Hush is a horror, thriller, suspense movie that was released April 8,2016. It was co-written by Mike Flanagan, also the director, and Kate Siegel, who played the main character, Maddie Young. It is possible that Flanagan’s fandom for Steven King’s novels may be a factor in his work with Hush as the book Mr. Mercedes can be glimpsed in a scene. The movie revolves around Maddie (Seigel) who at age 13 developed bacterial meningitis and as a result developed vocal paralysis and became Deaf. The movie explores the situation behind her being under attack by an unknown serial killer. When the killer sees her he believes that she will be easy prey. Critics assist this theory by calling the movie a “suspenseful cat & mouse thriller” (). …show more content…
One of the good examples is Maddie’s self-determination. The fact that she grew up in the city while she chats with her sister. She shows her self-determination by moving out of the city into her own place and living on her own. She made a decision to do so so that she does not have to be controlled by the majority of the population or her family (106). Another somewhat good representation of Deaf culture is that Maddie seems to be a culturally marginal individual, meaning that she does not feel comfortable in either the hearing or Deaf communities. This can be seen by looking at her want to get out of the city telling her sister, “isolation happened to me. I didn’t pick it” and also “I don’t want that” when she is talking about the small number of deaf men in her area. (HUSH). However, while that is a good example, that is about where Deaf culture ends in Hush. A big part of Deaf culture is named signs. Names signs typically have some meaning behind them whether it is an arbitrary or a descriptive (206). While the character John does have what could be argued as an arbitrary name sign, the characters that Sarah and Maddie discuss do not have either. This is a bad representation as Name signs are given by the Deaf
I learned a lot about Deaf people, ASL, and/or Deaf Culture after reading this book. Deaf people are normal just like anybody else and they should not be treated any differently. Some people treat Deafness as a disease that needs to be cured, but it's not. If a parent comes to learn that their child is deaf they react very crazily and act like their child is dying and that deafness is some fatal disease. Deaf people should be treated just like anyone else and no differently. They are not disabled and can do great things in this world.
In the following chapters, there is an extensive amount of knowledge to learn about how Deaf culture is involved in our modern world. The pages assigned give us an outlook of how Deaf people are treated in our daily life, and how we should learn from it. Its gives a clear line between what are myths and what are facts, to those who are curious about the Deaf community or have specific questions. This book has definitely taught me new things that I could put to good use in the near future. In specific chapters, my mind really opened up to new ideas and made me think hard about questions, like “why don’t some Deaf people trust hearing people,” or “do we need another ‘Deaf president now’ revolution?” I realized many new things in the course of reading this book, and have recommended this to my family.
In the autobiography Deaf Again, Mark Drolsbaugh writes about his life being born hearing, growing up hard of hearing, to eventually becoming deaf. By writing this book, he helps many people view from his perspective on what it is like for someone to struggle trying to fit in the hearing society. Through his early years, his eyes were closed to the deaf world, being only taught how to live in a hearing world. Not only does the book cover his personal involvement, but it covers some important moments in deaf history. It really is eye-opening because instead of just learning about deaf culture and deaf history, someone who lived through it is actually explaining their experiences.
The documentary of “Through Deaf Eyes” has open my eyes to the deaf culture. The movie has made it “click” that deaf people are just that people and individuals like me. Deaf community has its struggles just like everyone else. They struggle with growing into who they are as a person, harmful situations, and feeling a sense of belonging. They just speak a different language like Italians and Hispanics. Communicating with a different language does not make them lesser than a hearing person. When able to learn to communicate, the deaf are able to learn and gain knowledge just like a hearing person. The only difference is they have to learn more and work harder to achieve their goals and gain knowledge, which a hearing person learns just by hearing their surroundings.
Before you read on further, I want note that the word that I will use mostly is Deaf rather than deaf. The difference between the two words is the capitalization. The non-capitalized “deaf” is to refer the physical disability as in the inability to hear. The capitalized “Deaf” refers to the culture as an identity (Deaf or Deaf?, 2006).
Deaf people are often seen incorrectly. According to a legend, a Greek mythical character named Procrustes, invited tired travelers to rest at his home. Procrustes gave out special accommodations that fit everyone, regardless of the guests’ size. When the guest was shorter than the bed Procrustes owned, Procrustes would stretch the guest’s body to fit and when the guest’s legs were longer than the bed, Procrustes would chop off their legs so they would fit the bed. Aimee K. Whyte and Douglas A. Guiffrida explained the way deaf people are viewed: “Deaf people are often stretched or cut short to assimilate with the majority culture…Deaf people struggle against a procrustean system of hearing and speech and continually experience discrimination” (Whyte and Guiffrida 2008: 190). Deaf culture is seen in a variety of ways. When capitalized, the word “Deaf” focuses on what deaf people have: a living culture in which people have unlimited options to do endless possibilities. Deaf people in America live among hearing people who have a separate cultural belief system. Deaf culture has many values and deaf people have many experiences unique to their culture.
