Comparison Of Percy Jackson Hero And Louis Braille

Suddenly losing his eyesight at a young age and having to deal with living in a whole new world, Marcus Engel tells his story of how he coped with losing his eyesight. Marcus Engel described his hardships and struggles after he became blind in his book, After This…An Inspirational Journey for All the Wrong Reasons. The book begins with Engel mentioning his college life and how he was excited to be going back home for vacation. While he was with his friends he got into a bad car accident that left him blind. The rest of the book tells his emotional life changing story of how he learned to accept his blindness and to do daily tasks. In his stay at the hospital he made a goal to get back to college.

Do you think you could live being blind and deaf? Well, Helen Keller managed to live her very interesting life with those two problems. At the age of 2, she had a brain fever, and it caused her to go blind, deaf, and mute. She changed an impact on everyone who had disorders like her and let them know that they had a chance at the things that were difficult for them. Helen’s life as a child was confusing and even more difficult for her because she was just learning how to live with her disabilities.

How can we modernize a story to make it more relatable and understanding to a new generation of learners? The book, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief based on the original,“The Legend of Perseus,” is taken and molded into a new take on ancient greek mythology. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief draws on and adds to the original characters, uses similarities and creates differences to rejuvenate the old story.

Many people make an assumption they are not blind to life itself whether ignorance plays a part or pride. In Cathedral by Raymond Carver, it describes a few myths that society has portrayed and opinions of the visual impaired. The main focus is getting to know the person before drawing a conclusion. Its not fair to anyone to be neglected whether you are visual impaired or have the functionality of what is considered to be a normal human being.

Louis Braille become blind after accidentally stabbing himself in the eye with a tool. Both his eyes became infected and he couldn’t see at all as a young child in 1814. As a twelve year old he invented braille, a way for the blind to read using raised dots. Later he brought this way of reading to a school for the blind in Paris. The director of the school Dr. Pignier (a supporter of braille who also helped develop braille) was forced to retire. His assistant Pierre-Armand Dufau became the director. Three years later Louis Braille was forced to return to his home town of Coupvray when he came down will tuberculosis. When he returned he found that Dufau had banned all students from reading braille books, and Dufau had burned seventy-three books at the school. Dufau believed that braille gave visually impaired people too much freedom and if it continued there would be no use of seeing teachers at the institute. If not for a few teachers who kept braille books secretly and kept teaching braille to students braille could have disappeared

Blindness did affect his life, but he never let him get him down. He tried and tried and he became famous. He had some adversity in his life. Like I said he had lost his eyesight when he was a young kid and he went to a school to help him get back on his feet.

He was known by many as “Father of the Deaf”: he did so much for the deaf people. At the time, deaf people weren't treated that great. Many people thought “deaf are dumb”.

As an illustration it showcased an insight right of the beginning with: “And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movie, the blind moved slowly and never laughed”, this very quote showed me the author did not care this man was blind nor did he have an understanding of blind people. He made his own guess based on watching a movie and this feeling was true to him as this is what he believed. This quote also showed me that he

John Milton blindness might have stopped him from during many things but he surely didn’t stop doing what he loved. He continue writing and doing his day to day living for he might one day have to present his Maker an account of his live and his faith. “Milton’s faith in God seems to give him the courage to face his life despite his blindness. It is this faith that seems to give him courage and patience to cope and also gives him the hope that salvation lies for those who wait in patience (Darr). John Milton continue with his live even though he was blind but this didn’t stop him because he was doing what he loved and also because of his faith in God.

Louis Braille, a 12 year old boy made one of the biggest contribution to those who are blind. At age 3 Louis suddenly became blind after an accident occurred in his fathers workshop. Learning became

Another kid that made a big impact on society was Louis Braille. When Louis Braille was 3 years old, an awl fell on his eye, causing him to become

From Years 1900 AD till date, Braille is the English language standard for the blinds. Helen Keller’s cause for blind resulted in the foundation of the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), a non-profit organization recognized in 1921. As a major landmark towards disability, a group in New York City called the League for the Physically Handicapped

When comparing Perseus to other heroes, the first person who usually comes to mind is Percy Jackson. Percy Jackson’s story has some similar points as the story of Perseus, but most of them are changed to be a little more kid friendly. I will be talking about the kinds of monsters that were battled in each of the stories, the Hero Archetypes, and themes. I will start with one of the most important things in any hero story, the monsters.

“It would have been difficult to find a happier child than I was has I lay in my crib at the close of that eventful day and lived over the joys it had brought me, and for the first time longed for a knew day to come” Most would not be able to live there life without seeing. Well, Helen could not see, and could not hear. Yet, she still managed to be an author, a political activist, and was the very first deaf blind person achieve a bachelor degree of arts. Many would struggle with doing one of those things. Not to mention all 3. She also did without being able to see or hear. Further proving her courageous, and will to succeed. As well as changing the country in showing even with major setbacks, you will accomplish anything you want. Helen Keller was great proof of courage, and helping others with the same setbacks you have. Maybe deafness and blindness were blessings. They gave her to ability to show anyone, (even with setbacks) you can do anything if you really

Louis Braille was born on January 4, 1809 in Coupvray, France. In Louis’ earlier ages he looked up to his dad, which was a harness maker. One day, when Louis was five, he wanted to help his dad, so, he grabbed an awl on the table and accidentally stabbed his eye. Louis thought he was helpless, but then one day, he met this priest. The priest taught him many things, leading Louis to love to learn. He then put Louis in a school for blind where he found out what night writing was. Louis thought this was a clever way to read and write but was too complicated, so, the next few years he made night writing better, Braille. After, he became a teacher, killing him because of the damp air in the school.