Nancy Mairs begins her essay by stating that in biblical times, physical and mental disorders.
were considered to signify possesion by demons. She commences in such a way to draw her audience.
and to keep them tuned in. It is evident that Mairs realized her audience.The audience, being disabled .
persons, like herself, feminists, and even people who are interested in or have experience with .
the difficulties of her disease.
The audience described here is the population of beings who will eventually read the essay.
This essay will naturally adduce an audience of intelect due to its use of figurative .
language. Mairs uses this figurative language to explain the difficulties of her disability. This language.
reflects her effort to reach the audience. Mairs' techniques for conveying her ethos and engaging .
readers' emotions assist with her explanatory project.
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The author Nancy Mairs establishes her credibility well. She proves knowlegeability of .
disabled persons and feminists by being one which concludes her to have experience. She is .
widely acclaimed for her autobiographical essays about her struggles with disabilities. This essay,.
"Body In Trouble" characteristically confronts readers with blunt language that asserts feminist .
values. She also uses this language to display herself as a strong human being regardless of her.
situation. There are several aspects of he personality -as she conveys it here- that the audience .
can respond to positively. For example, Mairs says that she cannot use sharp objects because .
of her disability but uses metaphor to compare the last sharp object that she has as being her tounge.
She asks the audience what a "cripple" like her is good for. She continues on to say that her keyboard.
is only waist high and that she can still use it to write books. This a special talent she has and that not.
everyone can do but that she can do very well.
In this essay, Mairs is seeking to explain her difficulties with dealing with a disablility, that is .
