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The 1998 American drama-film The Horse Whisperer received a lot of praise from movie critics, but it also received some critiques. The film received a lot of praise for its visually intense scenes. But, it also received critique for some of the horse training techniques that the filmmakers used. The disability that is shown in the movie received good reviews for showing that a girl with an orthopedic impairment can overcome adversity and rise to the occasion.
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A teenager named Grace MacLean loves riding horses; it is her main passion in life. She is out one early morning in the wintertime riding with her best friend Judith and their two horses Pilgrim and Gulliver. They begin to go up a slope and realize that it is icy. The horses cannot continue to go up the icy slope and they fall backwards and land on a road down below. They see a truck coming, but unfortunately the truck cannot see them and it collides with the horses and girls. Judith and Gulliver are killed, while Grace and Pilgrim are both severely injured. Grace’s right leg must be partially amputated. She has become very bitter and withdrawn since the accident. Pilgrim has been majorly traumatized by the event and is basically uncontrollable at this point. It has even been suggested to Grace that Pilgrim might have to be put down because he is so wildly uncontrollable. Grace’s mother, Annie, is a very strong-minded magazine editor. She is strongly dedicated to her job. A while later, Annie visits Pilgrim, who seems to make Annie believe that he, can be saved. Annie decides that she can't kill the horse, but help it heal. Doing so may also help heal her daughter. Grace is struggling through ridicule from some of the people at her school. She now has a prosthetic l...
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...un of her and her prosthetic leg. The film does a great job of portraying what a child with an orthopedic impairment must face every day mentally as well as physically. As inclusive educators, it is imperative that our schools create safe environments for children with disabilities, such as orthopedic impairments. Accessible transportation is needed for these students to be able to move from class to class efficiently. Communication between parents and educators is essential if this safe environment is going to be made possible for children with disabilities. The Horse Whisperer illustrates how mentally and physically demanding an orthopedic impairment is on a child. It also helped to illustrate how important family and educators are to helping to cope with this impairment and ensure that children with disabilities are receiving the best education and care possible.
The plot of the story, “Ride the Dark Horse”, was very interesting. In the beginning, the character didn’t think that he should do anything so that he wouldn’t have to “face facts”. However, one day he went on a fishing trip with his father. On the trip he met a boy, Jean Paul, whose father offered him a job picking up logs from a river. As they were collecting the wood, Jean Paul decided to go fishing. Jean Paul then cast his line when it accidentally got caught in a tree. The lure hooked onto his face and sliced at his chest, hurting him severely. The other boy then pulled Jean Paul into his canoe and paddled them all the way to the doctor, despite the boy’s original intention to avoid doing anything. A thought-provoking storyline transpired throughout the text.
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It was Sunday October 8th about 8:45pm, when Daniel “Peg Leg” Sullivan went to visit the O’Learys’ house only to find out they were asleep. So Sullivan walked across the street to Thomas White’s house and sat down to lean against the fence. The wind was very strong that night and there was a party at the McLaughlin’s to celebrate the arrival of a relative from Ireland. Sullivan decided to go home when he noticed a fire in the O’Learys’ barn. He started shouting, “FIRE!” as loud as he could and ran to the barn to save the five cows, horse, and calf inside. As he did, his peg leg got stuck in the floorboards. He hung onto the calf as they made their way out (13, 14,15).
Sal longed to visit her mother’s grave for quite some time, but her father refuses to take her. She believes that if she makes it to the grave by her mother’s birthday, her mother would miraculously be there for her. Sal takes a road trip with her grandparents across the United States of America. To pass the time she tells a mysterious tale about Phoebe Winterbottom. The main purpose of the trip was to go to her mother’s grave in Lewiston, Idaho. They stop at some of the major tourist destinations along the way, including The Black Hills, Mt. Rushmore, Lake Michigan, and even Yellowstone National Park. While on the trip, Sal’s grandmother, Grams, suffers from a stroke and they make an emergency trip to the hospital. Sal’s Grandfather, Gramps, tells Sal to drive to Lewiston by herself to finish the trip. On the way, traffic police stop her and explain to her that underage driving is dangerous. Sal explains to the police man that she is taking a trip to see her mom’s grave. The helpful police officer offers to take Sal to see her mom’s grave. On the trip to her mom’s grave, she realizes why her grandparents took her on this trip. They wa...
I began to wonder where and how therapeutic riding originated. In my research I found that therapeutic riding was not taken seriously until Liz Hartel, a Danish rider who had paralysis from poliomyelitis, advanced to competitive riding. Despite the fact that Liz suffered from poliomyelitis, she “went on to win a silver medal in the Grand Prix Dressage competition at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games” (Young). After she won this great achievement, an interest around the world in the therapeutic effects of riding emerged; as a result, therapeutic riding programs were established and studies were initiated (Young). I think it is ironic how a person with a disability is so influential in helping other people with disabilities.
Joy was a young girl when she became disabled. As described in the story, her leg was shot off in a hunting accident when she was just ten years old. Now as a thirty two year old educated woman, Joy’s mental state had been changed due to her disability. “Mrs. Hopewell, (Joy’s mother) was certain that she
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