Analysis Of Mark Drolsbaugh's Deaf Again

Mark Drolsbaugh’s autobiography, Deaf Again goes through his life journey as a deaf individual who tries to find his Deaf identity in the hearing world. Mark was born as a hearing person, but as he got older he gradually started to lose his hearing which made it difficult for him to fit in as “normal child.” Some of the challenges that Mark faced in his life were conformity, isolation, communication barrier and the delay of having an ASL education. Mark felt like an outsider for the first time when he began to lose his hearing in kindergarten. Kindergarten is a time to build friendships and learn with others, but for Mark he realized he was different and felt alone. After his hearing grandparents were informed, they took him to numerous doctors, …show more content…
After his breakup with his girlfriend Karen, he believed that he’s not meant to have meaningful relationships (pg. 78). Also, his low self-esteem made him think that he has nothing to offer and he can’t be more than a supermarket clerk. My interpretation of this comment is that he had hit his breaking point and now for him nothing is possible. I felt that he let all the negativity get to him, but he just needed to clear his mind, pat himself on the back and continue on to accomplish his …show more content…
Deaf Culture to me is where Deafness is part of someone’s identity, he/she is happy being Deaf and don’t want to be “fixed” and ASL is his/her primary language to communicate. Also, I learned that in the Deaf community, there aren’t just individuals who are Deaf, there also people who are hearing and support the Deaf community. People who are part of the Deaf community want to improve the resources that are provided to Deaf individuals and educate more people about the Deaf culture, Deaf community, and that Deaf individuals aren’t so different from everybody