The Separation Brought from Deafness in A Loss for Words...

In the book, â€Å"A Loss for Words† by Lou Ann Walker, the reader gets a glimpse into the life of a family that is somewhat separated by deafness and hearing. The author Lou Ann Walker, does an excellent job at showing the reader all that she has to go through as she grows up. The reader can see all that is going on as she describes everything that is happening in depth to them. This gives the reader a chance to see how many children that are born to deaf parents are used to be interpreters for them and also how the hearing world that they live in sees the deaf community around them. The author, Lou Ann Walker, is the daughter of deaf parents that both went deaf when they were children. Her mother because she had spinal meningitis when she was thirteen and a half months old. (Walker, 1986, pg.25) And her father was born deaf, even though he â€Å"insisted† that he was not. Deafness in this time was considered to be wrong and that something was wrong with the family fro m eating to many green chestnuts that where cursed by a gypsy (36). The author uses many ways to show her compassion that she has for her parents. All throughout the book, she shows it by the way that she tells her parents all that they need to know an not the names that people call them in public. There were many times throughout the book such as with the teacher that she want to know about the DEAF-AND-MUTE ALPHABET (82). I think that she has more than enough experience to write and tell her story and is more thanShow MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pages10.5/12 ITC New Baskerville Std Credits and acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and reproduced, with permission, in this textbook appear on the appropriate page within text. Copyright  © 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval