Alandras Lilacs Book Report

Starting her Freshman year of High School, Melinda found herself in a very dark, low, depressing, time in her life. She had lost all the ambitions she had for her High School career. She had lost her voice and passion for everything. Until Andy Evans made her find her voice after he sexually assaulted her. After all that Andy had put Melinda through made her find herself and her voice to come back from a traumatizing experience.

In Mark Drolsbaugh’s educational and witty autobiography “Deaf Again”, he describes his journey as a child born to deaf parents, losing his own hearing in his childhood, and navigating both hearing and deaf worlds while trying to discover his identity.

The movie was very good at outlining what deaf culture was like during the nineteen 30s and 40s, but it did also have some shortcomings. For instance the movie showed Margaret’s parents as completely helpless with out her, but in all actuality they easily could write requests and communicate through writing. On the other

The movie "Love is Never Silent " consisted of a hearing child left alone with deaf parents when her younger hearing brother dies. This movie shows how she was her parents sole link to the hearing world. It also showed how her parents were looked at by the hearing world and how they looked at the hearing world. They had a certain distrust for the hearing. The daughter was ashamed to have deaf parents and to sign in front of hearing people because she didn't want to be different. Her

This entire movie offered a new perspective towards Deaf culture that we have not explored in detail in class. A lot of the Deaf culture we have learned about had to do with learning as a Deaf student or the history behind Deaf schooling. This movie showed me what it was like to be affected by Deafness without being Deaf yourself. Margaret had so many extra struggles in her life that may not have been an issue if her parents were hearing. For example, Margaret wanted to go buy a dress to wear for graduation just like all of her friends were doing. When Margaret told her mother that her friend’s father could give her a discount on a store bought dress her mother did not even consider it and told her no. Her mother insisted that they would not be beggers and that she would make her a dress. Since Margaret’s mother was unable to communicate without help from other people I think that she did not believe in accepting help from other people no matter what the help was for. Even though Margaret’s friend was being nice by offering her a discount the mother felt it was a handout because they felt bad for her. This showed how Margaret’s mother was very proud and taking care of herself and

Heather’s life as a mostly deaf person is very interesting. She didn’t learn sign language until her senior year in high school. This means that she can read lips, which is common in the Deaf and hard of hearing community. In elementary school, Heather struggled to keep up with her peers. She could not understand her teacher most of the time, so she fell a grade or two under the rest of her classmates. After this, she went to her mother and

Chapter 2 delves into the lives of families with deaf children. It also goes into the genealogy of the Deaf community. It is a common factor that Deaf parents would prefer having a Deaf child, simply because having a hearing child would be more complicated for them. This does not mean that they would love their hearing children any less, The birth of a Deaf baby secures that the legacy of more Deaf children is possible. They are more than happy to celebrate when this kind of news is brought their way.

The novel Deaf Like Me is an extremely compelling and inspirational story. The story revolves around a little girl named Lynn Spradley who was diagnosed with deafness at a very young age. The story is a timeline which takes the reader through the countless struggles that Lynn’s parents, Tom and Louise, encountered when learning to live with the deafness that Lynn was born with.

In chapter 1, two Deaf sisters Helen and Vicki were interviwed by Carol. Their interview stood out to be the most in the chapter because it showed children spend their time learning what things are supposed to mean. As Carol interviewed the two Deaf sisters and they both argued about Michael being deaf or hearing it made me question why they both had a different answer if their both deaf. Also when Vicki mentioned Michael being Deaf and hearing I noticed you can;t be Deaf and hearing. I also noticed that children are often wrong for the most intertesting reasons and right for reasons we never expect. This was interesting because when Vicki reaches her older sister age she will be better undertanding and

Deaf Again by Mark Drolsbaugh is about his life. Mark was born of deaf parents and he was hearing toddler until his first grade. At the time, he knew he was going to be deaf, everything was changed. Because of his hearing relatives, especially his hearing grandparents, he thought “good boy, be hearing” or “Deafness is bad. I am deaf. I need to be fixed.” He was not allowed to use American Sign Language; therefore, he was struggling in hearing world form school to work for more than twenty years. Once again, his life was changed completely when Linda Baine, who worked at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, asked him to work as a dorm supervisor. After that, he could explore more about Deaf Culture, he could learn more about American Sign Language and he could live with his persona.

Lynn’s deafness was found through a series of many events. These events consisted of seeing many doctors to see if she could hear or not. Lynn was taken to a doctor to make sure that her ears where fully developed, this doctor said that she was fine. Lynn was also taken to a speech therapist that told them that she could learn and that all she needed was to be talked too. Just talking to her would do it all and that one day she would be able to talk to them. This information gave them some hope that she would be able to communicate someday. They also tried the John Tracy course to help her better learn to lip read to be able to talk to them. This had over a thousand classes to it and things for the family to do. Which they tried intensely with Lynn and did the games and things that came with it with her on a daily basis. (79).

In the autobiography Deaf Again, Mark Drolsbaugh writes about his life being born hearing, growing up hard of hearing, to eventually becoming deaf. By writing this book, he helps many people view from his perspective on what it is like for someone to struggle trying to fit in the hearing society. Through his early years, his eyes were closed to the deaf world, being only taught how to live in a hearing world. Not only does the book cover his personal involvement, but it covers some important moments in deaf history. It really is eye-opening because instead of just learning about deaf culture and deaf history, someone who lived through it is actually explaining their experiences.

It was unsuccessful because it was not really proving whether or not their daughter can hear. Concerned, they took Lynn to the doctor. The doctor explains to them that, although they were anxious that they couldn't test Lynn until she was at least 2 years old. Not happy with the doctor failing to diagnosis, Louise pressed on and got a second opinion. The at the new doctor is where Louise found out that she was definitely deaf. Louise disheartened by the news did what she thought was to be medically best for her daughter, and had hearing aids made for Lynn. Yet still teaching Lynn to lip read so that she can be oral. Through the years with lots of practice Lynn became very skilled in lip reading. Lynn did become a very good lip reading after a while.

Throughout the book, Mooney not only focused on mental disabilities but physical ones because as they are labeled together, they are very different Mooney then meets a deaf and blind child named, Ashley who is the first person Mooney admits is abnormal. It was due to, two out of five senses not working properly that even Mooney labeled Ashley as broken. During this Mooney discovered the extent of disabilities but also the extent of limitations placed on people with physical limitations. He recounts philosopher, Aristotle's views on the able body and the limitations of those who are not given able bodies. Mooney describes that when physical disabilities such as Ashleys, the level of intelligence possible for these people are viewed almost nonexistent. How can one learn if they cannot see or hear? It is Ashleys determination, it is the fact that her disability make it difficult for her to learn but do not stop her from learning that opens a new light is resilience in Mooney. It is one of the instances in which Mooney, himself learns a valuable lesson.

This is a wonderful monograph by Melissa Archer with a comprehensive study of the theme of “worship in the Apocalypse”. It illustrates various aspects of worship and the role of worship in the Apocalypse. The language of the book and different approaches to the theme are appreciated, because those are simple and clear to understand the theme.