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Sweet Nothing Film Analysis

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“Sweet Nothing in My Ear” The writer of “Sweet Nothing”, Stephen Sachs, portrays the all too familiar conflict in a family. However the not so familiar family setting, where the mother and son are deaf, and the husband is hearing. The family is just like you would expect, with a slight communication alteration. Dan is a hearing father and husband, with hearing parents. Laura is a deaf mother and wife, who was “born” deaf. Her parents are also deaf, which allowed her to grow up with sign as her first language. Adam is the son of Dan and Laura, he was born hearing but went deaf over time. He has never used a hearing aid or learned to talk, but uses sign instead. Dan and Laura have a great relationship, and accept each other for who they are. When they started dating, Dan learned sign so he could communicate with Laura better and grow their relationship. Neither of them views deafness as a disability, or a problem. However, this movie is mainly focuses on the conversation about getting Adam a cochlear implant. It all started when a doctor suggested the implant. Dan immediately turned it down but after …show more content…

What Laura doesn’t know is that she wasn’t born deaf, but rather partly deaf and overtime lost her hearing. Laura’s father is Deaf and has a lot of Deaf pride. He wanted a deaf child and was relieved when Laura started to go deaf. Due to his large Deaf pride, Laura’s father disapproved when she married a hearing man. However Laura’s mother loved her daughter deaf or hearing. She said she was relieved that Laura was deaf but I think the reason was because she knew her husband would be disappointed if Laura was hearing. Laura and her mother both have husbands who don’t accept their kids for who they are. Hearing or deaf neither is good enough for the males, but on the flip side the mothers accept their children however they

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