English 1301 7 April 2013 Nancy Mairs “Here is my troubled body‚ dreaming myself into life: a guttering candle in a mound of melted wax‚ or a bruised pear‚ ripe beyond palatability‚ ready for the compost heap” (Mairs). Nancy Mairs is a shining example of how mentally strong and passionate a person with an extreme physical disability can be. She refuses to indulge in the societies way of feeling sorry for those who are unfortunate‚ as in her case. Mairs is an independent individualist who refuses
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“Disability”‚ writer‚ public speaker‚ and self-acclaimed “radical feminist‚ pacifist‚ and cripple” Nancy Mairs examines how the general public responds to individuals with disabilities as well as how the media portrays these aforementioned individuals (Mairs 12). She begins her essay by describing herself as a crippled woman with multiple sclerosis‚ speaking about her condition‚ and stating that she has never noticed a cripple woman like herself in the media. When the media does portray someone with multiple
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“Disability” by Nancy Mairs Priscilla Farah May 11‚ 2012 Author of disability Nancy Mairs who’s a feminist and a cripple‚ has accomplished a lot in writing and teaching. Her remarkable personality shows in many of her essays especially in Disability which was first published in 1987 in the New York Times. In this essay‚ Nancy Mairs shows how disabled people are constantly excluded‚ especially from the media. By giving out facts and including her personal experiences‚ Mairs aims for making some
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Mairs has multiple sclerosis‚ as described in the passage. She describes herself as “crippled” even though there are other words to use in a case as such. In her essay‚ Nancy Mairs uses rhetorical devices such as tone‚ word choice‚ and rhetorical structure to present herself and her ailing condition. Mairs uses tone to convey how she feels about her multiple sclerosis. She states‚ “I want them to see me…whom the fates‚ viruses‚ and gods have not been kind‚ but who can face the brutal truth of her
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trying to make one lat trip before she gets crippled. Nancy thinks the show depicts her as unable to make her own choices. She wanted to go to Kenya but her doctor would not let her. Mairs sees the show only showing the fact that she’s disabled but “excludes the complexities that make her a whole.”(Bedford Reader 14) Mairs considers herself an American Consumer. She uses things that everyone uses in day-to-day life. She’s bothered by the fact that no advertisement ever includes disabled people. The
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the full use of your limbs. Nancy Mairs has this heartbreaking condition. But‚ Mairs does not refer to herself as handicapped or disabled. In this passage‚ Mairs presents herself as "crippled." One of the ways that Mairs presents herself is when she says "I want them to see me as a s tough customer‚ one to whole the fates/gods/viruses have not been kind‚ but one who can face the brutal truth of her existence squarely‚" in paragraph 1 lines 10 through 13. Mairs portrays herself as wanting people
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