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Short Summary Of Deaf Again By Mark Drolsbaugh

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The book, deaf again, is a witty tale of a hard of hearing boy to a deaf man. Mark drolsbaugh is is wonderful writer who explains his life as being “thrown” in to a hearing world. This book shows how much people didnt know then, and probably still dont know today, about the deaf culture. This book was very eyeopening for a me a hearing reader. Mark use of humor and witty makes this tale of ignorance about hard of hear and deaf children come to life. Mark was born in 1966 to two deaf parents. Although the circumstances and troubles his mother had during the process of his birth he was born healthy and hearing. Mark tells that his parents were forbidden from teaching him sign language. I cant image growing up with deaf parents and have little communication with them. Deaf or not parents should always be encouraging to their children to learn to speak with their children. Its not hard to image though in the 60’s parents being told not to use sign language. Because of this though mark grew very close to his grandfather who took over his teaching the boy. Mark explains the many joys and hardship him and his grandfather experienced together. He recants the stories for how hard his grandparents fought to keep him as hearing as he …show more content…

Even if doctors had forbade it mark still picked up basic singing ability. Mark explains how a whole new world was exposed to him threw this interpreted. “imagine that you were born in some small alantia at the bottom of the sea, and the only life you knew was to line in some glass bubble underwater. You could watch all the fish swin and play but you werent really a particapant...” (pg 44), I lved this illteration of how he felt. Then how he discribes get all new scuba gear and being able to really swim with the fishes. Which in this case would be the hearing children. now the rest of his time at Germantown friends school went by

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