Maris rough draft Multiple Sclerosis is disease in which the immune system eats away at the protective covering of nerves. In “On Being A Cripple” by Nancy Mairs‚ she addresses her complicated relationship with MS. The personal and social view of her relationship. The relationship Mairs has with MS she would not give up her life with this disease for anything or anyone in exchange for "sound limbs." Living with MS and still trying to be a mother and with a close relationship is hard. According
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Kaitie Tunilla 12/16/12 Mairs essay Early in the essay‚ Mairs wrote about how depression‚ “which may or may not be physiologically related to MS but are certainly its logical concomitant‚” affects her almost daily. This depression results from the sadness that she will never run again‚ the fear that people only put up with her because‚ “of the way that she is‚” and the anxiety that her condition will only get worse as time goes on. Even though she lives every day with this knowledge‚ she continues
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“I am a cripple.” In this essay‚ Nancy Mairs‚ who has multiple sclerosis‚ refers to herself as a “cripple.” Throughout this essay‚ Mairs is very straightforward and has a unique use of word choice and rhetorical structure. Mairs is highly straightforward in this essay. “Whatever you call me‚ I remain crippled.” She states this because however people choose to label her‚ she still can not do as much physical activities most people can do. But‚ she refuses to be called “differently abled.” It “strikes”
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written essay‚ Nancy Mairs‚ a feminist writer who has multiple sclerosis‚ defines the terms in which she will interact with the world. She names herself a cripple so that she would not be named by others. She chose a word that represents her reality‚ and if it makes people "wince‚" "Perhaps I want them to wince. I want them to see me as a tough customer‚ one to whom the fates‚ gods‚ viruses have not been kind‚ but who can face the brutal truth of her existence squarely. As a cripple‚ I swagger". She
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Nancy Mairs Assignment PART A: Nancy Mairs’ believes there should not be a single reason that stands out a disabled person from a non disable one. PART B: Nancy Mairs’‚ a 43 year old woman afflicted with Multiple Sclerosis. She moves to places with either a brace‚ cane or wheelchair. Nancy’s appliances usually odds her out in a crowd‚ besides the bizarre way she walks in. She’s never seen anyone similar to her on the television except for a disabled woman that was on a show last summer
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In the essay‚ Disability by Nancy Mairs‚ a feminist writer who has multiple sclerosis‚ defines the terms in which she will interact with the world. She will name herself--a cripple--and not be named by others. She will choose a word that represents her reality. Nancy Mairs‚ talks about her disease "multiple sclerosis"‚ she is well aware of her disadvantage‚ although she did not choose the disease the disease chose her. Mairs still has a positive attitude about life‚ despite all her limitations
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Nancy Mairs had a normal‚ healthy life like any other person. Although‚ as time went by‚ she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis‚ which eats away the protective covering of nerves which interrupts the nerves’ signals that passes through the central nervous system. Mairs piece had a purpose to inform her audience about her personal life and her thoughts about being “crippled”. Mairs also includes the superficial beauty standards society has set. Mairs relates it to her and her audience’s feelings
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On being a cripple: the lesson of losses and gains. In spite of the rapid medicine progress in the last centuries many different incurable diseases still threaten human society. Some of them are deadly; the others develop slowly but restrain the life of a human in various ways. Often sick people just have to put up with the hope to be cured and to accept their situation. However‚ they do have choices to resign themselves to the disease completely or to look for the ways to cope with it and continue
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Faculty of Health Sciences English Communication Skills (Eng203) Critical analysis of “Disability” by Nancy Mairs Priscilla Farah May 11‚ 2012 Author of disability Nancy Mairs who’s a feminist and a cripple‚ has accomplished a lot in writing and teaching. Her remarkable personality shows in many of her essays especially in Disability which was first published in 1987 in the New York Times. In this essay‚ Nancy Mairs shows how disabled people are constantly excluded‚ especially from the media
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“Disability”‚ writer‚ public speaker‚ and self-acclaimed “radical feminist‚ pacifist‚ and cripple” Nancy Mairs examines how the general public responds to individuals with disabilities as well as how the media portrays these aforementioned individuals (Mairs 12). She begins her essay by describing herself as a crippled woman with multiple sclerosis‚ speaking about her condition‚ and stating that she has never noticed a cripple woman like herself in the media. When the media does portray someone with multiple
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