...Nancy Mairs is a woman that has encountered the disease of multiple sclerosis. Mairs has built a tough exterior, refusing to sugar coat words, instead stating how it is. Mairs describes herself “cripple.” It is a word she uses to describe herself to let people know how blunt she can be. Mairs calls herself “cripple” to make people wince. She wants people to be uncomfortable. Mairs wants people to see that her creator has not been so kind to her. Mairs builds a tough, jagged exterior using this word to describe herself. She wants to make people know that she will overcome all and not accept any obstacles. It is a word that makes her blunt and hard. Sugar coating is not something Mairs does with her words. She does not want to use words...
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...In this passage the author Nancy Mairs, who has multiple sclerosis, calls herself a “cripple in order to keep the description of her condition accurate. Rhetorical features such as her straightforward tone, her anti-euphemism word choice, and rhetorical structure combine to convey the honest personality she presents to her readers. Mairs tone is availed from the beginning of the passage. By stating “‘cripple’ seems to me a clean word, straightforward and precise … As a lover of words, I like the accuracy with which it describes my condition,” she reveals her motive behind using the word which is to embrace the truth of her condition. Showing her audience how accepting and brutally honest she is about her disease and setting a straightforward...
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...Being a cripple sounds horrible to most able-bodied people, but not to Nancy Mairs, author of “On Being a Cripple.” Being an able-bodied person once herself, she grew up to have multiple sclerosis, an incurable disease that attacks the nervous system, making some of, if not all, the affected person’s limbs become useless, making them “crippled.” Mairs is however glad that she has this disease, as it allows her to see life more clearly. This belief can be extended to other people with same or different disabilities. In most cases, Mairs would be right in assuming that having a disability would allow a person to see life clearly. One such case would be the one of Eleanor Longden. Longden battled through the disorder known as schizophrenia....
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...On Being a Cripple Nancy Mairs’ essay, “On Being a Cripple”, has an emotional view on how she must cope with the life and struggles of being handicapped. Mairs strongly disliked her condition because it left her fragile and vulnerable toward her skills. After Mairs was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she was opened up to a new life that she had to adapt to. Her ability to perform tasks and to engage in various activities were limited by the declined use of her body parts. In the reader’s perspective, one can conclude that Mairs wants to give the reader a brief depiction of how his or her life would be like as a handicap. Mairs’ use of the word “cripple” is compelling because she adds a spontaneous description of what she had to cope with as a handicap individual. She defines “cripple” as a person who has difficult time adjusting to the struggles and situations that he or she must face in life, such as moving around and daily routines (putting on clothes or getting ready for work). She also finds the words “disabled” and “handicapped” to be ambiguous and different. These words were unclear to Mairs and she stated that disabled is resulted by a real injury or mindful matter while handicapped means to lose mobility in body parts. The reader...
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...Have you ever seen someone with crutches and called them a cripple just to be shushed by your mother and told it’s rude and the correct term is handicapped? Well for many, they prefer the term, handicapped, because it makes them feel still of use versus deformed or broken, but for Nancy Mairs, she proudly uses the negative term, cripple, quite affirmatively. Handicapped infers restrictions to one’s ability to function physically, mentally, or socially, but Nancy indulgences the wincing of others and her ability to “face the brutal truth of her existence squarely.” Within Nancy Mairs’ passage, she explains her reasoning for repeatedly using the feared word “cripple” through interesting rhetorical features such as tone, word choice, and rhetorical...
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...Praise for Succeeding with Agile “Understanding the mechanics of an agile process is just not enough. Mike Cohn has compiled a superb and comprehensive collection of advice that will help individuals and teams with the intricate task of adopting and adapting agile processes to fit their specific challenges. This book will become the definitive handbook for agile teams.” —Colin Bird, Global Head of Agile, EMC Consulting “Mike Cohn’s experience working with so many different organizations in the adoption of agile methods shines through with practical approaches and valuable insights. If you really want agile methods to stick, this is the book to read.” —Jeff Honious,Vice President, Innovation, Reed Elsevier “Mike Cohn has done it again. Succeeding with Agile is based on his experience, and all of our experience, with agile to date. He covers from the earliest days of the project up to maturity and offers advice for the individual, the team, and the enterprise. No matter where you are in the agile cycle, this book has something for you!” —Ron Jeffries, www.XProgramming.com “If you want to start or take the next step in agile software development, this book is for you. It discusses issues, great solutions, and helpful guidelines when scaling up in agile projects. We used the guidelines from this book extensively when we introduced agile in a large, FDA-regulated department.” —Christ Vriens, Department Head of MiPlaza, part of Philips Research “If making the move to agile has always...
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