floating.
around in the readers? mind since they read the first paragraph. How did she.
become a cripple? What are the conditions of her disability? Mairs reveals.
here that she has multiple sclerosis, and goes on to describe the disease and.
its? characteristics. She has had it for ten years and has lost the use of.
her left hand and much use of her left leg. She also has a blurred spot in her.
right eye and is usually extremely fatigued. These details are necessary for.
the readers? persuasion because they show exactly what she has to go through.
everyday. Through all this, she maintains a good attitude and even laughs at.
herself a few times during the essay.
Being a professor of writing at The University of Arizona, Nancy is very.
good.
at describing the way she feels and makes the reader want to know her or.
someone like her in their own lives. You could say that in many ways that her.
writing is very charismatic. It shows a lot about her personality and her.
character as a human being. Her writing is also very descriptive. She uses a.
lot of diction while telling of how she and her family live with multiple.
sclerosis. Mairs vividly describes a typical afternoon with her husband.
sitting on the porch, sipping amaretto, and smoking a cigar. While doing this.
they "make sure the sun gets down once more behind the sharp childish scrawl.
of the Tucson Mountains" (245). Here the reader can actually see Nancy and.
her husband having a good time together after work. She also discusses her.
strengths and shortcomings here, and she is very genuine about them.
The writer then tells a story of how she fell, scraped her left knee and.
elbow,.
and didn't even realize it until hours later. As she looks back on this, she.
laughs. Not because of the cuts, but because of how long it took for her to.
become conscious of them and the manner in which she got them. Once again, her.
true character shows and she makes the reader wonder if you were in her.