Blindness

Robert, the blind man said, “But maybe you could describe one to me? I wish you’d do it. I’d like that. If you want to know, I really don’t have a good idea”(11). This is one part in the “Cathedral” where the narrator gets caught for something he did not know. For example, through out the story the narrator would act as he knew everything there is to know in the world. Robert and the narrator finally get to open up throughout the story after a few drinks and smokes. Finally, Robert and the…

Glaucoma is a physical aspect of increased pressure on the optic nerve, which transfers to the brain, identifies it. The pressure could cause the damage for a foundation of vision loss. There is no exact know cause of the increased pressure other than genetics, rather than a combination of factors that could lead to early onset or risk for aggressive progression of the disease (Cascella, Strafella, Germani, Novelli, Ricci, Zampatti and Giardina, 2015). There are theories of risk factors that can…

“According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention at least 17.1 million people report dual sensory impairment (paragraph 1, page 243).” What is dual sensory impairment, well it 's the impairment if both vision and hearing. It is most prevalent in adults older than 70 years. So most of the experimental research conducted, the participants where of age 70 years or older with vision impairment, vision loss or dual sensory impairment. There are several known causes for vision impairment…

Anne Sullivan’s Influence On America Johanna Mansfield Sullivan Macy, better known as Anne Sullivan, was born in Feeding Hills, MA on April 14th, 1860 to Irish immigrants Alice and Thomas Sullivan. Her family was very impoverished and did not have the means to give Anne a normal life. Her early childhood was rough. She suffered from a rare illness that almost blinded her eyes. Her mother died and left Anne and her two siblings to an abusive father. Luckily, Anne’s father abandoned them and…

Raymond Carver 's short story, "Cathedral", the narrator goes through a major personal transformation. At the beginning of the story, the narrator who lacks insight and awareness things around him. The struggles and failures he faces limit his social life which leads him to isolated from society. His wife 's blind friend Robert, pulls him out of his comfort zone which allows his attitude and outlook on life start to changes. The narrator in Raymond Carver 's "Cathedral" develops from being a…

to be blind, but he caused Paul to think that he was "such a stupid idiot fool that[he] stared at a solar eclipse for an hour and blinded [himself]"(264) He made Paul blind and forced him to live like that for the rest of his life and it is that blindness that causes so many of Paul's problems. Paul even says "What if Erik was the body at the undertaker's now? How would I feel about that? I would feel relieved. I would feel safer"(55). Had Erik been a normal brother Paul would have never felt…

glaucoma is a chemical group of eye disease that can wind to sightlessness by damaging the optic nerve. Here is some story behind glaucoma. Glaucoma has been known in medicine since antiquity. According to nbci Hippocrates described “glaykoseis” as blindness which occur in the elderly . the first person to discover glaucoma and the connection between increased tension of the eyeball was the english eye doctor ophthalmologist. Glaucoma can get worse overtime Most people get glaucoma because…

Helen Keller: A Determined Woman Imagine being a normal young girl, who loved to dress up and play outside. Now visualize having everything you have ever known, taken away from you in an instant. What would you be like if you were trapped inside your own body? What would you do if you could not see or hear, or even communicate with the world around you? Many people would be easier to give up and never try again, but Helen Keller defied the odds. She achieved so many things throughout her life…

Having the mentality of an optimistic individual can lead to a productive lifestyle because something valuable can rise from hopeless circumstances. Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and the author of “The Mind’s Eye”, takes an unfortunate situation, like blindness, and shows how people from all over the world embrace being blind through the use of memoirs. From “When I Woke up Tuesday Morning, It Was Friday”, by clinical psychologist Martha Stout, the author shares illustrations from her clinical…

someone can construct it. In the chapter “Son”, Andrew Solomon talks about understanding his sexuality, which allowed him to accept and even feel pride in his identity. While, Oliver Sacks combines the experiences of blind people and expresses how blindness affects people to adjust to their new states of being in his article, “The Mind’s Eye”. Both authors show how humans are capable of redefining their identities, but to what extent?…