Film Analysis: Things Fall Apart

Analytical Thesis: Get Out is a psychological thriller that analyzes the racial issues in modern America through the use of visual rhetoric: such as film noir, symbolism and metaphors.

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The documentary Sound and Fury by Roger Weisberg takes its views inside the rarely seen world of deaf culture for the family struggle over controversial medical technology known as the cochlear

In today’s society there is an ongoing debate of weather children who are deaf should receive cochlear implants. A cochlear implant is a device that takes sound wave and changes the waves into electrical activity for the brain to interpret. Wire called electrodes are surgically implanted into the cochlear nerve which receives a signal from the microphone attached to the transmitter and speech processor. The microphone captures the sound from the environment and the speech processor filters the noise versus speech. Then the transmitter sends an electrical signal through the electrodes to stimulate the cochlear nerve. Every person has a different thought depending on their experiences in their life whether deaf children should receive cochlear

The advent of new technologies such as the cochlear implant will not ultimately eradicate Deaf culture. The Deaf community is too close-knit to become torn apart. Not everyone has access to these new technologies because they are not eligible for them or the price is not right for their low budgets. Similarly, not everyone will be successful with the cochlear implant and most will return to Deaf culture for the rest of their lives. However, for those who are successful, they can still be a part of Deaf culture if they are bilingual and have adequate access to the Deaf community and its members. Knowledge is power and ASL education is spreading throughout high schools and universities all over the United States. These are several factors that

Crouch, on the opposing end, would disagree with Tucker’s justifications as to why cochlear implants should be provided at an early age. In this case, he would side with the friends of Sean and Mary with saying that these implants would completely eliminate the child from the Deaf community. He believes that one should take pride in being a part of this unique community as opposed to viewing it as a disability or impairment. Crouch’s reasoning behind this is that by a parent deciding to adapt their child to a world where they think their child would be “better-off” is not acceptable. But doing so, the child is less likely to succeed, contrary to what Tucker believes. Crouch would propose that parents should not force cochlear implants upon

Furthermore, a mandatory cochlear implant would place restrictions on the Deaf child’s free will. For starters, a forced cochlear implant would be seen disrespectful to the family’s ability to make their own decisions. As such, one of the major factors of the cochlear implant is the decision-making process that accompanies it; this concept is necessary in order for a family to conclude on whether or not they wish their child to have a cochlear implant. Studies show that many aspects of the decision-making process are influenced by outside sources such as extensive research from professionals and media portrayals of cochlear implants; they influence the parents, who are directly involved in the decision-making process, to be keenly aware of

The Frontline film Separate and Unequal discussed about creating a new school system; however, there are opposition by others who wants to maintain the current school system. If we look at the perspectives of the two groups, it is understandable in why there is support and opposition from the people of the city. The supporters of the new system wants a system that can provide better opportunities for their children without any violence. As the film claimed “the school was not teaching and were only babysitting the children”, which was likely a reason why there was a need for a new school system. With the chaotic and uncontrollable situation in the current system, many supporters have push forward the idea of a new system in a new city. From

In the matter surrounding cochlear implants, Tucker would strongly agree that deaf children and other deaf individuals can truly benefit from this implant. She feels as though these implants can only better one’s quality of life, especially for children. She also believes that only positive opportunities and success and come from cochlear implants so the earlier a child is introduced to the hearing world, the more success the child will experience throughout life. To resolve this dilemma that Sean and Mary are having consider their child, Tucker would propose that parents should ultimately choice what is right for their child and their child’s future and not what is right for others/communities. One reason why Tucker feels cochlear implants

At the beginning of the movie, the little girl, Heather, decided to ask her deaf parents if she could get a cochlear implant. Her parents were hesitant at first but they decided to look in to how it could improve her life. At first, Heather’s dad, Peter, was totally against Heather getting the cochlear implant because he felt that it was against the deaf culture but after his wife, Nita, thought that maybe she would also like a cochlear he opened up to the idea of looking into them. Nita only wanted a cochlear implant to see what it was like and she wanted it so she could help Heather with it as much as possible. Nita eventually decided that she no longer wanted the implant.

