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Re: Portrayals of Disabled Characters
I quite agree!! Couldn't have said it better!! We need such characters in our stories and novels to look up to, maybe remember when we go through our own struggles.angiejack456 wrote: ↑20 Apr 2019, 03:43 All of us have our limitations. Books like this, that cast a variety of characters with their own struggles, come across as authentic and genuine. It's great to read about others overcoming their own obstacles. It gives hope that perhaps we too can rise above our challenges.
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Same here. I found it motivating and very realistic.daviddawud wrote: ↑23 Apr 2019, 17:56 One of the reasons why I love this book is because the author crafted the characters of the disabled people in an impressive and a fascinating manner. It motivates me to read about their struggles.
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I loved how you put forward each character's strength and hardship. I agree with you on all the points. I think I felt more sympathetic towards Jimmie because he was a young man who became disabled as a child, whose mother abandoned him and father couldn't spend much time with him because he had to earn money to provide for him. Also the fact that he wanted to earn money and become independent, but couldn't, broke my heart. Even the facility he lived in had some horrible caretakers, but he tried to do what he could by taking the accounting course. I felt so happy when things turned out well for him. I actually cried.editoronwheels wrote: ↑14 Apr 2019, 18:54 Adrift includes several characters who are disabled, either through natural circumstance, because of accidents or by reason of advanced age. I love how all of them, Heather, the diabetic steward from the Seattle Express Pete Wise, Tom, and Steve's son Jimmie, take opportunities to rise above their situations.
Jimmie gets to move out of a long-term care facility and live with Steve.
Heather undertakes the daunting task of hunting seal to feed her group of marooned survivors from the Seattle Express.
Pete is hired as a park ranger, a job that allows him to keep custody of his young son. It starts out as a desk job, so his knee can heal from a gunshot wound.
Despite a pronounced limp, elderly Tom Olsen braves rugged Pacific Northwest terrain to save William. his best friend.
These characters really resonated with me. I wondered if they resonated with anybody else. If so, why?
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