Our Father Abe Book Report

After completing the story “Our Father Abe” by Harvey L. Barash, M.D. and Eva Barash Dicker, M.S. I discovered that one man, Abe Barash a Deaf shoe repairmen, can make an astonishing difference in the world. During Abe’s selfless life he advised a countless amount of people. He helped any and every one that come to him. A man that had emotional difficulties, a long-time friend of Abe whom developed Parkinson’s disease, Mrs. Hook a blind and Deaf woman, along with a Deaf amputee in his community. These are only a small representation of the people that Abe was able to impact in his life. It’s marvelous how one Deaf shoe repairmen can make a huge impact on so many lives. The first of many lives that Abe influenced was that of a Deaf man who had emotional difficulties. This man traveled by Greyhound bus roughly a hundred miles to seek Abe’s help with his inability to look people in the eye. Abe helped this man by “a combination of pleading, insisting, and physically
Soon after this man got severe Parkinson’s the book states that “…many of his former friends avoided him. This man knew, however, that he would be welcome at Abe’s shop where he would sit for hours and watch, now that was difficult for him to sign.” (Barash and Dicker 136). Abe seemed to never turn people away which amazes me especially due to how society sees people. If you don’t fit in a category most people judge you and walk away without giving you a chance. Abe could never do that to someone. No matter who you were or what you needed form Abe he was always there to help. Abe was a rare kind of man that you could always depend on being there for you. In the time that Abe lived there was even less acceptance than there is now for people that aren’t “normal” in the eyes of society. Abe didn’t seem to care what you were, “normal” or not he accepted you for you. Abe was an amazing