This week we read two stories, The Transformation of Silence Into... by Audre Lorde and The Mountain by Eli Clare. Both of these stories show woman with difference in their lives that makes them outcasts in their society. Comparing with these two stories we watched an episode of the show Glee where we saw how a boy in a wheelchair was treated by the people around him. We also saw a young girl with disabilities try to make it as a cheerleader.
In my opinion Clare wanted us to see that even though people are different from others doesn't mean that they don't have the same or close to the same abilities. She shows us that all these people want is to be treated equally and to be given the same chances that others are given. The producers of Glee also have an outlook like Clare. They want the viewers to see that disabilities may not limit us to the standards that can be met. The way society views people who are "different" is wrong and both Clare and the producer of Glee want society to change their mind set.
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