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Comparing The Deaf In The Film Sound And Fury

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The movie sound and fury was a story of two families who were choosing whether it was best for their deaf children to be implanted with cochlear implants (CI). Both families were connected to the Deaf Community, although one family had two hearing parents and only one of their children was deaf. I see the movie as really comparing the difference in views between deaf and Deaf. Deaf with a capital “D” refers to members of the Deaf community, a close knit group who is proud of their heritage, uses ASL as their primary language, and does not see hearing loss as a handicap. The Deaf family had a daughter who was 5 years old and expressed to her parents she wanted to be implanted with a CI. At this point their daughter was completely fluent

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