The Blind

reliability. In the correlational design study in the newspaper article, causation cannot be inferred because of the key statistical principle “correlation does not equal causation.” In order to determine causation, a double-blind experiment must be conducted. The results of the double-blind experiment would be the true indicator of any cause-and-effect relationship between taking vitamins and crime…

words which pounce from the closing scenes of “The Blind Man by D.H. Lawrence. It does not sound like a happy ever after tale compared to Raymond Carver's short story "Cathedral" uses satisfying words such as "that's good" in the shape of a positive reinforcement. However, both stories leave the reader with questionable endings. Are the central complications usually resolved at the end of a story? The last scene of this tale shows Maurice the blind host asking Bertie: "do you mind if I…

changed into a tangible reality. The most common misconception of blind people is that their abilities and daily activities are limited because of their lack of eyesight. Kish quickly proves this misconception wrong by describing how personal thoughts and reflections that people ponder about blind people is extremely powerful and allows for future change of opinion. Kish also believes that since a person's expectations of a blind person is so low, they often feel small. If we change our…

Helen Keller was a blind and deaf woman who was born and lived in Tuscumbia Alabama. She was born in 1880 and died in 1968. Keller was considered one of the world’s leading humanitarians and was a famous author and activist. Her experiences from a small baby helped shape the person Helen Keller would later become. She was motivated by these experiences to make a difference for others. Her accomplishments are historically important because they have become a model for others with disabilities.…

picture a boy with physical and learning disabilities enjoying his game of golf. Then, I saw a picture of an adult man playing an instrument with his feet and a picture of a blind man and his dog walking across the graduation stage. Lastly, I saw a picture of a woman who…

head out to the blind” I said. We stepped out onto the crunchy white snow. Stepping on each icy step at a time. We walked over to the blind “It’s cold.” I said. My Dad opened the door to the blind. I walked in and turned on the little heater. It was starting to heat up in the room . That’s when the spiders started to come in the blind. I kept pulling my gun up fast practicing for when the deer comes, if the deer comes. We waited and waited. I looked around outside the blind, and I saw…

the blind man as he states, “His wife had died…I wasn’t enthusiastic about his visit. He was no one I knew.”(520) The narrator’s limited knowledge about a blind person also colored his perspective, “My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies, the blind move slowly and never laugh. Sometimes they were led…

for the United States Olympic Team in 2000. She also happens to have Stargardt’s disease, which makes her legally blind. Marla once said, “If I break a national record, maybe they will stop writing about my eyes” (LaFontaine 228). There are 285 million people that are visually impaired in the world (WHO). Of those people, 248 million have low vision and thirty-nine million are blind (WHO). The causes of blindness fall into two categories: natural causes and environmental causes. Some natural…

Marla Runyan: The Blind Olympian Marla Runyan is a very talented runner who made it to the olympics, and she is blind. Marla is also an ambassador for the Perkins School for the Blind, the first school specifically dedicated for the blind in the United States. (Horsfield) She has also used her achievements to give back to the community by being a teacher, mentor, motivator, and educator to other people with physical disabilities (Horsfield). Marla…

become a blind. Lastly and most importantly, Teiresias the old blind prophet. It appears to me that blindness was used metaphorically in this play. According to Ian Johnston, Teiresias replied to Oedipus “Those eyes of yours, which now can see so clearly, will be dark.” This implies that the blind person can see the truth behind the incident more clearly compared to other people, which signify that blindness was metaphorically used in this play. Furthermore, when Oedipus became a blind, he…