Analysis Of Crippled By Nancy Mairs

In the Essay developed by Nancy Mairs, Mairs analyzes her perception on what the word “crippled” means to her and what she feels serves its purpose. She defines the word in her own words stating that it is straightforward, precise, and holds history. She also gives her take on what the other words such as “handicapped” and “disabled mean to her stating that they are words that demean those who are not capable of doing things a certain way. She differentiates the levels of demeanor that the terms hold and how they serve different purposes.
Mairs goes on defining what these words mean to her and as she defines “crippled” she embraces it showing that it is a word that expresses her self pride and self conscious. On the other hand she trivializes the what are sought out to be synonyms “handicapped” and “disabled as words that are meant to make those who are less fortunate and do have a disability less than and of a different class than others in society who are considered “normal”. Mairs comes at the terms with completely different tones, one being a tone that is elated and showing enthusiasm and the other being a tone in which she has to hold back her angered and upset emotions. It is not the word necessarily but the fact that …show more content…
Much like back then in those times we have signs all around us like the “handicapped” or “disabled” signs that group certain individuals apart from what is considered ordinary. This is where the classification comes into play. Classification can come in many ways. It can be shown in a positive or negative way. The way people are awarded for their courageous or outstanding behaviors are examples of positive classification. On the other hand you have segregation and racism which is classification whose purpose is to tarnish the rights and self esteem of certain individuals in