DMP Proposal

Surname 3

Layan khalil

May/25/2020

English 102

Annotated Bibliography

Barney, Liz. “Bethany Hamilton: Surfing With Only One Arm Isn't as Hard as Beating the Stigma.” Thegaurdian, 25 Aug. 2016,  http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/25/bethany-hamilton-surfing-espy-award

This is an article by Liz Barney that discusses Bethany Hamilton’s surfing life. The author starts by discussing the capabilities of Bethany despite the life tragedy that changed her life completely. However, the article discusses the tragedy as less agonizing in comparison to the stigma that Bethany undergoes. According to Bethany, she was able to live with the fact that she lost her arm and she learnt to surf with one arm. She was able to control the fact that her life had changed and trained herself to work with the changes. However, she faced more challenges as people perceive her differently. She still struggles as she cannot change how people perceive and treat her. She wishes to be treated as a normal person and not categorized even through her attainments in life.

This article illustrates further on the agony that the disabled undergo as they try to feel normal and live a normal life. However, the harder they try they are brought down each time to the narrowed category of the disabled despite their abilities to function normally. She faces more challenges as a surfer as she has to peddle twice as hard in comparison to when she had both arms. However, with the unique challenges that she undergoes she still manages to inspire other people. Through this article I will be base my argument on how the disabled are degraded both consciously and unconsciously. According to Bethany, the thought of being categorized and described as disabled was degrading. The term disabled diminished her and she encouraged the name to be changed to Best Adaptive Athlete as the athletes had adapted to the unique life situations. The article described how she adapts to the changes and inspires others to do the same while living a normal life through their unique ways.

“Bethany Hamilton - White Chair Film - I Am Second.” I Am Second, www.iamsecond.com/seconds/bethany-hamilton/

This article described the life of Bethany Hamilton as surfer. It begins by recognizing her abilities before her traumatic injury that altered with her dream as she was a rising surfing star at the age of 13. This article described how the injury changed her life completely but did not change shutter her lifelong dream. The author described how her strong spirit helped to change her course and turned to be an inspiration to many people. The article discusses how the injury brought Bethany down but found unique capability to retain her capabilities. It is an illustration how her life turned into an inspiration through surfing. The author also described the challenges that she underwent and the ways that she used to overcome them. It illustrates her growth as an inspiration through communities and cross the world.

It is also accompanied by the film SOUL SUFFER and is an inspiration of what one can do when their outward passion and purpose in life is seemingly taken away from them. The article focuses on how an entity can transform his or her life into a whole new being and still retain the dreams or even dream bigger. I will use the article to base my argument on how the renewal of spirit of an individual can raise a whole new being and can also restore a person’s abilities. I will illustrate how a disabled person can be able to live a normal life and attain his or her dreams through unique capabilities.

Dolmage, Jay. “An Archive and Anatomy of Disability Myths.” Disability Rhetoric, Syracuse University Press, 2016, pp. 31–61.

This is an article by Dolmage and Jay where they focus on the myths of disability. This article focuses different perspectives through which various people view the disabled. Among the myths that are discussed through the article include pathology, overcoming or compensation, isolation and individualization. It also discusses how they perceive disability as an object of pity or charity. The author of the article discusses Stranger Things which is an American science fiction horror web television series. Through the discussion by the author they discuss how people view the disability as compensations among other myths. It is illustrated though the disabilities overcoming their impairments through hard work or through some special talents that offset their deficiencies.

The authors through the article try to change the perception that people have regarding disabilities as most are myths. It breaks down the stereotypes and the myths that run across the minds of various entities. It encourages the disabled to embrace the condition that they have thus making the best out of their lives through their unique ways. However, the authors indicate that to some it remains a challenge as they do not feel the same way. Through this article I will be able to base my argument on how various people with the disabilities are represented as sad and impotent. That is illustrated as objects of pity and charity. Many people try to demonstrate how the problem of sadness can be solved through charity. However, through Stranger Things Dustin is not a platform of charity. Instead, it is an opportunity to increase the visibility of the disability and Dustin uses the chance to inspire others like him. This leads to the rethinking of disability. There is an attempt to normalize the disability.