The Transformation Of The Unperfects In Hollow By Mia Mingus

There was a time in the past when babies born with imperfections or differences were institutionalized because doctors indicated that there was no hope for the child. The babies were sent away without the option to try to thrive in the world. The parents who sent their children away neglected to give them a chance. The institutions, on the other hand, would care for the children and help them strengthen their deficiencies. In “Hollow,” Mia Mingus creates a place just like this where those with abilities different from people in authoritative positions are seen as disabled and not worthy of their time to try to help them. The “others” have to work with each other to use their differences as advantages. The transformation for the Unperfects …show more content…
Being the authority, the Perfects deem others with abilities different from theirs, “Unperfects”. The Perfects have attempted a genocide against the Unperfects in attempt to rid all people with disabilities. They are not like the Perfects, therefore, they do not fit into the community and should be banished. The Perfects idea of “disabilities” comes from what they can’t do. These abilities, whether they are mental, physical, or good or bad, give the Unperfects their name and forever separate them from the community, until they form their own. When the Perfects imagined the Unperfects in Hollow, they knew they would suffer and eventually die, not being their problem anymore. Instead, the Unperfects do just the opposite. They build a society entirely fitting their needs, centered around their strengths, not weaknesses. Here in their new home of Hollow, they become the majority, as their abilities are similar to one another because they find ways to work with what they have. They become the authority, influencing what abilities are, but without limits being placed on them. Each ability one can or can’t do does not define them, but unites them as a community with no one ruling influence over them. Their views of ability become the influence. While the Unperfects make their views of ability the priority, they also learn to thrive in a world fit for