In Tim Tebow's Shaken, idealism is shown throughout the book through Tim himself, and other people, but he also shows his humility to see the good in everything. First, in this autobiography, Tim Tebow shows how he has an ideal view of himself, even after many struggles and challenges. He shows this with extreme positivity when most people wouldn't in his situation. For example, when Tebow says, “I'm so thankful I am dyslexic. Yes, you heard that right. I'm grateful for this learning disability”(Tebow 130). It's not often people would be grateful for having a learning disability. This quote describes Tebow perfectly because he can find the good out of anything. This is why having an ideal view of the world can have many positive consequences. One reason for this is that he wouldn't be the …show more content…
Instead of thinking this, he decided there was nothing he could change about his disability and he looked at it in an ideal way. Doing this shaped him into the person he is today. Furthermore, Tebow doesn't just view himself ideally, but other people too. Most people want to be “normal” and to fit in like everyone else instead of using the skills God graciously gave us. Tebow sees these amazing gifts in everyone and wants us to use them to help others. He explains this by saying, “Instead of wanting to be like someone else, make the most out of your talents. The Bible teaches us that ‘as each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God’"(Tebow 134). It wouldn't be far-fetched to say that most of our society doesn't think about people in this ideal way. This is because this society has made “normal” the main goal in life when it shouldn't be. There is a greater purpose than being average in this society. Tebow understands this, which is a great consequence of having an ideal view of
This ironic phrase demonstrates the pride she finds in a label that others find offensive, but she finds it truthful and correct. Mairs embraces her condition because it has become part of her. Mairs continues to demonstrate her tone, now with humor when she states, “my God is not a handicapper general” (Mairs). Mairs uses this phrase to demonstrate she is different than most people including her god, but this does not stop her from being confident. She is aware of her difference but she knows she is capable of achieving all her desires. Furthermore she demonstrates that she continues to live a normal life with her family. Although individuals view Mairs differently she demonstrates her capability of achieving a regular life; for example, Stephen Hawking is a highly educated cripple who has achieved more than any other individual who does not have his condition. Hawking and Mairs prove that a disease will not stop them from living their
There are many ways that Mike is similar to someone who doesn’t have a disability. Like thousands of students a year, Mike went to college and earned his degree, and is going on to earn his masters degree. While Mike had to take a break in-between his bachelors and going to get his masters, he went back, just like thousands of Americans do. He was also planning for his future ahead of time. In American culture we are very future time oriented, we like to know what we are doing weeks, months, and sometimes up to a year in advance. Likewise, now that Mike is on his medication and thinking clearly, he is beginning to plan for the future. He is also having a similar outlook on life similar to those who don’t have a disability. There are also several ways that a person like Mike, who suffers from bipolar disorder, is different from someone who doesn’t have a disability. With bipolar disorder you suffer from severe mood swings, which is something that a person without a disability don’t have to suffer through. While everyone has different moods that they feel, they are in no way similar to how a person who suffers from bipolar disorder has them and how they affect their decisions and mental state. A person who has bipolar disorder will often live in fear, which is also something that people without disabilities don’t suffer from. If you are suffering from bipolar
As mentioned previously, the chances of becoming disabled over one’s lifetime are high, yet disabled people remain stigmatized, ostracized, and often stared upon. Assistant Professor of English at Western Illinois University, Mark Mossman shares his personal experience as a kidney transplant patient and single-leg amputee through a written narrative which he hopes will “constitute the groundwork through which disabled persons attempt to make themselves, to claim personhood or humanity” while simultaneously exploiting the “palpable tension that surrounds the visibly disabled body” (646). While he identifies the need for those with limitations to “make themselves” or “claim personhood or humanity,” Siebers describes their desires in greater detail. He suggests people with
In “On Being a Cripple,” Nancy Mairs. She hates to call her handicapped because she believes that hold her back. The author writes, “I certainly don’t like “handicapped,” which implies that I have deliberately been put at a disadvantage, by whom I can’t imagine (my god is not a handicapper general), in order to equalize chances in the great race of life” (21). In other words, she doesn’t want to call her handicapped, because she wants to live her life with equal chances even she’s not. Her positive attitude makes her more active. She’s trying to live a normal life with her disability. She hates being crippled, but she’s trying to get over it. If she had a negative attitude, she wouldn’t write about her own story. She wouldn’t do anything. I believe her positive mindset affects somehow to get rid of something that hold her back. She overcame the effects of her illness through positive attitude. Mairs and Jamison’s thoughts they have shaped their lives either positive way or negative
2). Some people may not be able to do things that others can, but that does not mean they are unable to accomplish those things that others can. We seem to live in a world where the able-bodied among us are considered normal, and everyone else must work harder to be considered normal. This way of thinking distracts the way we see and talk to others, and the words we choose to use. Nobody is broken. I remember a friend casually describing my cousin Michael as broken because he was in a wheel chair and could not move his legs. I remember thinking, “He is not broken; he just cannot walk.” I was disappointed that someone would even label him that way. I do not think of Michael as disabled or broken, he just cannot walk. Michael is tall, funny, and always has a joke to tell me. Michael needs to use a wheelchair, but that does not define
