In the passage Nancy Mairs presents herself in a way which demonstrates that she has many characteristics of a strong woman. She includes tone and a high quality choice in words to describe herself and why she used the word “cripple” as a name for herself.
Mairs uses a high quality choice of words throughout the essay to describe her condition and herself as a person. In the passage she states that people “wince” at the word cripple because they can't handle it .She also states that the other words that people would use to describe her don’t correspond to her condition. In the passage she quotes George Orwell’s thesis, which states “the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.” She agrees with Orwell on