After reading all three texts it becomes evident that there is a difference between seeing and knowing because in the memoir ¨Neglected Senses¨ Rosemary Mahoney is trying to experience what it is like to be blind. At the end of her experience she explains that ¨Those of us who have sight do not realize that our experience of life and the world is overpowered by our vision. In this sense, we too are handicapped¨ (para 126). She believes that even though she lost the sense of vision that she was able to see the world more clearly. This is evidence that Mahoney believes that there is a difference between seeing and knowing. It is evident that she believes this because the fact that she says that even though blind she could see the world better
…show more content…
While she was blind we saw that she loved to listen to books where the text states, ¨A long time she had listened to dozens of books¨ (line 4). This is interesting because near the end of the poem we see that she does not wish to read any books where the text reads, ¨Reading does not require eyes/So much was certain/When she suddenly regained sight/But did not find books¨ (lines 4-6). These two quotes from the poem show that after she was blind, she did not want to read books like she once had. Not only that but it shows that she know longer wanted knowledge and wanted to see what she had been missing all of the time she was blind. The final reason that there is a difference between seeing and knowing is seen in the poem ¨On His Blindness¨ by Jorge Luis Borges. An example of this is seen when the text explains, ¨I longed to see just once a human face. Unknown to me the closed encyclopedia, the sweet play in volumes I can do no more than hold, the tiny soaring birds, the moons of gold¨ (lines 9-12). This quote show that even though he is blind he can still understand and comprehend the knowledge that others
While she was blind we saw that she loved to listen to books where the text states, ¨A long time she had listened to dozens of books¨ (line 4). This is interesting because near the end of the poem we see that she does not wish to read any books where the text reads, ¨Reading does not require eyes/So much was certain/When she suddenly regained sight/But did not find books¨ (lines 4-6). These two quotes from the poem show that after she was blind, she did not want to read books like she once had. Not only that but it shows that she know longer wanted knowledge and wanted to see what she had been missing all of the time she was blind. The final reason that there is a difference between seeing and knowing is seen in the poem ¨On His Blindness¨ by Jorge Luis Borges. An example of this is seen when the text explains, ¨I longed to see just once a human face. Unknown to me the closed encyclopedia, the sweet play in volumes I can do no more than hold, the tiny soaring birds, the moons of gold¨ (lines 9-12). This quote show that even though he is blind he can still understand and comprehend the knowledge that others