Blindness

yields. These increased crop yields may be implicated to combat the world hunger problem and the issue of malnutrition. For example, many children in Southeast Asia suffer from Vitamin A deficiency. The lack of vitamin A from one's diet may lead to blindness or death. In order to combat this growing problem, scientists introduced “Golden Rice”- a new strand of Genetically modified rice that provides vital doses of Vitamin A. Such implication “could…

The Man Who Had No Eyes The Man Who Had No Eyes is a story about a blind beggar named Markwardt and his encounter with Mr. Parsons, a well-to-do insurance salesman. begins to tell the story of how he was trampled by a coworker as they both tried to escape the tragic chemical explosion that stole his vision when Mr. Parsons stops him. It is revealed that Markwardt has been lying for fourteen years, he wasn’t trampled. He was the one who pushed Mr. Parsons down to escape faster. Markwardt gets…

Stout’s description of fugue definitely confirms the extent to which our memories can define us. Not being able to remember things that happened in the past can be extremely harmful to forming one’s identity. Nevertheless, Sacks’ argument about blindness being able to improve people’s senses also confirms that the extent to which our identities are formed can be determined by sensory loss and the brain’s plasticity. These opposing perspectives show just how much our memories and our senses…

The The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)concluded that willful blindness arises as the accused who has become aware of the need for some inquiry declines to make the inquiry because he does not wish to know the truth. The SCC indicated that the defence of ‘mistake of fact’ would be supportable in this case, were it not…

Oedipus Rex’s faults are what ultimately led to his downfall. His blindness to the fact that he had killed his father and slept with his mother added to his hubris nature. Oedipus believed he could escape the fate the gods had set for him which made him arrogant. Oedipus was unable to see what was right in front of him, which was that he had killed his father and slept with his mother, and that makes him arrogant because he thinks he has…

Colorblind racism, also known as race blindness, is a sociological term for the disregard of racial characteristics when selecting individuals which will participate in activities, receive some service, be hired for a job, etc. Many of us are taught from an early age that discussing race – even acknowledging race – is a big no-no. Colorblind ideology is fraught with problems and pitfalls. Some very crucial reasons as to why colorblind racism is faulty are: It invalidates people’s identities,…

We, as teachers, often embrace the colorblind perspective because as people, we tend to notice race when we perceiving other (2012). But, just because we notice the race of our students, does not mean that we treat them differently, or allow other students to treat them differently. In my opinion, I hold a multicultural perspective which allows me to easily merge the two perspectives to create a positive learning environment for my students, "…a hybrid form of multiculturalism that aims to…

Diabetic retinopathy is essentially a complication of diabetes that affects the eyes. It is also the leading cause of blindness for adults in America. “An estimated 4.1 million and 899,000 Americans are affected by retinopathy and vision-threatening retinopathy, respectively” (Centers for Disease, 2013). Almost 45% percent of Americans have some form of diabetic retinopathy in one of the fours phases and only about half of them are aware and know that they have diabetic retinopathy. Once you…

Glaucoma is a disease that causes blindness in the eye and it also damages the optic nerve, which is what helps the eye keep its good vision. The optic nerve comes from the sensory fibers and it is what conducts impulses from the retina to the brain. Elderly people are more likely to develop glaucoma when they’re around the age 60 but glaucoma can also develop on young adults, or an infant could just be born with it. 1 out of 10,000 babies are born with glaucoma, which may not seem like a many,…

Interpretive Response #1 To Look or To See Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” centers upon a narrator who is psychologically blind to the world around him. Although the narrator is not physically blind and he is capable of looking at the world from his own naïve perspective, he’s incapable of actually seeing anything beyond the surface. He is detached from the world around him, isolating himself in a sheltered world that he has created for himself. His ignorance of the unknown seems to scare him,…