In Hush, Maddie (Kate Siegel) plays the female protagonist, who was afflicted with sense-crippling bronchial meningitis when she was just 13 years old which left her deaf and mute. The handicap of the main character was extremely unique and original. A very bold move for Flanagan as it put more pressure on the film as a whole, and on the actress having to play this character. After a tough break up and a struggle to finish writing her
Hush is a movie about a young, deaf author named Madison (Maddie) Young. She has chosen to live in an isolated cabin deep in the woods with her cat where she survives off money from her book sales. She does have neighbors, though, Sarah and John, a married couple who she seems to be relatively close to and have a great relationship with. Her neighbor, Sarah, comes to visit and return a newly released book that Maddie authored and give her opinion of the book. She tells Maddie how she has been practicing her sign language and even signs a few phrases to Maddie. Sarah says she and her husband have signed up for another class so they can become more proficient when they share company, even though Maddie says it is unnecessary because she can read lips so well. They converse for a while until the fire
With Rachel, the audience become aware that nothing is as simple as it seems and find themselves questioning the events that unfold in the psychological drama. The film is scripted in a manner which effectively leads the audience to find something about themselves within the narrative.
In this book, we read of several different things about the deaf culture. One example is the dislike the deaf people have for cochlear implants being given to deaf children. As stated in our book, the reason why the deaf do not approve of cochlear implants being given to deaf children is because they feel the child should have the opportunity to decide whether they want to be hearing or deaf. Another part of the deaf culture that we learn about in “Train Go Sorry” is that the deaf are very social people. They enjoy being involved in many social events and love to talk with one another.
The deaf community does not see their hearing impairment as a disability but as a culture which includes a history of discrimination, racial prejudice, and segregation. According to an online transcript,“Through Deaf Eyes” (Weta and Florentine films/Hott productions Inc., 2007) there are thirty-five million Americans that are hard of hearing. Out of the thirty-five million an estimated 300,000 people are completely deaf. There are ninety percent of deaf people who have hearing parents (Halpern, C., 1996). Also, most deaf parents have hearing children. With this being the exemplification, deaf people communicate on a more intimate and significant level with hearing people all their lives. “Deaf people can be found in every ethnic group, every region, and every economic class” (Weta and Florentine films/Hott productions Inc., 2007). The deaf culture and hard of hearing have plenty of arguments and divisions with living in a hearing world without sound however, that absence will be a starting point of an identity within their culture as well as the hearing culture (Weta and Florentine films/Hott productions Inc., 2007).
I enjoy learning about ASL and the culture. I was surprised on how much different it is than that of the English culture. The video that I watched for Unit 3, “See What I Mean: Differences between Deaf and Hearing Cultures” was a very interesting video. The lateness aspect is unique. Most people if they are late do not want to cause a scene, and do not want the attention directed towards them. I think if the hearing culture adopted stating the reason why one was late, then a lot more people would strive to be on time. I enjoy the leave taking. Instead of saying bye and walking away the conversations continues and to make sure both parties have clear understanding of any details and the next time that they will meet. The hearing culture should
Unlike other cultures, the Deaf culture does not exist within a confined location. There are deaf individuals all over the world. These individuals do not necessarily share religion or race but they do share a common language, Sign Language. Language will be discussed at length in later sections of this analysis.
I attended a Starbucks ASL chat with Amanda Nguyen on the 2nd of December 2016 in Vancouver, Washington.
Deafness ranging from mild, moderate severe and profound is one of the most common congenital disabilities worldwide. Society have this misconception and always refer Deaf people as “deaf and dumb or deaf mute”, due to their inability to communicate normally in our spoken language. Apparently, these terms should never be used as they are outdated and offensive to them. Deaf people are neither dumb nor mute just like the saying “Being Deaf does not make you dumb, just as being hearing, does not make you smart”. Deaf people are as intelligent as hearing people and they actually have functioning vocal cords and some of them even have very good speech. In fact, Deaf people are normal human beings as deafness is an invisible disability and the only exception that set them apart is, they cannot hear just like the quote from I. King Jordan, the first Deaf president of Gallaudet University, “Deaf people can do anything hearing people can do, except hear.”