Cripple

The story “On Being a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs demonstrates how Mairs did not give up and tried her best to live a normal life even though she had a serious disease called Multiple Sclerosis. In the story, she often describes herself as “Crippled”. Mairs can perform many activities like writing, teaching, speaking publicly about MS and depression. Throughout the article she discusses how she had developed the MS and how this disease affected her. She explains how she accepted all the losses she…

leaving people to battle for their lives every day. Many people feel helpless and lose hope at a certain stage in their disease, whereas others, fight back and continue to live their life to its fullest potential. In the personal essays “On Being a Cripple” written by Nancy Mairs and “Living Under Circe’s Spell” written by Matthew Soyster, both authors have Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a severe disease in which they approach differently.Through a very negative tone, Soyster addresses those who do…

Without actually living in another person’s life, someone cannot really tell what the other person is going through or how they are feeling, and this can occur when it comes to disabled people. In “On Being a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs and “Living Under Circe’s Spell” by Matthew Soyster, the reader is lead into the state of mind of people living with disabilities. The essay written by Mairs analyzes how being disabled does not define someone's character, and Soyster expresses the struggles of being…

Shadoe Lass 9­7­16 On Being a Cripple Analysis On Being a Cripple Analysis In “On Being a Cripple,” Author Nancy Mairs discusses the diction choices of referring to those with disabilities. Through juxtaposition, Mairs discusses the truth of diction towards the impaired, and demonstrates acceptance to her nature. Mairs tackles the tough truth: that many take for granted the ability to perform simple daily tasks other struggle with. In the paragraph (and the entire essay), Mairs utilizes the…

a woman who loses her breast still believes that she is a warrior. Likewise, a famous feminist, Nancy Mairs, author of “On Being a Cripple” is a woman who calls herself “a cripple” by making fun of herself instead of having others do it for her. The way people see themselves is how the world beholds them. Thus, Lorde and Mairs call themselves a warrior and a cripple, which changes their perspectives on their illnesses and redefine themselves to prevent others from defining them. Lorde, a woman…

Life can change at any moment for which we have little control over. In the essay “On Being a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs, she expresses her thoughts on having Multiple Sclerosis and how it significantly changed her life. She provides the reader with various sad and personal stories which would make one’s life miserable. However, when addressing her condition and its effect on her life, she keeps a calm and positive tone. One cannot control what happens in life, but it is possible to control one’s…

this passage, Nancy Mairs presents herself as a cripple. She proudly does so throughout the whole passage explaining how “handicapped” or “disabled” are not words that fits her. She expresses opinions through her tone in the passage, making her sound straightforward. She also recognizes that this world is not ready to accept such term or idea. She is proudly expressing herself throughout this whole passage. Mairs first words read “I am a cripple.” This shows her integrity and honesty; her word…

A majority of authors use a lot of the lessons and values they got from their life experiences to write a compelling essay. In both Nancy Mairs’s “On Being a Cripple” and David Sedaris’s “A Plague of Tics,” the authors had written essays that related to their disabilities and ways they coped with it. These two essay might be similar in more ways than one, but the overall message that they give to readers are completely different. Mairs uses her experience and disability to convey a specific…

Summary of Education Cripples Our Kids In How Public Education Cripples Our Kids, and Why retired teacher, John Taylor Gatto describes it’s the boredom that effects are students and concludes there are many reasons why we are all to blame for this cause. Boredom is the common condition of schoolteachers, and often blame the kids for being rude and not interested in anything but their grades that makes them feel trapped in a structure so rigid by school personnel its not imposed with the…

Ever since its creation, the United States’ public education system has been flawed and its goals have been skewed. In the article titled How Public Education Cripples Our Kids, and Why written by John Tyler Gatto, a former NYC and NY Teacher of the Year; discusses this. Gatto references a book written in 1918 by Alexander Inglis, Principles of Secondary Education, that describes six key functions, that have been a constant basis for public education ever since its publication coinciding with…