In the article should the Deaf Be Considered an Ethnic Group? By Susan Seligson the author examines the attitudes towards the deaf community and their classification in society. The author claims that the deaf community has major hurdles to over come to become a ethnic group including the medical industries affection toward technology like cochlear implants which are usually implanted into infants who may have hearing difficulties with doctors medical advice. Seligson maintains the belief in which these implants are actually harmful to children because they can only marginally hear which effects the socialization of the child because the child has to try to hear with these implants opposed to learning ASL and being a part of a community. The

In his 2017 horror film Get Out, Jordan Peele not only makes his director debut, but delivers a particularly insightful view into the state of racial affairs in modern America.The stories narrative follows an African American man named Chris, who goes to visit his white girlfriend's parents at their rural home only to uncover a horrifying plot in which the girlfriend and her parents are in fact racist and have been abducting black people and using their bodies in medical experiments involving the transfer of consciousness. On a surface level, the plot of the film has the ability to come across as quite simplistic in scope, an obvious labeling of privileged American whites as racist; however, a deeper analysis reveals careful consideration to

CI’s were manufactured in order to create ease of function in day to day lives of deaf people but has conjured up ethical and social issues amongst specific cultures. Across different cultures there are opposing and parallel beliefs regarding cochlear implants and the benefits and harms regarding the process of implanting one. Many deaf communities within western cultures such as America and Australia view CI’s as unnecessary and offensive towards deaf culture. According to a majority of cultures, receiving CI’s is seen as inappropriate and takes away a person’s identity. Heather Artinian, in the annual TED conference who is a deaf person who wears cochlear implants explained that receiving cochlear implants places the individual between two identities, neither deaf nor hearing. This is because once receiving her cochlear implants, the deaf community within her western culture no longer perceives her as a deaf person because, following receiving the implants, she was able to hear sounds and communicate in ways which deaf people who hadn’t received the implants could not. She too described that she was also not part of the hearing culture as she was not considered as a hearing individual due to being born deaf and despite receiving the CI’s, is still regarded as deaf opposed to as a

I'm thoroughly impressed with how Heather's parents were very understanding and willing to go to great lengths to provide all the information to their daughter about both hearing and deaf worlds, and the pros and cons of having a cochlear implant. I believe that the only reason Heather wanted to get cochlear implant is because her grandmother was actually manipulating her into getting one, with a lot of positive reinforcement and encouragement. I mean that wasn't really shown in the film, but you can see that grandmother felt strongly about Heather getting an implant and how she showed the book to Heather about cochlear implants, along with using voice as a primary mode of communication for Heather and how she tries to teach her to speak properly.

I feel like the film SOUND, AND FURY is a fascinating film which looks at the often overlooked deaf culture in contemporary society. By following two families, the film looks at how the societal pressures and the impacts of the cochlear implant have on deaf families, and deaf culture. For years, deaf individuals have been told they are less than or different, and after years of stigmatization, and ill treatment many people have become part of deaf culture, which does not look at deafness as a disability, but rather a different way of life. For parents, the option of giving their deaf child a cognitive implant means that they would be able to hear, and thus, grow up communicating through auditory channels with the outside world. While for many parents, this seems like a gift, many families feel like it is shaming deaf culture, affirming beliefs that deafness is something to be ashamed of, and disconnect them from deaf culture. In the film, we see the Artinian family, who has family members over three generations in Long Island, New York, who have hearing exceptionalities. Within the movie, we mainly see the lives of the two very different Artinian brothers. One brother Peter, who is married to a deaf woman, has a deaf daughter and was born deaf. The other brother does not have congenital deafness but married a woman whom also has connections to deaf culture, with two parents who are deaf. This couple has two twin boys one who is deaf and one who can hear. In the film, we see