Davis discusses how the idea of normalcy is constructed, which leads to the marginalization of people who are considered deviations of the norm, specifically people with disabilities. The concept of eugenics influenced the creation of the norm and is it is a theory that various historical figures supported. People with disabilities were seen as undesirable feeding into this idea that they should be mistreated since they are considered deviant. I found it interesting when Davis discusses the role of people with disabilities in literature. Novels usually possess a normative belief and rarely have people with disabilities as the main character. Davis ends with the idea of reversing the hegemony of the normal by introducing others ways to think
