Feeble-minded

label that expressed society’s feelings about them. Laura Hillenbrand, the author, used several very strongly connotated words to describe a majority of the nation’s view and attitude towards these people such as “undesirable”. The disabled or “feeble-minded” were seen as keeping the nation back from achieving its full potential. This was several decades ago, and many of us say and many hear politicians say that “we have come a long way since then”. Even though we as a nation might have pulled…

why I like the protagonist is that Percy is a smart kid. Yeah, he might get in trouble Yeah, he may blow some stuff up And he might get expelled from school And needs to change from school every single school year but that doesn't mean he is feeble minded. He just needs to fight against some monster to whichever school he goes to or in the streets And ends up destroying something. Sure, he might have ADHD But he still is smart. He can make any move And knows how to…

retirement homes. This portrays an idea that elderly people are weak and are in a constant need of help. I would like to disagree with this idea. I’m not saying that elderly people do not need any help, I am merely saying that they are not nearly as weakly minded as society and the media likes to think and portrays them as. I believe that the elderly are actually some of if not the strongest people we have…

If women have souls, argues Wollstonecraft, then women have the same rational and virtue abiding abilities as men (Wollstonecraft, p. 72). Secondly, that society’s mandate which renders women to be attractive above all else, has resulted in women’s feeble mindedness and immorality. Men who complain about the folly of women, or women’s perceived weakness and inability to reason, do not want to comprehend that people are responsible for women’s ignorance (Wollstonecraft, p. 72). Females, from…

Kings were brave, has certainly never met one; in fact, they're the complete opposite. They hide behind their wealth, and they're always making others do their dirty work. King Acrisius of Argos was no exception. Poor Danae had to endure his feeble-minded self-proclamation throughout her entire existence. Now, in complete sincerity; the then princess Danae was no walk in the park, she wasn't a kind and gentle soul. She would irritate anyone around her; some even said that her demands…

presenting a 1789 speech to the Estates General, Necker was not clear on his explanation of political and financial reform, a dangerous occurrence considering many from the Estates General, especially from the Third Estate, became radically reform-minded…

Liberty can be defined as governmental, protected freedom of discrimination from both society and the government. Based off the support of many powerful politicians, the number of acts passed over several years, and the various programs created by the government, people with disabilities primarily gained liberty through governmental assistance beginning in the 1930’s. Throughout the 1900’s people with disabilities were viewed by society as feebleminded, useless, tragic, evil, and as defective…

The U.S government exclusionary immigration policy marginalized immigrants. For example, the immigration act of 1907. This act limited the number of Japanese immigrants coming into the U.S and banded the feeble-minded from entering the U.S(law). During this Act to enter the U.S, you must take a literacy test that was in English. Also, they prevented people with a physical or mental defect from entering because they would need help from the government to get better and they didn't want people who…

External beauty and perfection blind mankind from seeing the truth. The idea of perfection captivates and averts mankind from using reasoning in everyday life. In Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s Inherit the Wind, Golden Dancer represents Matthew Harrison Brady and the deception of external beauty and greatness. Brady deceives the city residents from his weak and unstable self through his external greatness similar to how Golden Dancer deceived Henry Drummond from its fragileness through…

provide an effective use for hunting, they could possibly provide companionship and support. There are many factors suggesting the civilization could regain their once lost intelligence. What interested me most in the story is the fact that the feeble-minded, discombobulated civilization actually has systems similar to us today. Although we were only given one name in the story, “John” seems like a generic name is still frequently used in the U.S. today. To add on, people of the society are…