Dylan was born with a tumor wrapped around his spinal cord, which was successfully removed however resulted in him becoming paraplegic. The first fourteen years of his life, Dylan defined himself by his disability. He felt ‘weird and different’ because of his disability and this was why he was excluded from his peers. It was not until Grade 9 that Dylan began to see that his disability did not have the power to dictate his life or set a limit to which he could achieve. Since then, Dylan has moved on to achieve phenomenal feats, namely, winning a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics to becoming the world’s number one paraplegic tennis player. Dylan can be found wheelchair crowd surfing at concerts, advocating for people with disabilities and training for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Dylan is on a mission to ‘mainstream disabilities’ and shatter negative
And though he experiences both sides of the paradox, it is ultimately the uplifting and inspiring effect of hope that pushes him to fight back against his oppression rather than continue to accept his enslavement. Grappling with hope and using it to move himself forward against overwhelming odds shows that even though it can be used to pacify people and keep them in their place, wishing for a rosy future that can never exist, it can also be the fire that motivates them to finally change their
The problems that Carver covers in the story are fairly similar and related to modern society enough so it’s not just toward a single individual. On the other hand, we see human beings similar to the “blind man” who are handicapped when in fact, they display a more accurate inspiration into everyday life and their own peers. Also, they have the ability to see different things and understand other people through their own world. From the story we learn that disabled people have a better grip on understanding life. Sometimes experiencing the troubles of life helps us learn in a different way than we normally would.
To start off, Mr. Duncan does not cover the past suffering of the handicap and society’s injustice behavior towards them. Instead of pushing the painful past under the rug, his directness towards their history is
Disabilities can come in many forms and can cause many attributes of a person to shift or change over the course of time. Webster’s Dictionary defines disability as “a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities,” as well as, “a disadvantage of handicap, especially one imposed or recognized by the law.” In the short story by Flannery O’Connor, “Good Country People,” we can see described one such person. Joy-Hulga shows both mental and physical conditions of her disability, but also the bravery to overcome her disability. Flannery O’Connor does a fine job showing the readers the difficulties of living with and overcoming a disability.
The people with disabilities are portrayed as hardworking. They have people surrounding them that are accepting and encourage them to do their best. The support helps them build up courage to overcome their disability. It can take years, but the effort will not be
...th Singer it is clear that he thinks disabled people are worse off. But Johnson, being disabled, doesn’t agree with that, and neither does Mais. Dubus makes it clear that disability is tough, and they all illustrate that in their writing. But, it doesn’t mean that disabled people can’t be viewed as normal, and that they don’t desire to. As Mais put’s it, “Achieving this integration, for disabled and able-bodied people alike, requires that we insert disability daily into our field of vision: quietly, naturally, in the small and common scenes of our ordinary lives.” All these authors show that despite the hardships, one can live life with a disability, and enjoy it. In the end, this is what is most important for people to realize and understand. Disabled people can enjoy life just as much as any able-bodied person, their disability does not make life not worth living.
The first thought that crosses the mind of an able-bodied individual upon seeing a disabled person will undoubtedly pertain to their disability. This is for the most part because that is the first thing that a person would notice, as it could be perceived from a distance. However, due to the way that disability is portrayed in the media, and in our minds, your analysis of a disabled person rarely proceeds beyond that initial observation. This is the underlying problem behind why disabled people feel so under appreciated and discriminated against. Society compartmentalizes, and in doing so places the disabled in an entirely different category than fully able human beings. This is the underlying theme in the essays “Disability” by Nancy Mairs, “Why the Able-Bodied Just Don’t Get it” by Andre Dubus, and “Should I Have Been Killed at Birth?” by Harriet Johnson.
In middle school I was diagnosed with a disability with the way I expressed myself through writing. Ever since, I have gained multiple values and learned several lessons about self confidence. I was taught to push past my limits, in order to be successful in reaching my goals along with my dreams. Today I am a senior in high school who was once thought to struggle, but was able to succeed beyond expectations. To some, a disability may seem like a setback from achieving goals, but to me I used it as a challenge for myself. I accepted myself for who I was and looked at my disability as a unique trait of mine. I was able to provide a message to others that anything you set your mind to is possible with dedication and hard work. It might take
I have always grown up in a more ‘normal’ setting and seeing people with disabilities was something that was rare to me. When I was younger, my thoughts on people with disabilities were that they could only be physically seen, nothing else (mentally, intellectually, etc.). As I reached middle school, I realized how broad the world is and how many ways people were affected by disabilities. Some of them led a more normal life and some have a harder time adjusting. Just seeing and reading how so many are affected and how harder it is for them really opened up my mind and allowed me to have a wider perception of how broad things are in the world.