DISABILITY AND LITERATURE \u2013 ENGL 384 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Short Reading Response<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In\nRosemarie Garland Thomson\u2019s introduction, talks about exploiting rare bodies, \u201ctheir\nrarity made exceptional bodies instrumental and lucrative to those who appropriated\nthem\u201d (p. 2). \u00a0They were used and repudiated,\nsacrificed, insolated, and called distortion names. Also, talks about how were they\nexploited in former times and what has changed to the present day. She also invites\nthe reader to future discussion on the topic (p. 17). <\/p>\n\n\n\n First, let\u2019s talk about how they\nwere exploited in the past. According to Thomson, these people were exploited due\nto their exceptional qualities. Back then, Egyptian kings, Roman aristocrats,\nand European royalty keep dwarfs and fools as amusing pets (p. 2). An example\nis the unfortunate dwarf that cheers the princess birthday in The Infanta\u2019s\nBirthday reading. According to the Infanta\u2019s story, not only, they were exploited,\nthey were also wronged and undermined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Now in days, these specific people\nstill being exploited but the terms have changed. For example, now the\nprofessionalization of authority wage labor change the roles of workers from\nowners (p. 11). They are not owned by anyone, they have more benefits, and laws\nthat protect them from being mistreated. They can continue to \u2018mostrate\u2019 their exceptional\nbodies as a job. Given their conditions, chances are that perhaps is the only kind\nof work they can do because discrimination still a fact to deal with. Now, they\nare not called monstrous they are called freaks, such as Michael Jackson.\nMichael Jackson\u2019s case is one where we can observe that besides the salary and\nbenefits; not much has changed. The name calling, the percussion, the exploitation\nwas present though almost his entire career. Let me define how he was\nexploited, for once, magazines, radio stations, and TV stations made lots of\nmoney by misleading the news. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n One thing that perhaps make this cruelty\nto happened less is technology, in the sense that there are more people recording\nand reporting abuse. I think this is one of the ways that as a community we can\nhelp. Also, just as every issue in the world, we can help more when we are informed\nthrough the right source of information. In my personal experience with a friend\nof mine, I observed how frustrated he got when people did not understand his disability\nand used it as a form of having fun to his expense due to his disability. He had\nit and fall into a depression that he never recovered from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There still lots to do in order to accommodate all of us in society and in the world. We are all different. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Word count: 510<\/p>\n\n\n\n I pledge; I hereby declare upon my word of honor that I have neither given nor received unauthorized help on this work. \u2013 Odilia Rafael <\/p>\n\n\n\n Works Cited:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thomson, Rosemarie Garland. Thomson, Rosemarie Garland. Freakery: cultural spectacles of the extraordinary body<\/em>. New york: New York University, 1996. 1-17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DISABILITY AND LITERATURE \u2013 ENGL 384 Short Reading Response \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Rosemarie Garland Thomson\u2019s introduction, talks about exploiting rare bodies, \u201ctheir rarity made exceptional bodies instrumental and lucrative to those who appropriated them\u201d (p. 2). \u00a0They were used and repudiated, sacrificed, insolated, and called distortion names. 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