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The book written by March Drolsbaugh called Deaf again is an autobiography of Marks life. The book starts out with Mark being a young child who goes through many changes; the most important one is his hearing loss, as Mark gets older he is in a constant struggling to fit in as a normal "hearing "child. From birth all the way to his grade school years Mark was known to be a hearing child but as the years passed the school soon discover Mark could not hear as well as everyone presumed and he eventually went completely deaf. Although Marks parents were both deaf and had grandparents on the mothers side that were both deaf, the doctors still advised against using ASL and really pushed Mark into speech therapy and basically forced the use of hearing aids. Everyone in Marks family thought they were doing the best for Mark and wanted him to hold onto the hearing abilities he had. Throughout the rest of the book, Mark goes through many changes and feels the pressure of trying to just fit it with the crowed. Eventually Mark will find his- Deaf Again After reading Deaf Again I learned a lot of new things I didn?t know about Deaf culture and was drawn in by the story of Mark Drolsbaugh. "The hardest fight a man has to fight is to live in a world where every single day someone is trying to make you someone you do not want to be" e.e cummings. I was brought into the book immediately from this quote and realized how difficult it must have been for Mark to find his identity. He was trying to hang on to his hearing in fear of going deaf as if there was something wrong or not proper with being deaf.... [tags: essays research papers Deaf Again]

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Deaf Again - Book Report on Deaf Again The book, Deaf Again, written by Mark Drolsbaugh, is an autobiography telling his life story which starts with a young boy growing up who goes through the process of losing his hearing and then, as he gets older, he struggles with trying to fit in as a normal child. When Mark was very young, he could hear fairly well then gradually he went hard of hearing until he eventually went completely deaf. Even though he had two deaf parents, the doctors advised speech therapy and hearing aids because they did not understand Deaf Culture and they thought that Mark would be a lot happier if he could hang on to his hearing persona.... [tags: Mark Drolsbaugh Deaf Again Book Review Analysis]

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Deaf Again by Mark Drolsbaugh - Deaf Again by Mark Drolsbaugh Born hearing to deaf, signing parents, Mark gradually lost his hearing. Despite the fact that his deaf parents preferred sign communication, Mark was raised and educated without the use

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