Nancy Mairs presents herself as a bold, confident, independent, and straight-forward woman who wants to be defined as who she is, "a cripple". She bluntly states to her audience her cripple status and her views on the use of euphemism or "sugar-coated" words. Mairs is a brutally-honest person doesn't care about the opinions of others but her own. This is evidenced within her use of tone, diction, and syntax to show that euphemism isn't always wanted or used.
Mairs uses tone to show her audience that she isn't one to be easily swayed by the opinions of others and that she doesn't take offense to being called a cripple. Nancy shows confidence and her blunt personality when stating, "I am a cripple." This shows that she isn't afraid admit who
Mairs uses tone to show her audience that she isn't one to be easily swayed by the opinions of others and that she doesn't take offense to being called a cripple. Nancy shows confidence and her blunt personality when stating, "I am a cripple." This shows that she isn't afraid admit who