Hands of My Father, by Uhlberg, and Deafening, by Itani, are written from two different perspectives on deaf people. In Deafening, we are in the perspective of the deaf person; however, in Hands of My Father, we are shown the perspective of a little boy who is placed in a role as an interpreter for his two deaf parents. Both novels show perspectives on the history of deaf people, the deaf education that had taken place at the time, and the family’s interactions with the D/deaf people.
Hands of My Father is a non-fiction novel of a hearing boy who has two deaf parents. Both novels take place in the early 1900s. Myron, the son of these deaf parents, explains how his father had gone deaf because of spinal meningitis at an early age. Deafening,
Hands of My Father is a non-fiction novel of a hearing boy who has two deaf parents. Both novels take place in the early 1900s. Myron, the son of these deaf parents, explains how his father had gone deaf because of spinal meningitis at an early age. Deafening,